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- May 2013 (14)
- 21: “A deliberate pattern of improper conduct” (0)
- 21: Van Poyck: FL’s bizarre death penalty farce continues (0)
- 21: If I smoke a joint in a forest, have I smoked one at all? (7)
- 17: Sped up death warrants producing bizarre farce in FL (2)
- 17: No confidentiality in PD applications (8)
- 16: Through the looking glass (0)
- 16: Well, that escalated quickly (1)
- 14: This month at the supreme court: May 2013 (4)
- 13: Depends on what you mean by justice: 50 years of Brady (5)
- 10: An arraignment is a critical stage (4)
- 08: The madness of death (10)
- 02: A system for you and a system for them (7)
- 01: You WILL comply; you WILL submit (2)
- 01: The Cost of Tsarnaev: the inexorable march toward totalitarianism (4)
- April 2013 (22)
- 26: Perhaps intelligence committee is a misnomer (1)
- 26: CT Supreme Court: To be a law firm you’d have to be a real lawyer (0)
- 23: A shortcut through your rights (1)
- 23: Give an inch and now they’re suggesting forced interrogations (6)
- 22: Panel Discussion on the Right to Record Police (2)
- 22: The cost of Quarles: from Tsarnaev to you (25)
- 19: Compare and contrast (15)
- 18: The investigative subpoena: because who needs probable cause? (7)
- 18: Argument Recap: Guilt by association because we’re all criminals (3)
- 16: Failure to submit to government authority is evidence of a crime (8)
- 15: The guilt by association exception to the Fourth Amendment (13)
- 15: This month at the Supreme Court: blockbuster session (4)
- 14: Sunday Stupidity: Bringing a bat to a gunfight edition (0)
- 10: But for video: everywhere edition (13)
- 09: A prior restraint on due process (9)
- 09: Treating juveniles as adults: there are no winners (14)
- 04: Racism in the death penalty? We’re North Carolina after all! (13)
- 03: The penalties of gun control (8)
- 02: Spin (2)
- 01: State to establish dangerous weapon offender registry (7)
- 01: Spot the differences: A bill to fix Fourtin (4)
- 01: The sine qua non of legitimacy (0)
- March 2013 (20)
- 29: You don’t think there are too many crimes on the books? (2)
- 29: The Mercy Project (3)
- 29: In which we thank Judge Seeley and go on our way (6)
- 26: No trespassing (7)
- 25: Links and ends: RIP Anthony Lewis (0)
- 22: Are you sure? (5)
- 19: Somehow, I don’t care as much (1)
- 18: Gideon at 50: A time for truth (0)
- 18: Defending Gideon (2)
- 18: Raison d’être (7)
- 18: Gideon at 50: A stolen promise and the search for a soul (13)
- 17: Sunday Stupidity: because sometimes all you can do is laugh (0)
- 14: Preparing for Gideon Day (1)
- 11: A questioning jury (9)
- 10: Safeword: Get out of my bedroom (6)
- 08: It can’t happen to me; I’m innocent (1)
- 08: Maryland court rules sex offender registration cannot be retroactive (3)
- 08: In Capitalist America, power abuses you (7)
- 03: Sunday Stupidity: You’re The Man Now, Dog edition (4)
- 01: Justice for society (2)
- February 2013 (15)
- 28: We thought of the children (0)
- 27: Your rights are only worth the probable cause used to extinguish them (0)
- 24: 13 realities of the Fourth Amendment (4)
- 22: In Georgia, public means private (3)
- 21: Presented without comment (0)
- 21: The cost of your conviction (2)
- 21: Torture at home (0)
- 20: Wednesday is Link Dump Day (0)
- 20: Reciprocal discovery: should we have to? (6)
- 18: It’s not like you knew you had that right, anyway. (12)
- 16: A jury of your peers (3)
- 15: How long will you be lucky? (11)
- 06: 8 mind-numbingly stupid years (20)
- 05: A matter of perspective (updated) (7)
- 01: Not even wrong on individual voir dire (15)
- January 2013 (11)
- 31: The propensity’s on the other foot (1)
- 30: The defendant’s right to confront a mustache (1)
- 28: Two things to watch (1)
- 28: 3.5 appointments a day (0)
- 28: Tasered in the park (2)
- 22: Reforming prosecutions (7)
- 21: They have always been us (21)
- 21: What you should do when interacting with law enforcement (8)
- 15: Corporations are people, my friend (0)
- 14: The joke’s on all of us (8)
- 14: Mandatory pro bono: silly season’s here again (4)
- October 2012 (19)
- 24: A ray of sunlight in East Haven (2)
- 24: The Right to Counsel of Choice (7)
- 19: The torture of isolation (7)
- 15: Monday Morning Jumpstart: Cuban Missile Crisis Edition (0)
- 11: When there’s a cop, there’s a way (8)
- 10: I’m unethical? You’re unethical! (7)
- 09: Why we can’t just make stuff up as we go along, or: Due Process (19)
- 09: Animal husbandry (0)
- 09: To pick or not to pick: learning the unlearnable (2)
- 08: Happy Leif Erikson Day (updated with video) (0)
- 07: Sunday Stupidity: Where’s my hazardous duty pay? Edition (1)
- 07: The Three (or Four) Types of Public Defenders (2)
- 04: Supreme Court hates disabled people and eats children for lunch. Probably. (24)
- 02: Juris ‘not a medical’ Doctor (0)
- 02: Four links to dump (2)
- 01: Sometimes, undermining confidence is all you need (0)
- 01: Fists of fury: shod off (6)
- 01: Sticky fingers (0)
- 01: Monday Morning Jumpstart: Fall has fallen Edition (0)
- September 2012 (26)
- 30: Sunday Stupidity: Heck, we’ve all thought of doing it Edition (0)
- 28: Reasonably close (4)
- 27: Don’t be a part of the problem (8)
- 25: Special sex offender syllogism (2)
- 24: Nullifying death (1)
- 24: Is the use of a Wi-Fi network protected by the Fourth Amendment? (0)
- 24: Monday Morning Jumpstart: Damn it’s getting cold edition (0)
- 24: How not to represent a client (2)
- 23: Sunday Stupidity (0)
- 22: Re-kajiggered (4)
- 21: A Fully Informed Jury: Two tales (3)
- 20: He fled and took all logic with him (6)
- 17: General intent, specifically (2)
- 17: Death on death’s doorstep (0)
- 17: Constitution Day Jumpstart (0)
- 14: Forfeit what? (0)
- 13: Judge finds Reid method oppressive (1)
- 12: Think of the children (8)
- 12: 5 ways the iPhone 5 will make you a better lawyer (2)
- 11: Courtroom reality (4)
- 11: The new criminal justice experts: the public (3)
- 10: Monday Morning Jumpstart (0)
- 09: Should dead women tell some tales? (10)
- 06: Things to read (0)
- 05: State has no guidelines or policies for seeking death (0)
- 04: Racial disparity to finally take center stage (1)
- August 2012 (3)
- 16: No semantics when it comes to life (0)
- 16: Cellphones and the 4th Amendment: REP (1)
- 08: Idioticy (2)
- April 2012 (10)
- 30: Monday Morning Jumpstart (0)
- 30: Neutered animals (1)
- 23: Relegating McCleskey (2)
- 20: Recording racial profiling (0)
- 16: Idiocracy (7)
- 11: Nevermore in my name: CT abolishes the death penalty (4)
- 10: In which I make some uninvited retorts to specious arguments against abolition (2)
- 06: The measure of our society (3)
- 05: CT (senate) votes to abolish the death penalty (6)
- 02: Three’s a crowd (4)
- March 2012 (12)
- 21: To plead or not to plead: a critical question (4)
- 16: DNA exonerates another in CT; mis-ID the culprit (2)
- 15: Prison isn’t what you think it is, and other death penalty half-truths (4)
- 13: Truth in sentencing (0)
- 11: Taxing the system (12)
- 11: A solitary epiphany (3)
- 08: Pardon me (0)
- 06: We need to talk about an injustice (0)
- 06: You really should object when… (7)
- 04: The United States of China (1)
- 04: Alabama, United States (0)
- 03: It’s time for real reform (0)
- January 2012 (4)
- 12: Free-ish (0)
- 11: Connickally yours (1)
- 09: CT death penalty nothing but arbitrary (2)
- 09: Smile, you’re on dashcam! (0)
- December 2011 (1)
- November 2011 (2)
- 22: Witnessing bullshit (5)
- 22: A different approach (0)
- October 2011 (1)
- 28: Mi case es su case (2)
- August 2011 (11)
- 18: Legally carrying a weapon is a crime (30)
- 18: Genealogy (0)
- 18: State forensic lab loses accreditation (2)
- 16: Ayyy! (0)
- 16: Keep Every American’s Digital Data for Submission to the Federal Government Without a Warrant Act of 2011. (1)
- 15: The Barney Fife exception: all in good faith (2)
- 15: Sanctioning misconduct (6)
- 10: State forensic lab under scrutiny (4)
- 10: Conviction by cuteness (3)
- 02: CA: Snitching requires corroboration (3)
- 01: A Cronic problem (3)
- July 2011 (14)
- 26: I know it when I see it (0)
- 24: The responsibility of choice (1)
- 24: Sunday Stupidity: Benny Hill behind bars edition (0)
- 21: How to write a successful blog post (3)
- 21: Public defenders vs. assigned counsel vs. private attys: Round I lost count (11)
- 19: Aaron Swartz is the new Lori Drew: The TOS misadventures (4)
- 19: Can you imagine if she’d been convicted? (36)
- 17: For your eyes only: prosecutors really can’t look at privileged documents (5)
- 17: An ode to the Kitchens sink: a tragicomedy (4)
- 15: The C__stit___io_ State (4)
- 10: What do we want from our system? (6)
- 10: Do video lineups lead to accurate eyewitness ID? (0)
- 10: Sunday Stupidity: anachronistic edition (0)
- 09: We the jury…have some questions (8)
- June 2011 (7)
- 22: Florida’s death penalty is unconstitutional (0)
- 20: This, that and the other (0)
- 16: The engine that just didn’t give a f*ck (7)
- 14: Georgia’s retarded (3)
- 09: I blue myself (4)
- 07: CT decriminalizes pot (7)
- 06: You can’t prepare for Forrest Gump (0)
- May 2011 (11)
- 23: Best. Quote. Ever. (5)
- 19: Law firm IPO? (2)
- 18: “Undesirable jurors” as euphemism (1)
- 18: Death penalty worldwide (1)
- 18: The Aftermath (0)
- 17: King of my castle (1)
- 17: Penis interruptus (5)
- 16: Defending zealous advocacy (0)
- 13: If you read nothing else today (1)
- 12: The child abuse exception to [privilege] (4)
- 11: Abolition is dead and with it, a little bit of all of us (9)
- March 2011 (9)
- 31: It only takes one (4)
- 29: Arrest warrant for judge rejected…if it existed in the first place (1)
- 28: Significant CT Supreme Court cases (6)
- 28: Wrong time, wrong battle (5)
- 25: State police want to arrest judge who refused to sign arrest warrant (32)
