Justice Kavanaugh delivered the opinion of the Court in Culley v. Marshall. Justice Gorsuch concurred, joined by Justice Thomas. Justice Sotomayor, joined by Justice Kagan
and Jackson, dissented. [...]
Justice Kavanaugh delivered the opinion of the Court in Culley v. Marshall. Justice Gorsuch concurred, joined by Justice Thomas. Justice Sotomayor, joined by Justice Kagan
and Jackson, dissented. [...]
Jonathon Booth (University of Colorado at Boulder - University of Colorado Law School) has posted Policing after Slavery: Race, Crime, and Resistance in Atlanta (University
of Colorado Law Review, Forthcoming) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This Article places the... [...]
As reported in this local article, the "Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals has decided future executions will be set 90 days apart 'unless circumstances dictate modification'."
Here is more on an interesting ruling in response to an interesting request: Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond had asked for more time to reduce the stress [...]
Jonathan Feingold (Boston University School of Law) has posted Constitutionalizing Racism (104 Boston University Law Review Online 1 (2024)) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
"Unreasonable" is Devon Carbado at his best. Through accessible prose, carefully crafted hypotheticals, effective visualizations,... [...]
I recently noticed that an intriguing and distinctive federal case that I heard about some months ago was flagged here as a "Petition of the Week" over at SCOTUSblog. I
recommend the full SCOTUSblog post for the case details, but here is the start and close of that post: The vast majority of criminal cases — 98% of those in [...]
Vanessa T.O. Franssen (University of Liège - School of Law) has posted Cross-border Gathering of Electronic Evidence in the EU: Toward More Direct Cooperation under the e-Evidence
Regulation (BERGSTRÖM, M., MITSILEGAS, V. and QUINTEL, T. (eds), Research Handbook on EU... [...]
Sam J. Merchant (University of Oklahoma College of Law) has posted The Relative Severity of Criminal Sentences in the January 6, 2021, Capitol Breach Cases on SSRN. Here is
the abstract: Many observers claim that judges are imposing disproportionately lenient... [...]
We are only a few days into the work week, but I have already come across a number of notable new pieces about a number of notable prison issues. I figured a round-up here
would allow me to cover a lot of interesting ground: From The Guardian, "Appetising, delicious food served up to prisoners? It works for the Nordic countries" From [...]
Via email, I learned of this new report from the Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth titled "Unusual & Unequal: The Unfinished Business of Ending Life Without Parole
for Children in the United States." Because this group advocates for the abolition of juvenille LWOP sentences, this report primarily laments that there are still [...]
The Supreme Court has about 8 weeks to issue over 40 opinions in cases argued this Term if it is going to wrap its work before the start of July (as is its yearly custom).
That means we could and should expect about five rulings per week, on average, though I expect we will get fewer than that number through May and perhaps a lot more [...]