Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Go, Dore, Go!

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There's a lengthy multi-defendant trial before Judge Rosenbaum right now. I've been hearing lots of interesting (and sometimes funn...
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Is sentencing out of whack?

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A number of people sent me interesting emails about sentencing philosophy after reading yesterday's post. One reader sent me this link ...
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Monday, June 10, 2013

A wonderful essay by Judge Kopf.

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Here . The whole thing is really worth a read.  But here is the intro: If, over a long career, you sentence a lot of people to prison, ...
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Friday, June 07, 2013

Friday news and notes

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1.  People were worried about DNA collection....  now our government is mining our telephone calls with secret court orders.  James Clapper,...
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Wednesday, June 05, 2013

Iowa judge to prosecutors: "You won't like me when I'm angry."

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And this Obama appointee is angry because prosecutors weren't arguing for a high enough sentence : One of Iowa's most prominent fe...
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Tuesday, June 04, 2013

Judge Scola says no to unsafe courthouse

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Thanks to a great tipster, I am able to report that Judge Scola said in a recent scheduling order that he will not be holding trials or hear...
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Monday, June 03, 2013

Fun writing today in the 11th Circuit

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It's Judge Pryor vs. Judge Jordan in this bank robbery case ( USA v. Lonnie Whatley ), and Judge Pryor starts off this way: When asked...
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Maryland v. King decided 5-4, allowing DNA swabs on arrest

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The Court, per Kennedy, says it's like fingerprinting and photographing. Justice Scalia authors the dissent, joined by Kagan, Ginsburg...