Thursday, June 30, 2011

Judge Cooke finds 300+ year mandatory sentence for juvenile unconstitutional

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Here's the money passage: Here, Mathurin faces a mandatory minimum 307-year sentence. Because Congress has abolished the federal parole ...
Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Vanishing precedent

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Rojas isn’t gone only from the Eleventh Circuit’s website. It’s gone from Westlaw and apparently everywhere else as well. The Federal Publi...
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“I’m almost speechless. It’s a kinder, gentler day over there. It happens so infrequently.”

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That was Judge Altonaga at a hearing on a passport fraud violation for a Navy petty officer after the government offered pretrial diversion....
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Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Tuesday News and Notes

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1. Mark Cuban files a pretty funny pleading with a picture from the championship. 2. The State AG's office has asked Judge Martinez t...
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Monday, June 27, 2011

"Reading Dante is unquestionably more cultured and intellectually edifying than playing Mortal Kombat."

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Says Justice Scalia in today's 7-2 opinion in California v. Entertainment Merchants Association , striking down a California law that re...
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Big defense wins in the 11th Circuit

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Friday afternoon was a rare time in the 11th Circuit -- two published opinions in favor of criminal defendants. First up is a win by rising...
Friday, June 24, 2011

Most quotable AND best dressed

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"Their lawsuit is like Castro trying to seize Miami homes from families who fled from Cuba. Their lawsuit, if they win it, will create ...
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Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Florida death sentence overturned as unconstitutional

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Judge José Martinez granted a writ of habeas corpus today on the ground that Florida’s death penalty process did not afford due process beca...
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