- 22: Reasonable gibberish (24)
- 15: Deluding yourself is deluding the client (9)
- 15: They may take my freedom, but they will never take my cell phone (0)
- 04: The Limp Writ Redux (3)
- February 2011 (1)
- 13: Looney times are here again (5)
- January 2011 (2)
- 16: Blawg Review #294: MLK, Jr. Day edition (6)
- 14: Prosecutor Connelly resigns (2)
- December 2010 (5)
- November 2010 (12)
- 18: The stupid; it hurts the brain (10)
- 17: Wednesday is still link dump day (11)
- 17: Guilt by convenience (7)
- 17: IL committee proposes serious reforms to the death penalty (0)
- 12: Clowning around in Georgia (8)
- 11: Unethical beyond a reasonable doubt? (21)
- 11: Best lineup ever (1)
- 09: On the media (14)
- 08: In death, there are no winners (7)
- 08: Whatever it takes to execute a man (2)
- 04: Yes, America, we’re embarrassed too (9)
- 02: Extraordinary misconduct leads to extraordinary relief (3)
- October 2010 (13)
- 28: If you didn’t resist, you must have wanted it (5)
- 28: Thursday Tourette’s (6)
- 26: G-hic G-hic G-hic G-uilty? (0)
- 26: Politicizing judicial elections (updated) (1)
- 26: Does Martha Dean have a point? (4)
- 21: Because restrict does not mean disseminate (0)
- 20: Thank goodness she was awake (0)
- 20: Sunday stupidity: Wednesday edition (5)
- 19: An incovenient system (11)
- 13: Latest poll: CT still split on death penalty vs. LWPOR (13)
- 05: The sword: fall on it (25)
- 05: Whose Governor is she anyway? (5)
- 04: The rotten peach? It’s in Washington now (0)
- September 2010 (13)
- 30: Deconstructing the arguments for and against the death penalty (28)
- 30: “Watch this! Cuff him up” (5)
- 29: Liveblogging ‘The Defenders’ Ep. 2 (6)
- 27: The questions you should be asking about the death penalty (updated) (54)
- 22: Liveblogging The Whole Truth (2)
- 20: The problem with administrative law (1)
- 16: KISS your jury (updated) (8)
- 16: An undignified farce (now with video) (34)
- 12: Q&A in closing arguments (4)
- 12: Because every day needs to be Caturday (0)
- 09: Not my town-itis (3)
- 06: The obscenity of risk of injury (2)
- 02: Good enough for government work (9)
- August 2010 (9)
- 24: Crime: reality and perception (0)
- 10: CT’s top death prosecutor in federal probe (2)
- 09: Another state police lab under scrutiny (0)
- 09: Objects in mirror are as pretextual as they appear (3)
- 04: Fundamental rights cannot be submitted to a vote (0)
- 03: Stop! In the name of the law! (4)
- 02: Legal fictions: a one-way street (1)
- 02: One man’s regret is another man’s disparity (0)
- 02: Gun-waving cop has right to privacy (5)
- July 2010 (10)
- 27: The ideal ideal (8)
- 22: Where were you on April 17, 1966? (3)
- 15: The freakin’ FCC: obscenely indecent (4)
- 14: Deterrent? Not Actually (5)
- 12: Indigent defense on trial (1)
- 12: Sometimes a fool is just a fool (4)
- 07: Innocence on a clock (1)
- 05: Happy Independunce Day (5)
- 02: All that’s left to do is mitigate (5)
- 02: Conviction: the movie (1)
- June 2010 (9)
- 17: Life without possibility of redemption (21)
- 13: Revamped – again (0)
- 13: Change blindness and the fallacy of the all-remembering cop (8)
- 08: Rell vetoes sentencing commission (0)
- 08: That bus is not for your client (4)
- 07: Racial ridicule in Connecticut (3)
- 07: The blind leading the blind? (1)
- 04: You’re not a criminal defense lawyer if (0)
- 03: If you’re not ready, neither is your client (2)
- May 2010 (12)
- 18: Paying for injustice (0)
- 17: Expanding Graham (1)
- 17: Taking stock of Comstock (2)
- 17: Twice in jeopardy, 40 years apart (4)
- 12: Padilla on sex offender registration, indirectly (5)
- 11: Tonya Craft teaches us all (15)
- 09: Preempting Strickland (4)
- 09: Gideon stirs (6)
- 06: Frankly arresting (4)
- 06: Prove the defendant’s bad character, not the crime (3)
- 04: The defendant’s right to trial by jury (16)
- 03: Pretextual trespass (6)
- April 2010 (22)
- 29: A witchhunt by men who molest the law (10)
- 29: Every day is Caturday (8)
- 27: Institutional coddling (26)
- 26: All drivers are dangerous and the police are the Borg (10)
- 25: The downfall of parody (1)
- 25: How hard is too hard? (6)
- 23: Effective misadvice is ineffective (2)
- 21: The other Michigan bailout (2)
- 19: It’s criminal!: an analysis of CT Supreme Ct opinions (7)
- 15: I see crumb people (0)
- 15: Skakel loses the battle, but the war looms? (0)
- 11: Enough already (7)
- 11: Aww, you shouldn’t have (0)
- 11: Bysiewicz in brief (11)
- 11: Padilla: It’s not that complicated, really (6)
- 09: Dealing with Padilla v. Kentucky (2)
- 06: Bye bye Bysiewicz (2)
- 05: Guilty of being poor (6)
- 04: The presumption of guilt (26)
- 01: Announcing the apd iPhone and iPad app (5)
- 01: Choice quotes from Padilla v. Kentucky (1)
- 01: Padilla v. Kentucky: If it is clear, it is clearly your duty (5)
- March 2010 (15)
- 30: All it takes is one (1)
- 29: Vengeance at its most shameful (29)
- 29: It’s 5 p.m. Do you know where your bills are? (1)
- 29: Monday Morning Jumpstart (2)
- 28: Bad ad-Weis: spitting on Barker (3)
- 24: Judge for a day – IV (8)
- 23: One small step for Gideon… (2)
- 23: A few stray thoughts (3)
- 18: Sex-y times at the state lege (4)
- 18: The Limp Writ (3)
- 18: It sucks getting old (6)
- 11: Right of passage (5)
- 09: Wishful Wednesday (0)
- 08: In loco mass media (5)
- 01: Individual Skill-ing (0)
- February 2010 (10)
- 23: You can’t make me (0)
- 23: Further thoughts on ISVD (1)
- 22: Cumbersome bloviating misrepresents (9)
- 16: 12 really angry men (5)
- 15: Equal justice for all (6)
- 12: An idle thought on the Boykin canvass (9)
- 10: Come with me…to jail for 20 years: an alien abduction (3)
- 10: The Adam Walsh fearmongering and bleeding money Act (2)
- 02: To have the Assistance of Counsel for his defence (1)
- 02: Bysiewicz as AG: I hate to say it (5)
- January 2010 (19)
- 31: The Constitution is a wet blanket (5)
- 26: State v. DNA profile (1)
- 26: Saving the next generation (0)
- 25: Monday morning jumpstart (1)
- 24: Reconfiguring terms (10)
- 23: On the intersection of morality, child sex and law (7)
- 21: Is Bysiewicz eyeing the Gov’s race again? (6)
- 19: Does the client have a right to discovery? (24)
- 18: Blawg Review #247 (1)
- 17: Is the Attorney General statute unconstitutional? (40)
- 16: A citizen’s arrest (6)
- 13: Depends on what “active” means (1)
- 11: Monday Morning Jumpstart (0)
- 10: A conjoined criminal enterprise (6)
- 10: Sunday
stupidity: just watch edition (0) - 09: 270 days to go (2)
- 08: CT: (not) so soft on cop assaults (5)
- 07: The objection’s on the other foot (0)
- 01: The fruit of the poisonous confession (15)
- December 2009 (29)
- 31: The absurd hero (10)
- 30: 10 things I learned this decade (12)
- 29: If you’re black and you smoke pot, get arrested (6)
- 29: Is a battle on sex offender registration brewing? (8)
- 29: Preempting peremptories (0)
- 28: A vex at your door: revisiting FL’s stand your ground law (7)
- 28: Shamelessly self-indulgent list (4)
- 27: It’s time to wake up (updated) (4)
- 22: High-risk sex offenders still have nowhere to go (3)
- 21: Junk “science” and missing evidence (2)
- 20: The fear is upon us: convict to be on the safe side (8)
- 20: Act V (0)
- 20: The stupidity epidemic: it’s catching (6)
- 20: The Georgia peach has turned rotten (8)
- 20: Between a void and a hard place (8)
- 17: Depends on what “money” means (7)
- 16: What’s a little money between friends? (2)
- 16: Polluting the jury pool (4)
- 16: This Seattle DUI lawyer is not a douchebag (0)
- 14: The crumbs are asking me questions (11)
- 13: Judicial blindness to eyewitness ID (1)
- 13: Hazardous duty self defense (12)
- 12: This Seattle DUI lawyer is a douchebag (update: not really) (9)
- 04: Judging evil: Do pedophiles have free will? (14)
- 02: The fallacy of the good-hearted informant (3)
- 02: If you have time to read only one thing (0)
- 02: From the ass’s mouth (2)
- 01: Waah, I cut my finger: mandatory-minimum for you! (3)
- 01: Rell wants to close minimum security prison (2)
- November 2009 (14)
- 29: Eeny, Meeny, Miny NO SOUP FOR YOU (and other tales of justice) (3)
- 26: Gravy for your turkey (0)
- 25: Why people think criminal defense lawyers are scum (updated x2) (8)
- 23: Monday Morning Jumpstart (2)
- 23: Face-to-ski mask: a defendant’s right to confront his cat burglar (3)
- 21: Slogan contest part duh (0)
- 21: It’s a game of numbers (12)
- 18: Wednesday is Sunday stupidity (0)
- 17: Non sum qualis eram (3)
- 15: Another conviction reversed: Exhibit n for no prosecutorial immunity (0)
- 15: Life on the inside: an inmate’s view (4)
- 15: Title bout in GA: death penalty vs. no money (1)
- 10: So long, farewell, don’t let the door hit you on your way out (10)
- 01:
Cross racial, genderEpic Fail (0)
- October 2009 (4)
- 31: This I believe (12)
- 20: From the Ministry of “It has to sink in eventually, right?” (1)
- 20: Drunk driving is different (11)
- 18: I’d probably run (2)
- September 2009 (2)
- August 2009 (14)
- 31: Maybe she’s in advertising? (0)
- 30: Sunday stupidity: beaten by a chair edition (0)
- 28: The Fourth Amendment takes the red pill (1)
- 26: Mom, am I really 5? (2)
- 26: What I want to know is (8)
- 25: Texas kills…..an innocent man? (updated) (5)
- 24: This and that…and that too (0)
- 24: Get off my lawn and into my jail, damn meddling kids (0)
- 24: Self-portrait (0)
- 23: Crazy? Jail’s the place for you (3)
- 21: Does the automobile exception permit search of a laptop? (0)
- 20: Thursday is one day after link dump day (3)
- 18: Ooo, look: a sex offender (is doing what he should) (4)
- 10: We interrupt your regularly scheduled… (5)
- June 2009 (2)
- May 2009 (8)
- 22: Dear Governor Rell: death penalty’s broke and we can’t fix it (11)
- 22: CT lege abolishes death penalty; veto next? (2)
- 21: Liveblogging the Death Penalty Debate (0)
- 17: It’s not mine (2)
