Covering trends in the criminal courts, analyzing court stats
By Colleen Murphy | January 18, 2024
Criminal matters seem to sew the most discord among the typically aligned justices, with rulings in criminal appeals making up four of the five decisions that have attracted dissents in recent months.
5 minute read
By Joel Cohen | January 17, 2024
A criminal defendant exposing himself as having suffered life-altering problems resulting from his wrongdoing can accomplish "general deterrence" more effectively than might any prosecutor or judge who merely gives a lecture largely telling her audience the potential penalties for similar conduct.
6 minute read
By James Pollard | The Associated Press | January 17, 2024
The South Carolina judge's narrow rules were tougher than those sought by Murdaugh's lawyers during the Tuesday hearing, held to determine the scope of the three-day evidentiary hearing later this month.
5 minute read
By Allison Dunn | January 17, 2024
A former massage therapist, represented by attorney Douglas Wigdor, claims Madison Square Garden CEO James Dolan sexually assaulted her and orchestrated other sexual encounters with his friends, including Harvey Weinstein.
5 minute read
By Emily Saul | January 16, 2024
The Manhattan trial—which concerns allegations of falsifying business records to conceal hush-money payments during the 2016 election—could kick off as early as March.
2 minute read
By Michael Jaccarino | January 15, 2024
This article focuses on an amendment to the sentencing guidelines which will allow defendants awaiting sentencing, and even those already serving sentences, to significantly reduce their prison time.
7 minute read
By Leah Nowotarski, Chair, Criminal Justice Section | January 11, 2024
Leah Nowotarski, chair of the Criminal Justice Section, writes: Mental health is the hottest topic in criminal justice. For far too long, it has not been given the attention that it deserves. Finally forced to confront it, how should the criminal justice system deal with it?
3 minute read
By Charles Toutant | January 10, 2024
"The indictment alleges the protected legislative activity itself, and seeks to draw an inference of illicit bribery by impugning the senator's motives for those acts. That is precisely what the Speech or Debate Clause forbids," the senator's motion to dismiss said.
4 minute read
By Amanda Bronstad | January 10, 2024
U.S. District Judge Josephine Staton, who on Jan. 2 found Girardi competent to stand trial, rejected arguments from Girardi's lawyers to push the trial into next year.
3 minute read
By Sudhin Thanawala | The Associated Press | January 9, 2024
Community leaders say what's also unsettling is the relatively young ages of most of the defendants—five are in their 20s and one is 15—and their religious ties.
7 minute read
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