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Supreme Court Report

Will the Supreme Court ‘peck away at’ capital punishment?

Constitutional Law

ABA asks SCOTUS to overturn Florida law allowing divided juries to recommend death penalty

U.S. Supreme Court

Federal juror’s deliberation comments can’t be admitted to show voir dire dishonesty, SCOTUS rules

Criminal Justice

Hung jury acquits defendant by mistake

Features

Meet the chief judge of the nation’s most divisive, controversial and conservative appeals court

Legal History

3 men convicted in infamous ‘Scottsboro Boys’ case are pardoned by Alabama parole board

Sentencing/Post Conviction

Judge denies defense motion to withdraw during penalty phase in Arias murder case

National Pulse

Mind Reading: Judges Can Keep Deliberations to Themselves, Mass. Court Says

Jurors

11th Circuit Upholds Death Sentence Despite Jurors’ Bawdy Chocolate Gifts

Trials & Litigation

Former Cop Drew Peterson Found Guilty of Murdering His Wife, Faces Up to 60 Years in Prison

The National Pulse

Show Me Your ID: Cops, Courts Re-evaluate Their Use of Eyewitnesses

U.S. Supreme Court

Government Witnesses Who Lie to Grand Juries Are Protected from Civil Suits, Supreme Court Says

Internet Law

Vermont Supreme Court Overturns Molestation Conviction Because of Juror’s Internet Research

Criminal Justice

Federal Prosecutor’s ‘Inflammatory’ Remarks in Closing Get Drug Trafficking Conviction Reversed

Evidence

Top NJ Court Changes Rules re Eyewitness ID, Calls for More Pretrial Scrutiny, New Jury Instructions

Juries

Did Blagojevich’s Testimony Hurt His Case? One Juror Saw Him as Manipulative

Law in Popular Culture

9th Circuit Cites ‘12 Angry Men,’ Says Holdout Juror Should Not Have Been Dismissed

Supreme Court Report

Court May Make It Easier to Invalidate an Invention

U.S. Supreme Court

ABA Amicus Brief Backs Unanimous Verdicts in Criminal Cases

Juries

Juror Faces Contempt for Watching YouTube Video Before Deliberations

Criminal Justice

Jurors Dispute Ex-Judge’s Acquittal in Prisoner-Paddling Case

Trials & Litigation

After Trial Win, Defense Lawyer Polls Jury, Gets Guilty Verdict

U.S. Supreme Court

Court to Weigh Whether Lawyer’s Bad Deportation Advice Merits Plea Withdrawal

ABA Connection

A Supreme Case of Contempt

U.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court Upholds Conviction Despite Improperly Seated Juror

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Matt Mangino

DPIC: Death Sentences and Executions Remain Near Historic Lows Amid Growing Concerns about Fairness and Innocence

Inversecondemnation.com

Links And Materials From Hawaii Bar Association Takings Program

Inforrm’s Blog

Law and Media Round Up – 30 September 2024

The Court

R v Abdullahi: The (In)Flexibility of the Appellate Review of Jury Instructions

Lawyers, Gun$ & Money

Judging without law: the ballad of Sam Alito

The Employer Handbook

Yesterday, the Supreme Court cleared up when a job transfer may be discriminatory. But not really. Actually, not at all.

Matt Mangino

What might a jury look like for Trump's up coming New York criminal trial

Verdict

Delaying Trump’s Trials Is What Savvy Democrats Should Have Wanted All Along

Tortini

A Π-Day Celebration of Irrational Numbers and Other Things – Philadelphia Glyphosate Litigation

43(B)log

15th Trademark Scholars’ Roundtable: Session 1: Congress and the Courts (including the role of the Supreme Court)

Blog of Rights

Another Year of America's Failed Experiment: The Death Penalty in 2023

Inversecondemnation.com

Hawaii SCT: Most Of Those Eminent Domain Issues (Esp. Severance Damages) Are For Juries

Verdict

The Road Not Taken: In 2023 Two Death Penalty States Offer Americans a Clear Choice

The Court

Publication Bans and Juries: La Presse inc v Quebec

Inversecondemnation.com

20th Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Conference: Property Rights As A Means Of Human Flourishing

At the Lectern

Different perspectives

Verdict

You, Me, “Purely Legal” Issues on Appeal, and Dupree

Global Military Justice Reform

Panel unanimity decision

Sidebar for Plaintiffs

Dear Jurors, “A lot of the glory goes to…you!”

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Resolving Conflicts Between Trademark and Free Speech Rights After Jack Daniel’s v. VIP Products (Guest Blog Post)

Tortini

Judicial Flotsam & Jetsam – Retractions

Workers’ Compensation

Who Decides if an Employee is a Borrowed-Employee

Letters Blogatory

How To Report on the Trump Verdict

Matt Mangino

DeSantis ignores SCOTUS: Signs law allowing death sentence with the vote of only 8 jurors

Death Penalty Information Center

Florida Legislature Rescinds Unanimous-Jury Requirement in Death Sentencing