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Veteran’s Day edition! Governor Rell is opposed to the $260million proposal to build new prisons, which was covered here. This NYT piece considers whether suspension of parole is an Ex-Post Facto violation. Norm covers the CT angle, while Scott has the New York perspective. Indignant Indigent has a great post on why it is ineffective…
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It’s Monday. Have you set your clocks back one hour? The topic du jour is snitching, so let’s start off with the Windypundit’s exploration of the snitching debate from an economics perspective. Speaking of economics, Grits has this absolutely terrific post on why economic theory doesn’t apply to plea bargaining. Corrections Sentencing follows up on…
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Ugh. It’s almost winter. Here are stories to keep you warm on this cold, dark morning: It’s not much, but at least the 18-year old West Hartford kid charged with having sex with his girlfriend is out on bail. CDW’s weekly roundup is here. GA isn’t the only state with capital defense payment problems. Speaking…
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Another Monday, another edition of the Jumpstart! Anne Reed has posted the third installment in her series on “A trial lawyer’s guide to social networking sites”. [Here are one and two.] Mark Bennett is conducting a clinic on how to cross examine an expert. Scott Greenfield is expressing his desire to become a law school…
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Another Monday, another weekend full of interesting reads. Think that person you e-mail is real? Think again. CTLP writes about David Pollitt and highlights the use of fear. The National Institute of Justice’s latest journal includes this article entitled “Police Lineups: Making Eyewitness Identification More Reliable”. [H/T: CDW] Bennett informs us that there still are…
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Columbus Day edition! From the Columbus Dispatch: Challenges to residency restrictions and “sex offender ghettos”. Mark Bennett has a copy of Phil Russell’s plea agreement. Robert Guest takes an in-depth look at written plea agreements and what you have to agree to give up. CDW discusses Catholics usually being disqualified from sitting on death juries…
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It’s just another Manic Monday. CT seems to be a bad place to be a teacher. Karoli has all the details about a teacher forced to resign because a girl’s parents didn’t like his choice of summer reading. More than 20% of CT inmates have moderate to severe mental illnesses. More on this later. Matlock…
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Is it Monday already? Fear not, the jumpstart is here! Anne Reed’s Deliberations is hosting blawg review this week. This post at the blog “Friends of Justice” has the most detailed reporting of the trial of Mychal Bell. It is bad. Scott at Simple Justice looks on “Superlawyers” with disdain. Cheese, please! A closer look…
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Sorry for the light posting folks. Nothing happened over the weekend that inspired me to post – it really was a lazy, boring weekend. But these people found some interesting stories to comment on. So go on over and give them a read: Maggie at Of Counsel writes about Eyewitness ID Reform hearings in the…
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The Jumpstart is back and with it stories to keep you entertained today! Blonde Justice picks up on a theme that has been discussed around these parts and talks about why people plead guilty. Audacity last week brought our attention to a novel motion. CDW’s weekly roundup is now available. The New Jersey Public Defenders…
