Disenfranchisement Reform: Lawmakers Move Toward Expanding Voting Rights in 2009

Cross-Posted at Project Vote's Voting Matter's Blog Weekly Voting Rights News Update by Erin Ferns The 2008 presidential election was an ... , and catch the attention of researchers and advocates alike” in 2008, according to criminal justice public ... for Justice at NYU School of Law, a leading advocate [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 23:18:43

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More Names Emerge for Key DOJ Slots

We're getting a clearer picture of the new Justice Department’s top ranks, as Attorney General nominee Eric Holder Jr.’s confirmation hearings begin. The leading candidate to head the Justice Department's Criminal Division, Lanny Breuer ... Law), who met Barack Obama as a Kerry delegate in 2004, was a top official in Obama’s California [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 01:29:53

ABA: US Supreme Court Update

Supreme Court Update: A Service from the ABA Criminal Justice Section www.abanet.org/crimjust CHAMBERS V ... to interpret the career criminal law and suggested that Congress come up with a list of specific crimes that should trigger application of the law. JIMINEZ V. QUARTERMAN In a second criminal case [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 21:50:29

He Says “Scary” Like It’s a Bad Thing

The Chicago Tribune reports: French Culture Minister Frederic Mitterrand was quoted in French media as saying, “In the same way that there is a generous America that we like, there is also a scary America that has just shown its face.” The law is supposed to be scary to criminals — and the law’s persistence, over the span of decades, is scarier still, but rightly so. People shouldn’t be able to evade justice by fleeing to a hospitable jurisdiction. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 16:49:30

Eugene Volokh: He Says "Scary" Like It's a Bad Thing:

The Chicago Tribune reports: French Culture Minister Frederic Mitterrand was quoted in French media as saying, "In the same way that there is a generous America that we like, there is also a scary America that has just shown its face." The law is supposed to be scary to criminals -- and the law's persistence, over the span of decades, is scarier still, but rightly so. People shouldn't be able to evade justice by fleeing to a hospitable jurisdiction. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 17:50:08

The American Criminal Justice System Needs To Be Revamped

Clarence Aaron remains in jail serving a triple life sentence by Demetrius Walker I’ve never agreed with the American criminal justice system ... that are committed against other Americans. However, I completely disagree with this nation’s drug laws in respect [more...]

Date: 2008-12-11 05:53:39

The International Criminal Court Vs The Lords Resistance Army

The world’s mightiest progressive transnational institution of justice takes on a rag-tag gang of psychopathic thugs. Score: 0-1 ... a partner for peace’) trumps International Law. One former victim of the Lord’s Resistance Army grew angry ... them for help. “Western criminal justice doesn’t bring us any closer to peace,” he says. “We could [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 23:41:57

Evidence of high crimes

Scott Horton sees Pentagon official Susan Crawford's admission of torture to be a key moment in establishing the criminal culpability of the Bush administration.First, it is an acknowledgement of criminal conduct by the administration ... each individual technique applied. That is what the law requires, and what the Justice Department [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 21:03:04

Imprisoned Lerach fires John Keker

Cal Law’s Legal Pad speculates on some of the reasons why the felonious class-actioneer may have parted ways with his high-profile criminal defense lawyer (via California Civil Justice Blog). Tags [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 16:53:03

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