- 13: CT House passes bill abolishing death penalty (6)
- 13: Oh you ungrateful defendants! (3)
- 10: June 8th. Write it down. (2)
- 10: What does “excessive” mean anymore? (2)
- April 2009 (15)
- 30: How to get out of jury selection (1)
- 30: Sorry, week from hell (1)
- 26: Blog, blogger, blogging (25)
- 22: 4th Amdmt gets CPR (Arizona v. Gant) (4)
- 21: You know you’re screwed when… (Texas edition) (2)
- 21: You know you’re screwed when… (part 1) (2)
- 17: Indigent defense is in dire need of reform (2)
- 12: All for $53 (11)
- 10: These bills made it! (Proposed legislation) (5)
- 10: Rest in Peace, good bill, your time will come (2)
- 10: If you like these things, you’re a poseur (36)
- 06: Get off my lawn you damn kids with your Googles (1)
- 02: This is a stickup! (4)
- 01: Back to scheduled programming (0)
- 01: SO U WONT SELL ME UR BLOG! (3)
- March 2009 (19)
- 30: Lege ponders bill to ignore Fed’l Constitution (7)
- 29: AWAinCT: We dun’t want yer kind ’round ‘ere (5)
- 29: New CT law blog (5)
- 26: Domain issues (13)
- 26: The Adam Walsh Act is coming to Connecticut (0)
- 25: (Disturbing) Video Wednesday (5)
- 24: Look ma! No
handsintent (7) - 24: Shh…don’t look now… (2)
- 24: Who is this guy!?!? (0)
- 20: Eyeballs: a Texas delicacy (7)
- 20: It depends on what “unlawfully remains” means (2)
- 19: A year older and sadder (12)
- 15: Depends on what “actually present” means (3)
- 10: When is an assault not an assault? (5)
- 10: Now Hiring (6)
- 10: You people would make terrible eyewitnesses (0)
- 10: Listen up! (0)
- 02: In which Gideon opposes the abolition of the death penalty (24)
- 01: A dizzying array (5)
- February 2009 (25)
- 27: In which cops become defendants (1)
- 26: Someone else did it: the law of third-party culpability (2)
- 25: Abolition measures picking up steam in states (1)
- 19: “Junk” science at its worst (8)
- 19: NAS: Bullshit! (4)
- 18: Tasing isn’t for cops only (4)
- 18: The box has been banned (0)
- 18: So the breathalyzer is racist! (0)
- 18: Lie to me: Why thank you, I already am (5)
- 17: Bizarre tragedies do not discriminate (1)
- 16: How much time is enough? (now with poll) (11)
- 16: More free advice from Gideon: cross-examination techniques (8)
- 16: Monday Morning Jumpstart (0)
- 15: Sunday Stupidity: Caught on tape edition (6)
- 13: Proof that sex offenders make people act crazy (with update) (4)
- 13: Following the crumbs (7)
- 12: Ban the box, save the ex-felon (13)
- 11: The Nordstrom fiasco (2)
- 11: Some days are agonizing (29)
- 10: The plea jury: a mirror unto ourselves (6)
- 09: Gideon’s suggestions for reducing the budget deficit in CT (5)
- 09: Judge Cofield suspended for 240 days (4)
- 06: If the budget deficit exceeds $1bn, it must be bizarro-world (1)
- 04: CT public defenders not immune to cuts either (2)
- 04: Down the judicial rabbit hole (7)
- January 2009 (16)
- 31: The time for abolition has come (9)
- 27: Man-Min sentences for juves: no (constitutional) problem (3)
- 27: The FATWOD has a new ally: the crappy economy (3)
- 23: Careful what you wish for (6)
- 23: Scrutinizing the scrutiny (5)
- 19: New pd blog (0)
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- 02: So let me take naked pictures of you (16)
- 02: The Nichol(s) effect (2)
- 02: Proving the negative: lawyers are special (12)
- December 2008 (37)
- 31: Where’s Gideon? (8)
- 26: 1 thing law school isn’t meant to teach you (14)
- 26: Lawyer as magician (1)
- 25: New CT blawg (0)
- 25: When does police coercion make a confession involuntary? (16)
- 25: Another Beatty Christmas (1)
- 24: Depositions, Texas style (3)
- 24: ‘Twas the night before Christmas (1)
- 22: Two jurors sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G (12)
- 22: The Importance of Being Gideon (updated) (11)
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- 19: The reasonable man goes to a public place (14)
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- 19: When the lobby’s a-rockin’ (5)
- 18: Print and e-mail issues resolved (0)
- 18: The Great Right (with poll!) (11)
- 18: The forest for the trees, or: the purple heart for the prejudice (14)
- 18: A little pd Christmas ditty (1)
- 17: New CT bill limits suicidal thoughts to 6 months max (10)
- 15: What happens if you dial 666; or, upending the criminal justice system (3)
- 12: Maryland commission recommends abolition of death penalty (14)
- 12: A question – Off topic (3)
- 12: A few thoughts on the death penalty (14)
- 11: 11. Be (intellectually) honest (9)
- 10: 10 things I didn’t learn in law school (30)
- 08: Might OJ Simpson have a Sanders claim? (11)
- 08: Marketplace wants to hear from you (2)
- 07: Sunday Stupidity: Donuts make me dizzy edition (0)
- 06: Close to another DNA exoneration (9)
- 06: Selection, naturally (5)
- 04: Appellate Court freshens the air (14)
- 04: Still waiting for registry reform (4)
- 04: Judge Wu is so screwed (6)
- 02: Hartford public schools, aka crim justice training schools (5)
- 02: This blawg is not an ABA Top 100 blog (7)
- 01: Monday Morning Jumpstart: When’s the next long weekend edition (0)
- November 2008 (50)
- 30: To the person currently on this blog (1)
- 30: Sunday Stupidity: Star (Trek vs. Wars) (3)
- 30: Come get your badge! (4)
- 30: Gay marriage in CT: a month later (3)
- 29: Undercover mother: exposing a juror’s lies (3)
- 28: Repairing Windows: Disorder to Order (0)
- 25: Judge Wu needs to grow a pair (4)
- 23: Sunday Stupidity: Office harmony edition (1)
- 23: It’s the client, my good chap (29)
- 21: A Friday Julie Amero can enjoy (12)
- 21: Friday funny (0)
- 21: Are an informant’s questions testimonial? (0)
- 20: Why Lori Drew is so screwed (5)
- 20: California Supreme Court to consider challenges Prop 8 (0)
- 20: Confronting swastikas (1)
- 20: Is the breathalyzer racist? (4)
- 20: AZ Prosecutors need to be ashamed of themselves (0)
- 18: We don’t need no! Sentencing Guidelines! (7)
- 18: Video of police interrogation of 8-yr old released (8)
- 17: Monday Morning Jumpstart (2)
- 15: Ask and ye shall receive; or: don’t invite suggestions (4)
- 15: Juror feels bad for defendant; sends him sexy letters (1)
- 14: Bailout where it’s needed: public defender systems (6)
- 12: LWOP for juve not cruel and unusual: CT Supr. Ct (4)
- 12: This is what some people were trying to prevent (2)
- 11: The forgotten: Julie Amero in purgatory? (0)
- 11: Same sex couples can get married tomorrow (0)
- 11: Tried together, but separately (1)
- 11: Prosecutorial hubris: Ethics, shmethics (0)
- 11: The problem with parole (hearings) (0)
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- 09: Maybe the people have spoken on three-strikes (1)
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- 03: SCOTUS will decide limits, if any, of prosecutorial immunity (1)
- 01: So what happens after a Constitutional Convention? (2)
- 01: OMG (1)
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- 01: Stopping for school buses, or: yet another needless post (8)
- October 2008 (34)
- 31: Pro se per se (5)
- 30: I have no reason to go on… (1)
- 29: Gideon endorses: The election meme (4)
- 27: The AQA thread (5)
- 27: Tweaks (2)
- 27: Liveblogging Raising the Bar: Episode Penultimate (4)
- 26: L.A.’s dopest attorney (0)
- 26: Sunday Stupidity: It’s more difficult than it looks edition (0)
- 26: In infinitas infinitio (0)
- 24: Residents of Southbury, CT (1)
- 24: Troy Davis gets a stay (3)
- 22: To bail or not to bail (0)
- 22: Trading cases (5)
- 21: The war on drugs: Making friends customers (0)
- 20: Troy Davis is “innocent” because… (5)
- 20: Raising The Bar: Episode Seven of Nine (Actually Eight) (2)
- 19: Same-sex marriage: How long will it last in CT? (1)
- 19: Wanna play in the NFL? (0)
- 17: Speedy trial: whose responsibility is it? (3)
- 15: Calling all married people (23)
- 13: Liveblogging Raising the Bar Episode Next (6)
- 13: Oh (de)Jesus! Calling propensity propensity (8)
- 13: Monday Morning Jumpstart: Columbus Day v2.0 (0)
- 12: Sunday Stupidity: Driving lessons as condition of probation (1)
- 11: The world has not ended (1)
- 11: Same sex marriage: Does Justice Borden really oppose it? (0)
- 10: Same-sex marriage legal in Connecticut (with music) (5)
- 10: Breaking: same sex marriage legal in CT (0)
- 10: Can the Constitution be unconstitutional? (9)
- 08: I’m jealous of the 4th Amendment (0)
- 06: Happy 10th Birthday, Sex Offender Registry! (2)
- 06: Raising the Bar Liveblog: Episode 6 (0)
- 06: OMG! Do you know? (3)
- 02: Gideon unmasked (4)
- September 2008 (37)
- 29: Raising the Bar Episode 5 (3)
- 29: You can thank me later (2)
- 29: Quote of the … well, ever. (3)
- 29: This is why you should not listen to me (0)
- 28: Legal fictions: Confidential communications (5)
- 26: Friday night Funny (3)
- 24: Drive away. I dare you. (16)
- 23: Troy Davis given another week (2)
- 22: Le Roi est mort (0)
- 22: Not everything’s a crime (5)
- 22: Raising the Bar Episode 4 liveblog (6)
- 22: Monday Morning Jumpstart: Post-Emmy edition (0)
- 17: It’s Constitution Day! (2)
- 16: Fiction and Order (0)
- 16: Gideon’s promise: Determining who benefits (1)
- 15: Liveblogging Raising the Bar Ep. 3 (1)
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- 14: Wordsplosion (0)
- 12: Time to eat crow, Madam Governor (14)
- 11: David Pollitt rearrested; Governor has opinion (2)
- 10: Sunday Stupidity: Wednesday is Fashion Day edition (5)
- 10: Advice to law students: objection techniques (5)
- 10: O client, my client! (2)
- 09: One hand clapping (0)
- 09: Hood execution stayed; lawyers continue douchebaggery (0)
- 09: LHC goes online soon (0)
- 09: Raising the Bar: A Week Later (7)
- 09: Courthouse Steps Syndrome (7)
- 08: Stare decisis ad infinitum (updated) (2)
- 07: Sunday Stupidity: Head games edition (0)
- 04: I heart Huckabee (1)
- 04: The 5 blogs meme (1)
- 03: Troy Davis has a date (0)
