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8 Aug 2020, 6:00 am by Guest Blogger
Jeffrey AbramsonAs a follow-up to my August 4 poston the federal appeals court decision throwing out the death sentence for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev for his role in the Boston Marathon bombings, I append to this post a section of the verdict form on mitigating circumstances used at Tsarnaev’s death penalty hearing. [read post]
22 Jan 2014, 9:13 pm by Sandy Levinson
9:00 Opening Remarks  9:15-10:45 Panel One: Helene Landemore, DEMOCRATIC REASON:  to be discussed by Dennis Thompson and Paul Woodruff  11-12:30 Panel Two:  Jamie Kelly, FRAMING DEMOCRACY:  A BEHAVIORAL APPROACH TO DEMOCRATIC THEORY:  Joseph Fishkin and Jeffrey Friedman  2-3:30 Panel Three: Ilya Somin, DEMOCRACY AND POLITICAL IGNORANCE:  Heather Gerken and Sandy Levinson  3:45-5:15 Panel Four:  General discussion on the current… [read post]
22 Jan 2015, 1:19 pm by Laura Appleman
  (hat tip:  Legal Times & Howard Bashman) 2) Leon Nefakh has a fascinating piece in Slate today discussing jury bias in the Tsarnaev, Eton Patz, and Colorado shooting jury trials 3) The New York Times recently held one of their "Room for Debate" online forums on whether Tsarnaev's trial should be moved, featuring Valerie Hans, Jeffrey Abramson, Lincoln Caplan, Richard Lind, Thaddeus Hoffmeister, and myself. [read post]
22 Sep 2010, 8:46 pm by Daniel Solove
Here are the titles: Jeffrey Abramson, Minerva’s Owl: The Tradition of Western Political Thought new in paper (avail. 10/1/10) Bruce Ackerman, The Decline and Fall of the American Republic Marcus Boon, In Praise of Copying Robert Darnton, Poetry and the Police: Communication Networks in Eighteenth-Century Paris (avail. 10/4/10) Ernest Freeberg, Democracy’s Prisoner: Eugene V. [read post]
5 Aug 2020, 6:00 am by Guest Blogger
 Jeffrey Abramson, author of We, the Jury: The Jury System and the Ideal of Democracy, is a professor of law and government at the University of Texas at Austin. [read post]
17 Aug 2010, 11:31 am by Christine Dowling
  Judge Gillian Abramson rejected the deal, however, stating that it did not satisfy the goals of deterrence, rehabilitation, and separation from the community.Last Minute Stay of Execution For Oklahoma Death Row Inmate:  A federal judge today issued a stay of execution until October 16th for Jeffrey David Matthews, scheduled for execution later today, reports the Oklahoman. [read post]
6 Sep 2012, 10:16 am by Sandy Levinson
(The titles of the presentations can be found after the schedule.)Schedule of EventsFriday, Sept 14, Eidman Courtroom8:30am: Continental Breakfast9:00am:Introductory comments: Sanford Levinson9:15-11:00am: James Kurth and Ken Anderson11:15am-12:15pm:Alan GilbertDiscussant: Sandy Levinson2:00-3:45pm:Carl Bogus and Ingrid Creppell(discussant: Eldon Eisenach)3:45pm:Afternoon Break4:00-5:45pm:Jerry Gaus and John Holbo(discussants: Melissa Williams and Jeffrey Abramson)Saturday,… [read post]
11 Nov 2006, 9:16 am
Hoffman is not alone in that position: Brandeis University Government Professor Jeffrey Abramson, author of the hugely successful introduction to jury studies "We, the Jury," concurs.WHAT IS A PEREMPTORY CHALLENGE? [read post]
15 Nov 2011, 9:08 am by McNabb Associates, P.C.
Prosecutors want to tell jurors in the case against ex-CIA officer Jeffrey Sterling about a White House meeting in April 2003 involving then-National Security Adviser Rice, then-CIA Director George Tenet along with New York Times reporter James Risen and then-DC bureau chief of the Times Jill Abramson. [read post]
6 Jun 2015, 5:28 am by bvernia
   *   *   * The whistleblower is Jeffrey Mills, executive director of the school system’s Office of Food and Nutritional Services. [read post]
19 Feb 2014, 5:30 pm by Colin O'Keefe
UPS and Automatic Termination Provisions: Engage in the ADA Interactive Process – Chicago attorney Jeffrey Nowak of Franczek Radelet on the firm’s blog, FMLA Insights For more of the best, check out LXBN, a complete review of the top insight and commentary across the LexBlog Network. [read post]
7 Jun 2019, 7:01 am
 Suggested Reading (this is a fairly large sample of the relevant philosophical literature):Abramson, Jeffrey B. [read post]
1 Mar 2019, 2:12 pm by Thaddeus Hoffmeister
  “Jury Selection in the Weeds: Whither the Democratic Shore” This is the title of Professor Jeffrey Abramson’s (University of Texas at Austin) recently published article. [read post]
19 Oct 2006, 7:01 am
He also references a piece of his that responded to a critique by Jeffrey Abramson. [read post]
23 Aug 2011, 7:51 am by Moria Miller
  Wolfman is survived by his wife, Toni Wolfman; children, Jonathan, Brian, Dina Wolfman Baker, Jeffrey Braemer and David Braemer; sister, Lila Booth; as well as 10 grandchildren; and nieces, nephews and cousins. [read post]
9 Jul 2019, 7:48 am by Steve Lubet
David Abraham, Professor of Law Emeritus, University of Miami School of Law Jeffrey Abramson, Professor of Law & Government, University of Texas at Austin School of Law Bruce Ackerman, Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science, Yale Law School Neal Allen, Chair and Associate Professor of Political Science, Wichita State University William Araiza, Professor of Law, Brooklyn Law School Sahar Aziz, Professor of Law, Rutgers Law School Asli Bâli, Professor of… [read post]