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Monday Morning Jumpstart: Columbus Day v2.0

Posted on October 13, 2008 by Gideon

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Good morning folks. Hope everyone is able to enjoy this long weekend. I’m taking advantage of the day off by posting a Jumpstart, after a several week hiatus. Here are the weekend’s most interesting posts and stories:

  • Two law schools will now disregard the LSAT. Why didn’t this happen when I was applying to law school?
  • A little judicial humor goes a long way.
  • Blonde Justice shows us how jury selection is different everywhere you go.
  • This piece at Co-Op talks about the viability of alternate remedies for prosecutorial misconduct impropriety, eschewing the traditional all or nothing.
  • Bennett reviews the e-book “The Truth About Hiring A Criminal Defense Lawyer” and gives it three whirls of the chainsaw.
  • Anne at Deliberations got her hands on the O.J. questionnaires and gently encourages us to role-play with them.
  • The Dallas Morning News has this fantastic series on questionable police tactics (ID and otherwise) that put innocent men behind bars.
  • The same News then follows up with this piece on the problems with “show-ups”.
  • The Courant has this long and touching piece on the struggle of Beth Kerrigan - named plaintiff in the gay-marriage case.
  • Michigan attempts jury reform. Juries has the details.
  • Here’s a preview of the upcoming week at SCOTUS.
  • The US Sentencing Commission is looking at alternatives to incarceration.
  • Scott doesn’t like jailhouse lawyers asking him to lie.
  • Judge Pirro isn’t very popular.

That’s all for today! Enjoy the day off.

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