- 03: Gideon’s turning in his grave (2)
- 03: Nice try (0)
- 01: Liveblogging Raising The Bar (updated) (20)
- 01: Technology (1)
- August 2008 (27)
- 31: A question (4)
- 30: Do you know what a dojo is? (4)
- 29: Stop. You have reached the end of the internet (5)
- 28: Do you gamble? (2)
- 28: Raising the Bar (2)
- 27: Dear jackass (1)
- 27: Just a little guilty (1)
- 26: Legal fictions: collateral consequences edition (3)
- 19: Doin’ time on the outside (0)
- 19: Flights of fancy (0)
- 19: Must prisons be so confining? (7)
- 18: Monday Morning Jumpstart: It’s Aliiiive! (2)
- 14: Improving access to post-conviction DNA testing (1)
- 14: Want to reduce crime? In by nine! (1)
- 13: CA bans uncorroborated jailhouse testimony (5)
- 13: Sloppy DNA work not unique to US (0)
- 12: Jailbait (0)
- 12: Fuzzy math (0)
- 12: More macho police moments (3)
- 10: The secret to winning: Gideon-style (updated with links!) (6)
- 10: Judge for a day – part next (9)
- 07: Tunnel vision (0)
- 07: What does “regularly” mean? (7)
- 06: Press shield law to get its first test (0)
- 03: Solzhenitsyn (0)
- 03: Sunday Stupidity: Externship edition (3)
- 02: World’s oldest jokes (0)
- July 2008 (40)
- 31: Unplugged (2)
- 28: Um yeah (2)
- 28: Weekend recap (0)
- 27: Hold your breath: prison de-segregation to begin (3)
- 27: I’m not judging (6)
- 27: Bug me not (0)
- 27: Sunday stupidity: Love your cop edition (1)
- 27: Right of allocution subject to cross-examination (1)
- 26: I took the plunge (10)
- 25: New theme test v. 3.0 (4)
- 25: Police brutality? (8)
- 24: I am nobility (0)
- 24: Where have you gone, Justice Berdon? Part Two (0)
- 23: Wednesday is…(updated) (1)
- 23: Cover (2)
- 23: I say you he dead (1)
- 21: Meet Phoenix Wright (3)
- 21: DNA: Something new and something old (5)
- 21: Two words (5)
- 21: Blogging schedule (2)
- 18: Gerry Spence (0)
- 17: A big win for
war ondrugs (6) - 17: What I learned this week (0)
- 16: Lex gibberish (6)
- 14: Blogging will be light (0)
- 14: Judge gone wild (6)
- 10: New Haven ID Card holders identity to remain secret (7)
- 10: Corpse and (grave)robbers (8)
- 10: A sweeping blueprint for change (3)
- 07: Cops lie and people die (8)
- 07: Monday Evening Winddown: Fourth of July edition (1)
- 07: Monday Morning Slowstart (0)
- 06: Sunday stupidity: how not to represent yourself edition (3)
- 06: Abandoned cities and towns (0)
- 04: Independence Day (1)
- 02: Link-dump day (0)
- 02: Heller goes to the airport (9)
- 01: TMYK: Due Process edition (0)
- 01: Castle doctrine come home to roost (41)
- 01: Dysfunctional and close to collapse (0)
- June 2008 (40)
- 30: Truth in advertising (2)
- 30: Undoing Gideon’s promise (2)
- 30: Monday Morning Jumpstart: short week edition (0)
- 29: Supreme Court changes course on kidnapping (6)
- 27: Welcome CT public defenders (1)
- 26: It’s an opinionated week! (5)
- 24: Ganja Queen (12)
- 24: Traffic rules (0)
- 24: Where have you gone, Justice Berdon? (4)
- 23: More of Judge Kozinski’s stash (0)
- 23: Roth-very narrow (8)
- 23: Monday Morning Jumpstart (0)
- 23: Attorney-client confidentiality in prisons (2)
- 22: Someone needs Orbit (0)
- 22: Sunday Stupidity: Trying to “palm” the cash edition (0)
- 22: There’s pretext and then there’s pretext (6)
- 18: QOTD (3)
- 16: Monday Morning Jumpstart (1)
- 15: What is our job? (7)
- 15: Sunday stupidity: gravity edition (0)
- 13: Friday foux de fa fa (0)
- 12: The purpose of habeas corpus (3)
- 12: Boumediene and habeas corpus (8)
- 12: Malum is back (1)
- 12: Porn is in the eye of the beholder (6)
- 11: Futility (0)
- 11: The invisible “trend”: banned words (8)
- 09: Monday Morning Jumpstart (0)
- 09: More comment remixing (0)
- 08: Sunday Stupidity: Tropic Thunder edition (0)
- 08: The criminal justice paradox in Connecticut (3)
- 07: A horse I can get behind (0)
- 07: Judge for a Day III (7)
- 06: Whither humanity? (0)
- 04: On the law (0)
- 04: The tender Crawford (2)
- 04: Et tu Florida? (5)
- 02: Monday Morning Jumpstart: June Swoon (1)
- 01: Sunday stupidity: $50k edition (0)
- 01: Leaving town (0)
- May 2008 (51)
- 30: Much ado about douchebaging? (12)
- 28: New York has full faith and credit (1)
- 28: How stupid are we? (5)
- 28: The mess in Minnesota (3)
- 28: Tackling the real cause of recidivism (4)
- 28: New Haven cop sentenced (0)
- 28: 6 tips for being an effective trial lawyer (0)
- 26: Phoenix has landed (0)
- 26: Monday Morning Jumpstart: Memorial Day edition (2)
- 25: Tinted windows (7)
- 23: Posting schedule (1)
- 19: Addressing rape in prisons (0)
- 19: Monday Morning Jumpstart: No edition edition (0)
- 18: It’s been too long (9)
- 18: New CT blog (0)
- 18: Sex offenders on probation: setting them up to fail (26)
- 17: Saturday Stupor (0)
- 16: Accidents no more: Everything’s a crime (8)
- 16: Prison safety questioned (0)
- 16: Gay marriage legal in CA; what will CT do? (19)
- 16: Lori Drew indicted in Myspace hoax suicide (updated) (9)
- 14: Embracing technology (1)
- 14: New ABA model instruction (0)
- 14: The Nuremberg defense (0)
- 14: Maybe it’s in the job description (0)
- 14: Inmate murdered by victim’s relative (0)
- 14: The problem with voir dire (7)
- 12: Monday Morning Jumpstart: Halfway through May edition (1)
- 11: Sunday Stupidity: Family Feud edition (1)
- 10: Asides fixed (3)
- 10: SciAm takes down Stein’s ID “movie” Expelled (0)
- 10: New Connecticut Criminal Law Blog (0)
- 10: I is gud riter? (0)
- 09: Like a kick in the groin (1)
- 08: Quote of the day (0)
- 08: Headline of the day (4)
- 07: State sites rejuvenated (0)
- 07: No open container law again (1)
- 07: A request to bloggers (6)
- 06: Prosecutorial sanctions: Three time’s a charm (2)
- 06: Can a State copyright its statutes? (5)
- 06: Teacher gets canned (0)
- 05: Pop quiz: Reasonable expectation of privacy (25)
- 05: Monday Evening Margarita (4)
- 04: Dallas DA wants to punish Brady violators (4)
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- 04: Sunday stupidity: Conan does call centers (0)
- 03: Judge gets award for upholding the law (4)
- 03: Forced confession results in acquittal (3)
- 02: Judge for a day – II: Escapee edition (5)
- 01: Prosecutors go head to head with cops (0)
- April 2008 (57)
- 30: Hump day is link dump day (6)
- 30: So much resistance to change (0)
- 29: Not enough (0)
- 29: Gov. considering veto of crim justice bill (0)
- 29: Kool-Aid drinker (17)
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- 27: Romeo, Romeo: The age of consent (2)
- 26: Slow posting (0)
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- 24: Cops coming round on videotaped interrogations (14)
- 24: Connecticut criminal justice system reformed? (2)
- 23: 8 laws followed (0)
- 23: Judge for a day (updated) (19)
- 23: Link dump (0)
- 23: CT news roundup (2)
- 21: The internet is all about (0)
- 21: Preempting habeas (10)
- 21: Monday Evening Sunbathing (12)
- 20: Sunday stupidity: News bloopers edition (0)
- 20: How rock stars (0)
- 19: Proposal to commute all sentences (0)
- 19: 8 simple rules… (6)
- 18: New blogs (0)
- 18: Those attentive attendants (0)
- 17: Asides (0)
- 17: Black hole woke up (0)
- 16: Oh, those crazy interns (updated) (0)
- 14: Ethical violations: A reluctance to report (17)
- 14: Good facts beat good law (2)
- 14: CT odds and ends (6)
- 14: Videotaped interrogations pilot program to start soon (1)
- 14: Monday Morning Jumpstart: It’s still darn cold edition (0)
- 13: Sunday Stupidity: Top Gear edition (3)
- 13: Removing prosecutorial immunity (5)
- 12: Unemployable (6)
- 12: Link love (0)
- 11: The right to choose what (or who) you photograph (5)
- 11: Link dump (0)
- 10: Every law school class had one of these guys (12)
- 09: Chief Justice reflects on first year at helm (0)
- 09: Texas polygamist raid based on defective warrant? (5)
- 09: Innocents on Death Row: Who’s counting? (3)
- 09: Second Chance in Connecticut? (0)
- 07: Appellate Judge facing discipline for concurring opinion (4)
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- 04: Judge reverses conviction after polling jurors (9)
- 04: They could not take your pride (0)
- 04: Focus starting to shift in crim justice “reform” (0)
- 03: Who’s putting kids in danger? (3)
- 03: There must be something in the water (0)
- 02: Three-strikes again: Prescience and a three-ring circus (0)
- 01: What not to do in Court (1)
- 01: A time for change (18)
- March 2008 (40)
- 31: Monday Night Lullaby (1)
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- 30: Sunday stupidity: American Pie edition (1)
- 28: The courtroom as assembly line (7)
- 26: The right of self-representation: More important because of us? (2)
- 25: Eyewitness reform bill fails; DNA on arrest bill passes (8)
- 25: I’m back (0)
- 23: Sunday Stupidity: All for a taco edition (5)
- 21: Giving a judge “the hand” (3)
- 20: Legal fictions and the standard of proof (13)
- 19: Three-strikes bill killed in committee (1)
- 18: Happy Birthday to me… (16)
- 17: It must be St. Paddy’s Day – ARO 3/17/08 (1)
- 17: Oh Georgia: Dubious conviction of Troy Davis to stand (13)
- 17: Monday Evening Wind-down (1)
- 16: Sunday Stupidity: Windex edition (1)
- 15: Big changes coming (0)
- 14: Your medicine tastes a bit bitter, no? (12)
- 12: Probation reform considered (3)
- 12: Woman stuck to boyfriend’s toilet (6)
- 12: Three-strikes, prison overcrowding back before Judiciary Committee (0)
- 12: The real cause of prison overcrowding: public defenders (8)
- 11: Sex in the stationhouse: What’s the relevance? (11)
- 11: The long arm of the law (updated) (2)
- 11: Denial is not a river in Egypt (0)
- 11: Fate, it seems, is not without a sense of irony (updated) (20)
- 10: Death penalty on our minds (9)
- 10: Monday Morning Jumpstart (0)
- 09: Sunday stupidity: fuel efficiency edition (0)
- 08: The uselessness of crossing an eyewitness (13)
- 07: What’s on your mind? (2)
