Saturday, February 16, 2019

The trial tax and Paul Manafort

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I wrote an op-ed in The Hill this morning addressing the absurd trial penalty we have in our country.  Below is the introduction.  Please c...
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Thursday, February 14, 2019

(UPDATED) "About 20 years ago now, an insightful (and hilarious) lawyer friend of mine said to me—and because this is a family show, I’ll clean it up a bit—“Not everything that s[tink]s violates the Constitution.” If ever a case proved the truth of that little nugget, this is it."

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That's Judge Kevin Newsom in this concurring opinion .  I really like this new style of accessible (and fun) writing.  You see it with K...
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Tuesday, February 12, 2019

One huge trial in the books; another one just started

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The El Chapo jury just came back with a guilty verdict . Meantime, opening statements were held this morning in the Esformes case before J...
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Monday, February 11, 2019

“OPR should investigate real prosecutorial misconduct, not Secretary of Labor Alex Acosta”

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That’s the title of my latest piece in The Hill.  Below is the introduction, but please click here to read the whole thing: Prosecutoria...
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Friday, February 08, 2019

SCOTUS vacates CA11 stay of execution

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One of the most conservative judges on arguably the most conservative appellate court in the country granted a stay of execution this week ...
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Tuesday, February 05, 2019

SOTU addresses criminal justice reform

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Despite all of the partisan clapping/sitting during the State of the Union, there was one nice moment of bipartisanship. It came during the ...
Monday, February 04, 2019

No power or heat at New York federal prison for a week

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The New York Times covered this awful story  involving no heat during one of the coldest spells every in New York. The prisoners took up ban...
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Friday, February 01, 2019

Lots of discussion re Stone's arrest versus surrender

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Here's Sen. Graham raising concerns about not letting Stone self-surrender. (And this is my original piece on it.) Many have respon...
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