Trump very much deserves to be prosecuted and punished. But the New York case is far more dubious than the other charges likely to be brought against him.
"It is critical that Oklahomans have absolute faith that the death penalty is administered fairly and with certainty," said the state's attorney general in a Thursday press release.
Lakeith Smith's case epitomizes the issues with the "felony murder" doctrine.
Alvin Bragg's case against Donald Trump has put the once-obscure position of district attorney into the national spotlight.
based on their not securing the gun they gave him and other things, given the evidence they had of his mental state.
Nero the police dog put his paws on the side of the car, which qualifies as a trespass, and thereby also a "search" under the Fourth Amendment.
"The firing squad, in my opinion, is beneath the dignity of the state of Idaho," said one state senator. "We have to find a better way."
The charge is the crime of illegal kidnapping and deportation of Ukrainian children.
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Bradley Bass' case in Colorado says a lot about just how powerful prosecutors are.
"No one buys this sham of a review," wrote one critic. "And the reason we don't buy it is because we all have functioning brains."
The mentally ill defendant "testified and described how shooting white people was part of his divine, preordained mission to establish 'a kingdom of infinite peace and progress.'”
For the second time, Justice Jackson dissents from the Supreme Court's refusal to hear a case.
The article explains how the federal Crime Victims' Rights Act and other crime victim protections contain a broad definition of the term "victim."
"This is a fundamental statement of morality, of what's right and wrong," Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro said Thursday. "And I believe Pennsylvania must be on the right side of this issue."
Now a judge has cleared him of wrongdoing and struck down the rule used to justify the arrest.
The state's "arbitrary requirement to house all male death row prisoners in permanent solitary confinement does not promote safety and security, is inconsistent with correctional best practices, and serves no penological purpose," the lawsuit claims.
"It's time to address the fact that this is a system that needs better oversight on numerous fronts," Gov. Katie Hobbs said in a Friday press release.
"Under the new rule, the State would have been able to prolong the botched execution process indefinitely," the Equal Justice Initiative wrote in a press release.
Though "involuntary manslaughter" is defined by New Mexico statute to includes death caused by lack of "due caution," New Mexico precedent limits it to situations where the defendant had "subjective knowledge 'of the danger or risk to others posed by his or her actions.'"
to reduce racial disparities and high federal jailing rates.
From self-defense law scholar (and former prosecutor) T. Markus Funk.
and stop jailing people unlawfully.
Criminal justice advocates are pushing to pass legislation to tighten rules for juvenile interrogations, but the NYPD is not on board.
The liberal justice seems ready to fight legal conservatives on their own ground.
The Arizona Supreme Court becomes the first state Supreme Court to thoroughly incorporate crime victims' rights in its rules of criminal procedure. Others should follow.
An interesting illustration of the evidence required to prove an attempt to commit a crime.
There is little utility to charging 10-year-olds as adults, yet Wisconsin still mandates the practice in certain cases.
Missouri law bans those under 21 from witnessing executions. Despite attempts to challenge the law, 19-year-old Khorry Ramey will be barred from attending her father's execution on Tuesday.
The court says a 51-year "life" sentence for a 2015 murder violated the Eighth Amendment.
The music industry objects to the use of rap lyrics by prosecutors.
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The Court agrees with my argument that crime victims can become "limited-purpose parties" in criminal proceedings to protect their interests, such as an interest in the confidentiality of mental health counseling records.
John Adams called jury trials part of the "heart and lungs of liberty." Today, defendants are often punished for exercising that very right.
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