- 05: TMYK: Statute of Limitations is an affirmative defense (18)
- 05: Holy mo-zzzzzzzzz (ARO 3/5/08) (0)
- 03: Burglarizing your mother’s house? (4)
- 03: Monday Morning Jumpstart (2)
- 02: Eyewitness ID reform bill introduced in judiciary committee (10)
- 02: Re-entry: Whose problem is it? (2)
- 02: Sunday stupidity: Crash edition (0)
- 02: A warning to informers/snitches (1)
- 01: This month at the Supreme Court (1)
- February 2008 (45)
- 29: One by one they steal my sanity (5)
- 28: 1 in 99: America’s prison population explodes (even more) (2)
- 28: Piercing the blogging veil (22)
- 28: Disparity challenge to death penalty survives motion to dismiss (updated) (25)
- 27: Waste of tax dollars: pointless prosecution edition (0)
- 27: Money won’t buy you better justice (5)
- 26: Growing up inside Supermax (1)
- 26: The “Hillary as public defender” flak (updated) (7)
- 25: Contempt conviction reversed (2)
- 25: Monday Morning Jumpstart (1)
- 24: Sunday Stupidity: Wasting governmental money edition (0)
- 24: Is videotaping interrogations a better solution? (11)
- 24: Blawgers Baseball 2008 (1)
- 23: W(h)ither Miranda? (7)
- 22: Racial breakdown of crime and conviction rates in CT (0)
- 21: The tortoise and the hare: CT’s jury selection in focus again (3)
- 21: Pollitt neighbors want tax break (3)
- 20: The heat must be getting to them Georgians (2)
- 20: Danforth issued; states free to retroactively remedy violations (0)
- 20: Youngest lifer back in jail: (why) are(n’t) you surprised? (14)
- 18: Population explosion: Will we ever get beyond the quick-fix? (23)
- 18: Monday Morning Jumpstart: President’s Day Edition (1)
- 17: Sunday Stupidity: Customer Service edition (0)
- 14: Swallowing the bitter pill (5)
- 14: Silly wabbit, trials are for lawyers! (0)
- 13: Why kids lie (and they certainly do) (3)
- 12: Degrees of kinship and same-sex incest? ARO 2/11/08 (5)
- 11: Monday Morning Jumpstart: Evening edition (0)
- 10: Reader survey – who are you? (0)
- 10: Just so you know (5)
- 10: Sunday stupidity: WTF edition (0)
- 10: Ordering a pizza in 2020 (4)
- 08: A fallen comrade (0)
- 08: Jury tampering in the digital age (3)
- 07: The runaway governor: truly scary justice “reforms” (3)
- 07: And we’re back (0)
- 05: Our finest (1)
- 05: The forever persecuted (15)
- 04: Crack House Due Process (9)
- 04: Panel to recommend permanent sentencing commission (1)
- 04: Monday evening wind-down (0)
- 03: If you haven’t already (2)
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- 02: Superficial analysis of CT Supreme Court decisions (4)
- 02: I know what you’ve been convicted of (15)
- January 2008 (42)
- 31: James Tillman loose ends tied up (1)
- 31: Lazale Ashby gets death (7)
- 30: Kentucky seems a bit confused (2)
- 29: Three degrees of YOU’RE A PREDATOR! (16)
- 29: Santa groper gets off (1)
- 28: They muuuust’ve been high!?!! – ARO 1/28/08 (0)
- 28: Monday Morning Jumpstart (0)
- 27: Sunday Stupidity: Trigger Happy edition (2)
- 27: Theme song (3)
- 27: In which Gideon answers your questions (1)
- 25: Logging in to the 5th (11)
- 25: Parole ban may be lifted soon (1)
- 23: This month at the Supreme Court (2)
- 22: The superduperawesome megacriminaljusticereform bill (7)
- 21: Why justice has nothing to do with a conviction (25)
- 21: Special session to start tomorrow (1)
- 21: Monday Morning Jumpstart: MLK Day Edition (0)
- 20: Sunday Stupidity: Belly Dancing edition (1)
- 18: Blawg Review #143-upcoming (0)
- 17: Blawgosphere pay attention: AT & T might have lost its mind (2)
- 17: Who needs merit when you’re in habeas (4)
- 17: Banned words trial no more (1)
- 16: Enjoy it while it lasts (9)
- 16: Keeping abreast of developments in the law (8)
- 14:
When an arrest is illegal, but yet lawful and the search…Wow. (4) - 14: Oh the irony – Appellate Court ARO 1/14/08 (0)
- 14: Never enough (2)
- 14: Sunday stupidity: Monday edition (0)
- 14: Monday morning jumpstart (1)
- 11: Prosecutors want hazardous duty pay? (9)
- 09: If only I had a public defender – Appellate Court ARO 1/9/08 (1)
- 09: Gov’s task force gets 2 out of 3 right (9)
- 08: Woman sues drug dealer and wins (4)
- 08: Criminal justice reform wheels start turning again (6)
- 07: Tips for the Connecticut practitioner (0)
- 07: Phoning it in (4)
- 07: Monday Morning Jumpstart (3)
- 06: Sunday stupidity: DUI edition (0)
- 04: Re-direct? Re-cross? Jury? (13)
- 04: Decision of the day, Texas edition (7)
- 04: The right to a jury trial: Can you afford it? (31)
- 02: Oh, what the heck (0)
- December 2007 (40)
- 31: Monday Morning Jumpstart – New Year’s Eve edition (3)
- 30: Selling yourself by trashing others (15)
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- 28: Lingua lex (6)
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- 27: In which Gideon wishes more prosecutors were reasonable (10)
- 24: Lawyers appreciate… a good fight (5)
- 24: Jumpstart – Christmas Edition (2)
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- 23: Is Manslaughter an LIO of murder? (13)
- 22: The secret police (0)
- 22: It’s Wiki time! (0)
- 20: Because she’s hot (11)
- 20: The state of the – *yawn* (13)
- 20: A man jumps off a building… (10)
- 19: The Rodneys: 2007 edition (4)
- 19: Santa baby (2)
- 19: Listserves: I don’t know if they’re evil, but they’re damn entertaining (3)
- 18: Sometimes the sword isn’t sharp enough (0)
- 17: New study on prison rape (1)
- 17: Monday Morning Jumpstart (0)
- 15: Justice (36)
- 14: Racial disparity hearing concludes; some stats available (2)
- 12: Study finds CT’s death penalty racially biased (4)
- 12: Sometimes I think the media shouldn’t cover crim justice stories at all (13)
- 12: Failure no more (1)
- 12: Yet more proof that cops are different (1)
- 10: Did the DP geographical disparity hearings have the opposite effect? (0)
- 10: Bring your daughter to work day (1)
- 10: Monday Morning Jumpstart (2)
- 09: Criminal justice reform roundup (1)
- 09: New study shows 3-strikes would have little impact (2)
- 07: Better him than me (1)
- 06: IAC during plea bargaining: Maybe some other time (2)
- 05: 0 for 11: Appellate Court ARO 12/5/07 (3)
- 05: Not my thing (3)
- 05: Racial disparities in sentencing for drug offenses (1)
- 04: Busy week (0)
- 03: Monday Morning Jumpstart (0)
- November 2007 (39)
- 30: The juror’s guide to social networking sites (0)
- 30: Changes to Federal Rule 29? (2)
- 29: Justice does not come cheap (0)
- 29: Some things that I don’t get (5)
- 29: Two new studies on sentencing disparity and attorney performance (4)
- 28: Thoughts on criminal justice reform (4)
- 27: Breathalyzers under fire (1)
- 27: Criminal justice reform roundup (0)
- 27: Whose line is it anyway? (1)
- 26: Monday Morning Jumpstart (4)
- 22: Thanksgiving link dump (1)
- 21: Crazy Matilda (0)
- 21: So what should the reforms be? (6)
- 21: Sex offender homelessness: a growing problem (2)
- 19: Always a failing score (5)
- 19: Monday Morning Jumpstart (0)
- 18: Life in the big house (3)
- 16: I guess I’m special (2)
- 16: High-risk sex offenders have nowhere to go (16)
- 15: When the black box is opened (7)
- 15: Freeze! Your memory, that is (2)
- 14: ¡Ay Dios Mio! (0)
- 13: Post title suggestion (3)
- 12: New features (2)
- 12: Enforcing the right to effective assistance of counsel (7)
- 12: Monday morning jumpstart (0)
- 11: Lost evidence in the age of DNA (1)
- 09: Sizzle turns to fizzle (Supreme Court ARO 11/9/07) (0)
- 08: Watching your life go down the drain (17)
- 07: The impossible defense (2)
- 07: Three strikes law? Not in Connecticut! (2)
- 07: Skakel files federal habeas (2)
- 06: First drafts of crim justice reform bills unveiled (6)
- 05: IAC during plea bargaining (16)
- 05: A primer on severance and uncharged misconduct (0)
- 05: Monday Morning Jumpstart (5)
- 02: Lawmaker pondering sensible reform to sex offender registry (16)
- 02: Snitching: Here we go again (3)
- 01: Looking at things the wrong way (1)
- October 2007 (48)
- 31: Crack is not pot, dammit (Appellate Court ARO 10/31/07). (5)
- 31: Halloween edition (0)
- 31: History must teach us something (0)
- 30: Alex Kelly is no David Pollitt (2)
- 30: 208 (FL) prompts calls for EyeID Reform (2)
- 29: Monday Morning Jumpstart (2)
- 28: My truth is no better than your truth (3)
- 26: Thoughts on the Genarlow Wilson decision (1)
- 25: Skakel petition denied; should he have gone straight to habeas? (5)
- 25: Timing is everything (3)
- 25: Second Circuit on Crawford (5)
- 24: Appellate Court ARO 10/24/07 (0)
- 24: Warrants released (0)
- 23: Reform proposals submitted, public hearing scheduled (0)
- 23: Censorship from the 2nd Circuit (0)
- 22: When is rape robbery? (0)
- 22: Monday morning jumpstart (0)
- 21: Top prosecutor eschews politics (0)
- 19: The best laid plans… (3)
- 19: Vote for the new tagline (1)
- 19: Cheshire warrants to be unsealed (0)
- 17: The impatient jury (8)
- 17: Rep. Lawlor asks for more resources (2)
- 16: Lawmakers tour overcrowded prisons at behest of COs (1)
- 16: CT death row now has 9 members (1)
- 15: Russell Peeler gets death, jury asks interesting question (3)
- 15: Monday morning jumpstart (1)
- 13: Just so we’re clear (11)
- 12: The American Idol Governor (4)
- 12: More on Pollitt and a bit on Crawford and the death penalty (4)
- 11: The day the law almost died: the David Pollitt story (20)
- 10: 24 years in jail is not enough (22)
- 10: What should the state’s responsibility be? (3)
- 08: Solving the revolving door of parole (4)
- 08: Monday Morning Jumpstart (0)
- 07: Breaking point on right now (0)
- 06: Calling all public defenders in NOLA (0)
- 05: Why I hate statutory rape laws (28)
- 05: Cover your ass-ery continues (7)
- 05: Meme time: Top Ten Blogs (0)
- 05: New blawg (1)
- 04: “Pimps up, Ho’s down” leads to law prof going on leave (16)
- 03: Breaking point: Koppel on overcrowding (2)
- 03: Trials are trying (4)
