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Analysis of major changes to criminal law and its impact
By Avalon Zoppo | May 15, 2024
"You have a prosecutor who is deliberately intruding into the attorney-client privilege, and in those circumstances the prosecutor is the last person you should trust when the prosecutor comes in and says, 'This is no big deal,'" attorney Kannon Shanmugam said.
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By Paul Shechtman | May 15, 2024
Brenda Andrew's was convicted in Oklahoma of her estranged husband's murder in a trial in which the prosecutor dangled her throng underwear before the jury and otherwise "sex shamed" her. She has petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to hear her case. Do the constraints of federal habeas law (AEDPA) make that unlikely?
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By Linton Mann III and William T. Russell Jr. | May 14, 2024
The Court of Appeals recently overturned the criminal conviction of Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. The majority opinion reversed a decision of the Appellate Division, First Department that had affirmed Weinstein's conviction. There were two strongly worded dissents by Judges Singas and Cannataro.
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By Colleen Murphy | May 9, 2024
The New Jersey Supreme Court unanimously struck down a portion of a law criminalizing "portraying a child in a sexually suggestive manner" as unconstitutionally overbroad this week because it bars "a large swath of material that is neither obscenity nor child pornography."
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By Jimmy Hoover | May 8, 2024
If it weren't for the four female justices, oral arguments would often have the feel of a male echo chamber, with 23 of the term's 61 argued cases not featuring a single female attorney. That's compared to just five cases that did not feature a male advocate.
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By Alex Anteau | May 8, 2024
Experts and officials say it's still too early to know what judges will hear the case or what issues they'll focus on.
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By Avalon Zoppo | May 8, 2024
The president also makes picks for district court judgeships in Maryland, Pennsylvania and New York.
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By Jane Wester | May 7, 2024
Bannon associate Timothy Shea was found guilty of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering and falsification of records in 2022 for his role in the "We Built The Wall" fundraising scheme
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By Avalon Zoppo | May 6, 2024
It's a simple tool that can save time and energy for multitasking attorneys and help pro se litigants who might especially struggle with learning complex procedural rules, said Clerk of Court Chris Wolpert.
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By Mason Lawlor | May 2, 2024
"[T]he harm from the trial court's failure to instruct the jury on the defense of accident was compounded by the trial court's express instruction that the jury must 'disregard' that accident was a key legal principle," Georgia Supreme Court Justice Nels Peterson said.
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