- 02: You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave (0)
- 02: Prison overcrowding? No such thing! (2)
- 01: Prison overcrowding? No problem. (1)
- 01: Monday Morning Jumpstart (2)
- September 2007 (32)
- 30: There are other reforms, too (1)
- 27: Civility among the brethren (16)
- 26: The trial tax or “Life takes Visa” (12)
- 25: Emergency hearing on parole ban and unconstitutionality of overcrowding (14)
- 25: Early morning criminal justice roundup (1)
- 24: Nutmeggers delinquent in jury duty (5)
- 24: The impact of the parole ban (8)
- 24: Monday Morning Jumpstart (0)
- 22: Jena Six: Burden of proof and racial disparities in charging (6)
- 21: Breaking News: Gov. Rell bans parole for all violent offenders (9)
- 21: I don’t hate you, I just like it when you’re not around (4)
- 21: Crime reform gets politicized (4)
- 20: “Banned words” accuser sues judge (5)
- 19: The Alford Doctrine: Why do judges care? (7)
- 17: Constitution Day (4)
- 17: Monday Morning Jumpstart (2)
- 14: New CT blog (3)
- 13: When is it time to get out? (6)
- 12: Costs of proposed criminal justice reforms staggering (2)
- 11: Selective representation (9)
- 11: Hearing on criminal justice reforms today (3)
- 11: Penalty phase hearing in Bridgeport case starts (0)
- 10: Monday Morning jumpstart (3)
- 07: Lawmakers try to outdo each other with ridiculous proposals (1)
- 06: Re-entry problems (0)
- 06: National Lawyers’ Guild forum this Saturday (0)
- 06: What was Sen. Craig thinking? (2)
- 05: Yeah, there’s no bias in the media (0)
- 05: Judiciary Committee announces speakers for upcoming hearing (0)
- 05: I have survived (2)
- 04: CT SC Excises Portion of Statute to Comply With Apprendi (4)
- 03: Rewind: The maelstrom that is cover your ass-ery (1)
- August 2007 (48)
- 31: Rewind: Is the “broken window” theory itself broken? (2)
- 29: Rewind: Deal or No Deal? (4)
- 27: Rewind: Should we shorten criminal trials? (5)
- 25: Rewind: Did you have a public defender or a lawyer? (8)
- 24: It’s alway sunny in….. (5)
- 23: SOL eliminated for sex crimes with DNA evidence (4)
- 22: Judge Downey withdraws nomination (0)
- 21: Judge Downey’s confirmation postponed (2)
- 21: The impact of AEDPA (2)
- 21: Sleeping lawyers: Not just in Texas (10)
- 20: Tips for the new blawger (8)
- 20: Monday morning jumpstart (8)
- 19: Judge Downey has lots of baggage (1)
- 19: The insidious underbelly of three strikes laws and zero tolerance (23)
- 19: I bit the bullet (3)
- 18: Gideon? What Gideon? Sixth Amendment be damned (2)
- 17: Prison > Homelessness (4)
- 17: Of Counsel (0)
- 16: Campbell gets death (11)
- 16: Quick design poll and new tagline contest (13)
- 16: The maelstrom that is cover your ass-ery (30)
- 15: 9/8/2007: NLG Forum at Quinnipiac Law (5)
- 14: Cover your ass-ery (25)
- 14: Hartford PD launches internal affairs investigation (0)
- 14: Deconstructing an ID jury instruction (0)
- 13: We don’t need no correlation … for punishments (2)
- 13: A tale of two cities: Hartford and Cheshire (6)
- 13: Monday Morning Jumpstart (5)
- 11: The reality of being a criminal defense lawyer (2)
- 10: Free punishment: Because they can (2)
- 10: Burglary on par with murder (2)
- 09: Boys in Blue: A Brotherhood tale (0)
- 09: My court is better than your court (4)
- 08: When I grow up (18)
- 07: Now a Murderer’s Registry: Is there a better solution? (13)
- 07: Tough on crime: At what cost? (9)
- 06: Trial blinders (7)
- 06: Monday Morning Jumpstart (0)
- 03: I got nothing (0)
- 03: Sex offender homelessness is not an excuse (16)
- 03: Habeas petition denied; makes newspaper; newspaper uses wrong terms (15)
- 03: Cheshire accused parole records released: Crack and crystal meth rear their ugly heads (5)
- 02: Danbury wants to kick sex offenders out of its shelter (8)
- 02: A plea of not guilty is NOT evading responsibility (10)
- 02: Cheshire killings and parole fallout recap (5)
- 01: Blacks who kill whites are most likely to be executed (2)
- 01: Appellate Court ARO 8/1/07 (0)
- 01: More on Cheshire killings (4)
- July 2007 (55)
- 31: Troubled juvenile prison may stay open (1)
- 31: Gov. Rell proposes first changes (6)
- 31: Lipstick on pigs, fact vs fiction and damage done to ID reform (5)
- 30: Monday Morning Jumpstart (4)
- 29: Subscription reminder (0)
- 28: Lying lies and the jurors that tell them (4)
- 28: Every accused shall have the right to a …. donut… mmmmm (0)
- 27: Loan forgiveness bill passes Senate! (10)
- 26: Death charged (15)
- 26: Nino (3)
- 25: Fabricating PC thread disappears (1)
- 25: Gadzooks! Appellate Court decisions (0)
- 25: Triple homicide behind calls for review of parole system. Or “Ugh.” (23)
- 25: Connecticut readers (1)
- 25: Residency restrictions map (5)
- 25: KY: Residency restrictions not retroactive (1)
- 24: CT rejects “automatic standing” rule (3)
- 24: Eyewitness fallibility and “thousands” of wrongful convictions (3)
- 24: Intriguing criminal justice TV shows (0)
- 23: Shame on you (1)
- 23: Three years speedy enough? (6)
- 23: And we’re back! (0)
- 22: Victim’s right to a speedy trial? (4)
- 20: The Pope, Genarlow Wilson and fabricating PC (0)
- 20: Death penalty Constitutionality arguments end; ruling awaited (1)
- 19: Top prosecutor controversy won’t die (0)
- 19: Racial disparity, cont’d… (2)
- 18: Disturbing racial disparities in incarcerated population (4)
- 18: Poll: Most Evil Legal Principles (21)
- 17: Theme itch (2)
- 16: Runaway train (2)
- 16: Troy Davis granted 90-day stay of execution (7)
- 16: Monday Morning Jumpstart (0)
- 15: Appellate Court overturns sex offender treatment as condition of probation (3)
- 14: Public defender study (1)
- 14: Testilying in traffic court (3)
- 13: New Chief State’s Attorney for Hartford appointed: Impact on death penalty policy? (1)
- 13: “Banned words” trial starts/ends (?) with mistrial (1)
- 12: Indiana challenge to residency restrictions (1)
- 12: Is failure to register a continuing offense? Part II (3)
- 11: No re-arrests before 4pm (0)
- 11: State and federal Habeas Corpus resource page (0)
- 10: Gate pay for inmates a reality (1)
- 10: Choosing an attorney (5)
- 09: Being John Q. Prosecutor (2)
- 08: Eliminating harsh penalties for sale of drugs near schools (3)
- 06: Big Law and NOLA: Should more be done? (1)
- 06: tattoo or not to (tattoo) (1)
- 05: Gratification delayed (2)
- 05: Death penalty hearing concludes (3)
- 05: Test (0)
- 05: Since we last spoke (0)
- 03: Browser problem (0)
- 02: Deal raises questions about probation’s reach in sex-offender cases (4)
- 02: Monday Morning jumpstart (0)
- June 2007 (47)
- 30: Glenarlow Wilson turns down ambiguous plea offer (1)
- 29: Connecticut raises juvenile age (2)
- 29: MN: Sex offenders cannot be forced to admit during treatment (5)
- 28: Ashby convicted; faces the death penalty (0)
- 28: Should we be selective? Part II (4)
- 27: Are lawyers emotional wrecks? (5)
- 27: The little state that could (0)
- 26: I’ve got a bone to pick with you (9)
- 25: Connecticut civil union statistics (1)
- 25: Study shows public defenders are better (2)
- 25: Monday Morning jumpstart (0)
- 21: Some CT prison population fun facts (1)
- 21: What’s in a word? (6)
- 21: Live Blog With Judiciary Committee co-chair (1)
- 20: Time to beat ‘em Texans into the ground (0)
- 20: The case of the blogging juror (1)
- 19: Problematic probation terms (10)
- 19: Two new blawgs and the Funniest Law Blog Contest (0)
- 18: Private bar caseloads (7)
- 18: Many sex offenders end up at shelters (4)
- 18: Sample juror questionnaire library (1)
- 18: Monday morning jumpstart (0)
- 17: En Garde! (5)
- 15: CT’s failed EyeID reform bill (0)
- 15: WADR*, Your Honor, I’m trying the case (0)
- 15: Motion to Suppress: an untapped opportunity (4)
- 14: Link fest (0)
- 14: Funniest Law Blogs (0)
- 13: All the criminal justice bills you can gorge yourself on (1)
- 13: Domestic violence bill signed by Governor (0)
- 13: Top criminal law blogs (0)
- 12: Isn’t it about the client? (0)
- 12: 4th Circuit’s grant in Al-Marri (0)
- 11: Comment functionality improved (0)
- 11: Glenarlow Wilson wins state Habeas and State appeals (7)
- 10: So what happened to the death penalty bill? (4)
- 10: State-wide struggle over ways to deal with sex offenders (6)
- 07: Legislative session roundup (0)
- 07: CT
HouseLegislature passes bill restricting defense access to evidence (1) - 06:
Megan’sJessica’sRobin’s (?) Law (1) - 06: Julie Amero granted new trial (6)
- 05: Amero defense files Motion for New Trial (0)
- 05: Why don’t we have jury sentencing in non-capital criminal cases? (9)
- 05: New Haven approves municipal ID card (0)
- 03: two new blogs added (0)
- 03: A call for change on mandatory sentences (0)
- 01: State makes first arrest in wake of MySpace’s divulgence (2)
- May 2007 (51)
- 31: What is appropriate compensation for a wrongful conviction? (4)
- 30: CT Senate passes harsh “Jessica’s Law” and “tender years” exception (3)
- 30: Texas AG seeks to out anonymous blog commenters (1)
- 29: Thoughts on chemical castration (10)
- 29: A heartening re-integration story (0)
- 29: Monday Morning jumpstart – Tuesday version (0)
- 28: Public Defender blogs search (0)
- 28: two new blogs (4)
- 27: Drug courts (0)
- 26: First Myspace purge casualty (1)
- 25: Updated spam protection (0)
- 25: CT House passes bill requiring registration of e-mail address (0)
- 24: AEDPA blog (1)
- 24: Interesting FL cases (0)
- 23: CT persists with “tender years” bill despite Crawford (0)
- 23: Criminal law blawg survey (1)
- 22: Casiano issued: law becomes slightly clearer (0)
- 20: Ashcroft of the clean mouths (0)
- 20: How did that happen? (3)
- 17: Julie Amero will not be sentenced tomorrow (0)
- 16: MySpace saga (7)
- 16: Slew of opinions released today (0)
- 16: Even Lexis knows the truth (0)
- 16: Restoring Habeas (0)
- 15: US House passes loan repayment bill (9)
- 15: It’s a mad, mad, M.A.D.D. world! (4)
- 14: Gay marriage oral argument roundup (0)
- 14: Spam filter glitch (2)
- 14: Monday Morning jumpstart (0)
- 13: Gay marriage oral argument
tomorrowtoday (5) - 13: Jury selection week winds down with tips (1)
- 11: Jury selection in “jury box voire dire” jurisdictions (11)
- 10: Things you should tell your client (3)
- 10: mixed bag for New Jersey (0)
- 10: Browser poll (5)
- 09: No right to appellate counsel to challenge denial of petition for new trial (1)
- 08: BN: SCOTUS denies certiorari in Workman (Tenn) (0)
- 08: Client representation standards (1)
- 07: CT jury selection takes longest: Why it is not a bad thing (9)
- 07: Monday Morning jumpstart (0)
- 06: What really grinds my gears (4)
- 06: The Motions some people file (0)
- 06: Behind the picket fence (1)
- 06: Megan’s law may not have had much of an impact (2)
- 05: Computer techs as mandatory reporters revisited (0)
- 03: The client manifesto (4)
- 03: Making statutory rape laws sensible (3)
- 02: Geographical sentencing disparities (6)
- 02: Attorneys behaving badly, CT edition (0)
- 02: Insanity now, serenity later? DNA testing at time of arrest (1)
- 02: New Chief Justice Rogers recuses herself from first argument (1)
- April 2007 (65)
- 30: Should defendant’s level of maturity be an objective factor in determining duress? (0)
- 30: Life does not mean sixty (0)
- 30: Monday morning jumpstart (0)
- 29: Minorities fare worse after being pulled over (3)
- 29: testing new design (3)
- 28: Inmates’ calls not paying for much (0)
- 27: A brief history of skepticism (0)
- 27: The Innocence Myth (2)
- 27: Defense expert busted for possession of p-rn in course of duty (1)
- 26: And then there were four… (1)
- 25: Preparing a witness to testify (2)
- 25: Alert and alive (0)
- 25: Iowa: It’s like you’re always stuck in second gear* (0)
- 25: Victim’s rights movement – penultimate thought (0)
- 24: Julie Amero’s sentencing postponed…..yet again (0)
- 23: Defendant v. State and Victim (2)
- 23: Monday morning jumpstart – PM version (1)
- 23: Do passengers have standing to challenge a stop? (1)
- 22: Blog goes green (0)
- 21: Videotaped interrogations gets pilot program (3)
- 21: “tender years” and Crawford (0)
- 20: The Importance of Being Earnest (0)
- 20: “Anti-Innocence” bills: Tender years exception (1)
- 20: Skakel hearing takes Brady twist (1)
- 18: SCOTUS decision in James (0)
- 18: Maine to review scores of sex offender bills (1)
- 18: The Adam Walsh Act (0)
- 17: The wisdom of “open pleas” (6)
- 17: A review of Connecticut’s prison overcrowding problem (7)
- 17: Further details about death row hunger strike (2)
- 17: Donate to a good cause, win a house! (0)
- 16: Documents obtained In Re: Sherri Jefferson (5)
- 16: Death row inmates start hunger strike (3)
- 16: Serious Proposed Changes to DUI Statute (4)
- 15: A few updates (0)
- 15: Two more prosecutors testify in dp discretion trial (2)
- 15: New guestblogger (2)
- 15: Studies on efficacy of registries and residency restrictions (7)
- 15: Terrific eyewitness ID coverage (0)
- 14: a pd falls (4)
- 14: Lots of bills reported out of committee (5)
- 14: new blawg (1)
- 13: Message board (0)
- 13: Sex offender not allowed to go back to jail (1)
- 12: “Acceptable” registries and residency restrictions (10)
- 11: Loan repayment bill voted out of Committee (0)
- 10: 30 days for making a record (3)
- 10: what it’s all about (0)
- 10: yet another sex offender bill (0)
- 10: light blogging (0)
- 08: Impact of sex offender restrictions a worry (0)
- 06: when clients turn things around (0)
- 06: What would your criminal record look like? (0)
- 06: another new pd blawg (2)
- 05: Florida housing sex offenders under a bridge (1)
- 05: PD victory! (2)
- 05: New blawg (2)
- 04: CT Risk Assessment Board given more time (1)
- 04: CT jumps into residency restrictions ring (0)
- 04: Blawger opinions on sex offenders and residency restrictions (0)
- 03: Sex offenders and MySpace: Free speech and due process violations? (2)
- 03: ACLU considers re-opening lawsuit against state (0)
- 02: Oops! (0)
- 02: MADD pushes mandatory ignition locking devices in CT (0)
- 01: My identity has been revealed (6)
- March 2007 (45)
- 31: Man kills lover, but wife charged (0)
- 31: Connecticut DUI/DWI (0)
- 31: Balancing crimes and lengths of sentences (0)
- 31: Blawgers baseball reminder (0)
- 29: Legislative updates (0)
- 29: Tender years exception and mandatory minimums proposed (1)
- 29: Computer technicians to be made mandatory reporters and SOL (1)
- 29: A Glenarlow Wilson inspired website (2)
- 28: Texas removes duty to retreat (7)
- 28: Connecticut’s “secret” sex offender registry (0)
- 27: Do we have a “look”? (8)
- 27: How should the defense bar handle offender registry legislation? (0)
- 27: Trackbacks (2)
- 27: Julie Amero sentencing continued (0)
- 26: An abomination – AL execution sans representation (0)
- 26: Violent offender registry proposed – the branding continues (8)
- 26: Death penalty constitutionality hearings continue (1)
- 25: I muse myself (0)
- 25: Some new features (0)
- 25: Courant op-ed on Amero (0)
- 25: Brand New Orleans PD (0)
- 25: Grand (re-)opening (0)
- 22: push against residency restrictions finally paying off (2)
- 22: Playboy causes stir on Vandy campus (2)
- 22: Changes (0)
- 22: Connecticut’s juvenile problem (1)
- 21: Sex offender legislation roundup (2)
- 20: Plea agreements be damned (0)
- 19: Ask and ye shall receive (0)
- 18: His rights are our rights (0)
- 18: Julie Amero and The Norwich Bulletin (1)
- 16: There, but for the grace of God… (0)
- 15: NJ sex offender mania spreads to internet access (4)
- 15: CT considers deadlock legislation in death penalty cases (0)
- 14: Student Loan Repayment Bill referred to Judiciary Committee (0)
- 14: State cops caught in FBI sting (0)
- 14: Slow blogging (0)
- 11: Prosecutor investigated for embezzling money intended for crime victims (4)
- 09: Is failure to register a continuing/future offense? (3)
- 07: Tender Years II (0)
- 04: “tender years” exception to hearsay (5)
- 04: NACDL report on sex offenders and sex offenses (2)
- 04: The cost of civil commitment (0)
- 02: Prosecutorial discretion and the death penalty (0)
- 01: Should a sex offender be forced to move? (0)
- February 2007 (44)
- 27: Residency restrictions map and an interesting observation (3)
- 27: Amero sentencing postponed (0)
- 26: Caseloads (5)
- 26: Sentencing statistics for CT sex offenders (0)
- 26: Illinois to hold conference to discuss effects of residency restrictions (0)
- 26: Sex offender residency restrictions getting a second, closer look (0)
- 25: Julie Amero transcripts online (0)
- 24: Death Penalty Constitutionality hearing under way (2)
- 24: CT prosecutors oppose changes to state’s Megan’s law (0)
- 22: Second challenge to CA Prop. 83 dismissed (0)
- 22: Eyewitness reliability diminishes with age (1)
- 22: Off-Topic Rant (0)
- 22: Iowa opposition to sex offender residency restriction laws gaining momentum (1)
- 22: Amero sentencing may be delayed (1)
- 22: ACLU suing Michigan over PD System (0)
- 21: Fabricatore and waiver (1)
- 21: Design (5)
- 21: New blogs (3)
- 21: Some say Gov. Rell’s budget shortchanges juvenile system (0)
- 21: Sex between student-teacher not unconsitutional (0)
- 20: Gov. Rell makes a decision on Chief Justice (1)
- 19: Monday Musings 2/19 (0)
- 18: slow blogging (0)
- 15: IA county seeks repeal of sex offender law (0)
- 15: State prison population expected to level off (2)
- 14: Julie Amero’s case gaining national attention (8)
- 14: Guest blogging (0)
- 13: CCSU rape editorial update (0)
- 12: Deal or No Deal? (7)
- 12: How much is 18 years in prison worth? (1)
- 12: Monday Musings (0)
- 11: Wyoming “haven” for sex offenders – but not for long (2)
- 11: My Montana theory is still alive! (0)
- 10: Sex offender reisdency restrictions not retroactive (1)
- 10: Overcriminalization much? (0)
- 09: Rape editorial sparks protests at CCSU (0)
- 07: Felony for invoking right against self-incrimination? (3)
- 07: Defendant seeks second DNA test (0)
- 06: A pd victory! (0)
- 05: What can be done to stop “predators”? (0)
- 05: Parole eligibility is not an integral part of the criminal sentence (0)
- 03: Blawgers Baseball (0)
- 02: Failure to Appear: A prosecutor’s best friend? (4)
- 02: Michael Kendall spared the death penalty (0)
- January 2007 (6)
- December 2006 (1)
- November 2006 (7)
- October 2006 (21)
- 30: Maryland corrections looks to Connecticut (3)
- 26: New Federal Prison: Canada (1)
- 25: Justice on justice
- 25: Prison overcrowding needs to be addressed
- 25: Heartwarming tales of prosecutorial misconduct
- 24: some public defender love (3)
- 22: A PD victory!
- 22: Why I don’t watch legal shows: Exhibit A (2)
- 21: It’s on. (11)
- 21: but…but…they’re asking questions!
- 19: sometimes I feel like the Aflac duck
- 19: A modern day Greek tragedy
- 19: Murtha Acquitted
- 18: Layout question (4)
- 18: Murder conviction for DWI death
- 18: Abuse of the writ?
- 17: I wish clients would listen…
- 17: Liberty interest in parole eligibility?
- 17: Autobiography: Things you didn’t care to know
- 16: Crawford decision
- 16: One more addition to death row (2)
- March 2006 (2)
- February 2006 (5)
- January 2006 (7)
- November 2005 (8)
- 22: Small victories (3)
- 21: Open season (1)
- 16: Double Take (1)
- 16: 5th from the 23rd
- 15: Court declines to rule on prejudicial use of “victim” (2)
- 09: Sex offender legislation roundup
- 08: Hearing on Streamlined Procedures Act
- 07: Newspaper tackles immigration issues
- October 2005 (2)
- September 2005 (8)
- 26: Re-revisiting indigence
- 21: Full faith and credit clause upheld in CT
- 21: Senator pleads guilty in bribery scandal
- 16: Senator Newton resigns
- 14: culpability vs deterrent (6)
- 08: CA Assembly passes same-sex marriage bill (9)
- 07: Let sleeping jurors lie?
- 02: CA senate passes same-sex marriage bill
- August 2005 (16)
- 29: more violence against sex offenders (11)
- 25: Joining the proud ranks (2)
- 23: New proposals to toughen CT’s Megan’s law
- 19: Hands Off Habeas (3)
- 18: Who needs tougher sex offender laws (5)
- 18: Roundup of latest proposed sex offender legislation (7)
- 17: Revisiting indigence
- 16: 10,000 hits (7)
- 14: the waiver
- 11: Inmates take the lead on rehab (1)
- 11: Judge tosses award against public defender (1)
- 09: Connecticut Supreme Court reverses conviction (1)
- 09: Living the bohemian lifestyle
- 04: the banishment clause (3)
- 03: Brain-dead VA woman gives birth
- 02: State to close boy’s prison (1)
- July 2005 (26)
- 29: Here come the EP claims
- 28: Death penalty streamline bill facing opposition (2)
- 27: more sex offender legislation
- 26: Reader comments on castration (2)
- 25: Blawg Review #16 is up
- 23: A Question of Culpability
- 22: Off with their [family jewels]! (4)
- 22: Romney’s “fool-ish” death penalty bill (2)
- 22: I can talk street too
- 21: Sex-offender mania spreads to CT (1)
- 19: FL county bans sex offenders from Hurricane shelters
- 19: False illusions (9)
- 19: Important Habeas denials
- 18: Just like crack (5)
- 14: habeas decisions
- 14: MA to debate death penalty bill
- 13: Anti-illegal immigrant meeting and protest wrapup
- 12: Proposed Legislation Would Limit Habeas Review (2)
- 12: CT editor arrested for solicitation of a minor
- 12: the loss of innocence
- 12: Anti-immigrant meeting in Waterbury today (2)
- 07: Habeas granted (in part)
- 06: Weblog design (4)
- 05: trial by prejudice (2)
- 04: No more “wham, bam, thank you ma’am” (5)
- 04: Feds Take Over California’s Ailing Prison Healthcare System
- June 2005 (23)
- 29: Sitting at the feet of justice (3)
- 29: (somewhat) light blogging
- 27: MIT Weblog Survey
- 24: A question for prosecutors (1)
- 24: CT death row back to full strength – Rizzo sentenced to death
- 21: Effect of Megan’s Law on Sex Offender Reintegration
- 21: Trying Neaira
- 20: SCOTUS in giving mood; grants another capital habeas
- 20: Texas disappoints again
- 17: Unconstitutional Constitutional Amendments? (11)
- 17: Manufacturing reasonable suspicion
- 15: LA movin’ on up (1)
- 13: Miller-El granted habeas relief! (3)
- 13: Immigrant march held in Danbury
- 13: “I’m a PD” no more
- 10: Missing in Action
- 06: Florida PD seeks to end “meet, greet and plead” (1)
- 06: How much does a lawyer cost?
- 05: Should we shorten criminal trials? The UK seems to think so. (2)
- 03: Equal sentences for crack and cocaine vetoed (2)
- 03: new website on law of criminal defense (1)
- 02: to lay a dead horse to rest (final word on the 6th and 14th debate)
- 01: the punchy prosecutor
- May 2005 (56)
- 31: Taking tough on crime too far
- 31: 6th, 14th and right to appointed counsel (2)
- 27: Does the US Constitution require appointed counsel for indigent defendants? (1)
- 26: Was Judge Chatigny unethical? (4)
- 26: Runaway Bride jurisdiction (7)
- 26: They lie, do they testify? (3)
- 25: The most pointless prosecution of the next ten years (3)
- 25: Update on yesterday’s immigration demonstration (2)
- 24: Immigration battle spreads to the rest of the State
- 24: I’ll take a pay cut, I’m Indian! (4)
- 23: No rides for you!
- 23: Written Consent bill moves forward
- 23: The Suburban Ecstasies
- 21: The most pointless prosecution in the last 10 years (1)
- 21: Mike passes the bar
- 20: Legislature proposes amendment to Megan’s Law
- 20: Seriously, it’s only a game
- 19: New bill to amend the death penalty plods/languishes (1)
- 19: Are mandatory minimums mandatory? (8)
- 19: Legislation equalizing sentences for crack, cocaine on Gov. Rell’s desk
- 19: Is the use of the term victim prejudicial? (4)
- 19: SD2
- 17: Sex defenders? (4)
- 17: NY proposes 24 hour “charge or release” bill
- 17: To blog or not to blog (3)
- 17: Prosecutor under scrutiny retires
- 16: New teen drivers license bill, alcohol to minors bill move forward
- 16: In loco parentis
- 16: Sensenbrenner’s Snitch-or-Go-to-Jail Bill
- 16: Habeas relief granted!
- 15: So what’s the deal with
- 15: The age of indigence
- 15: Two days, three cities and PD rants
- 13: Marching our way to infamy (1)
- 12: The countdown begins (1)
- 12: ACOTSOCT decisions* (3)
- 11: Listen up, dumbass
- 11: ACOTSOCT Habeas opinion
- 11: Ross: on and on and…
- 11: A Habeas decision! and other Crim opinions
- 11: Inmate gets 30 years in anthrax scare
- 10: Further Ross news
- 10: Ross decision – quick summary
- 10: Ross decisions issued
- 10: (S)he said (s)he was 18! – further thoughts on statutory rape
- 09: CT seeks to decriminalize consensual sex between minors (5)
- 09: BREAKING NEWS – Supreme Court says Ross is competent
- 09: Proposed crim law related legislation
- 07: So what’s the deal with… (1)
- 06: Death penalty complex litigation stagnant (1)
- 06: More death penalty news and figures – MA and CT (1)
- 06: More on Danbury’s illegal immigrant proposal
- 05: Immigrants rights group meets with Danbury mayor (1)
- 05: Supreme Court hears Ross arguments today
- 04: A decision in due course
- 02: Light Blogging
- April 2005 (52)
- 30: MA seeks to reinstate death penalty (3)
- 28: RSS feeds
- 28: They’re Barely Legal…
- 28: Ross ruling appealed
- 28: Written consent for vehicle searches… in Texas?
- 28: Meet force with force: FL’s new self-defense statute – II (5)
- 27: Whew! Phone-sex constitutionally protected
- 27: Recent Crim Law decisions
- 27: Miami toughens up sex offender laws
- 26: Danbury immigrant mess getting serious (4)
- 25: Immigrants driver’s license (limited) bill
- 25: QOTD (2)
- 25: Prosecutor pearls of wisdom
- 22: Ross competency ruling analysis
- 22: EXTRA EXTRA! Ross Competent
- 22: One nation, as far apart as can be (1)
- 21: Too poor to hire an attorney, too rich for a PD (4)
- 20: Breaking News – Civil Unions now legal in CT
- 20: New PD Blog
- 19: REMINDER – Death Penalty Debate (3)
- 18: Rowland contracts investigated
- 18: Didn’t I tell you?
- 18: Police to double as immigration officers
- 16: and I was complaining – update
- 14: Redefining indigence
- 14: Evidence of prior attack by victim admissible in self-defense claim
- 14: Civil Union Bill passes House
- 13: Civil unions debate UPDATE
- 13: Inmates conscious after execution drugs administered
- 13: Vote on Civil Unions tonight – definition of marriage added
- 13: Michael Ross hearing – Day Five wrapup
- 13: Death Penalty Debate – UCONN LAW next wednesday
- 13: Police/Prosecutorial misconduct after RNC (1)
- 13: Michael Ross hearing – Day Four wrapup
- 13: Gov. Rell lays condition for civil union
- 11: Michael Ross hearing roundup – Day Three
- 09: Worst. Alibi. Ever.
- 09: and I was complaining about not getting a raise (4)
- 09: New bill to amend the death penalty
- 08: Michael Ross hearing – Day Two wrapup
- 08: Michael Ross hearings – Day Two (2)
- 07: Michael Ross hearing underway
- 06: Senate approves civil union bill
- 06: As seen on TV!
- 06: Meet force with force: FL’s new self-defense statute (10)
- 06: Michael Ross, civil unions and the yankees!
- 04: Michael Ross hearings this week (2)
- 04: Things that make me smack my clients on the head*
- 03: Spring Forwhat?
- 02: pro bono awards (6)
- 02: Daubert, the Grisso test and expert testimony
- 01: Light blogging
- March 2005 (45)
- 31: Did you have a public defender or a lawyer? (8)
- 31: Civil Unions bill moves to Senate
- 31: Porn store makes controversial donation to school (4)
- 30: Death Penalty bill fails (1)
- 30: Curiosity delays
- 30: Admissibility of prior crimes – Appellate Court decision (1)
- 30: Michael Ross victim to testify in House
- 29: Due Process and supermax prisons
- 29: Anti-death penalty bill moves to House
- 29: CT legal roundup
- 29: Ross execution battle back in court
- 28: New Legislation – equal sentences for crack and cocaine (1)
- 28: In the sad, yet funny news items of the day – II
- 27: Connecticut jurors dismissed out of fear (1)
- 27: Monstrous divorce settlement
- 26: Prosecutor suspended
- 25: Of quandries and conundrums (2)
- 24: Anders motions and Habeas appeals
- 24: Housekeeping (2)
- 24: Rowland state sentencing – CLARIFICATION (1)
- 24: I want to be in movies!
- 23: State prosecution for Rowland?
- 23: When will I get parole?
- 21: Ross rumblings
- 18: Anti-death penalty bill text
- 17: Another Habeas granted! The fun just continues
- 15: Ineffective Assistance of Counsel claim prevails! Finally!
- 15: God in the courtroom – sort of
- 14: Judge rules state’s gay-marriage ban unconstitutional
- 11: Johnson v. California – is segregation a good idea
- 11: Johnson v. California – is segregation a good idea?
- 10: Judiciary Committee passes ban on CT death penalty
- 09: proposed federal legislation in Schiavo
- 09: Sniffing out subpoenas
- 09: Vote on death penalty bill
- 09: In what might be a
- 09: Gauge before you enact
- 07: so much going on today
- 04: Ex-prosecutor charged with DUI, marijuana possession
- 04: Effort to abolish death penalty grows
- 03: alex kelly reviewed for parole
- 02: Commission to Study U.S. Prison Conditions
- 01: Officials discuss group home controversy
- 01: Juvenile Death Penalty Unconstitutional
- 01: consent once removed
- February 2005 (29)
- 28: Lawmaker targets adults in underage drinking bill (2)
- 25: A proposed bill in CT
- 24: Kansas Attorney General Seeks Records of Late-Term Abortions
- 24: Residents concerned over group home treating sex offenders
- 24: UPDATE: Committee approves civil unions in state
- 23: Constitutionality of Race Segregation in Prisons
- 23: Judiciary Committee to consider same-sex marriage, civil unions
- 23: Connecticut’s Judiciary Committee is going
- 22: Supreme Court to hear Oregon assisted suicide law challenge
- 22: Telephone interview with inmate
- 19: Virginia’s beleaguered pd system isn’t getting better
- 17: Ross and the death penalty litigation
- 17: Eureka!
- 16: In other unsettling CT legal news
- 16: Inmate whose letter kept Ross alive says he is being targeted
- 16: Michael Ross – Groark to zealously argue incompetence
- 13: Judge Chatigny: A (mini) biography
- 11: Michael Ross – Groark to zealously argue incompetence
- 10: May 11 – new execution date
- 10: Aaron, over at Crime and
- 07: CrimProf points out this new
- 07: Virginia may well be on
- 07: CrimProf provides this interesting story
- 07: Judiciary Committe to consider same-sex marriage, civil unions
- 03: Chatigny recuses himself
- 03: Ross agrees to new competency hearing
- 03: Ross due in court today
- 03: Death row inmates on hunger strike
- 02: More opinions on Chatigny
- January 2005 (7)
- October 2004 (2)
- April 2004 (1)
- 28: Comments policy
- November 1999 (1)