Joette Katz

July 28, 2022 | Connecticut Law Tribune

When sentencing convicted defendants to what probably seemed like life sentences to younger defendants, the opportunity for redemption factored prominently. The Board of Pardons and Parole helped me to sleep at night.

By Joette Katz

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July 07, 2022 | Connecticut Law Tribune

The danger may not be that more individual rights will be overturned, but that there will be more tolerance of things that interfere with or hinder access to those rights.

By Joette Katz

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June 22, 2022 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Gun safety provisions that apply to spouses should also apply to dating partners

By Joette Katz

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May 04, 2022 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Just as the United States Supreme Court is poised to issue a ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization (draft opinion just leaked),…

By Joette Katz

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March 28, 2022 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Taking on the role of DCF commissioner to take on structural deficiencies involved giving up a job that most lawyers would kill for

By Joette Katz

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March 08, 2022 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Judge Jackson's experience as a public defender will bring a refreshing perspective to the nation's high court

By Joette Katz

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February 03, 2022 | Connecticut Law Tribune

The majority and dissenting opinions in State v. McCleese are truly two of the finest opinions that I have read in years. But as the concurring opinion points out, the dissent seems to be predicated on principles of fundamental fairness—rooted not in the Eighth Amendment but, rather in the due-process clauses of the federal and state constitutions

By Joette Katz

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January 12, 2022 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Clients and/or attorneys who allege a vast conspiracy to justify racist and threatening statements aren't doing themselves or anyone else any favors

By Joette Katz

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January 06, 2022 | Connecticut Law Tribune

The newest statistics on domestic violence are more thoroughly researched, but cases remain underreported, with numbers representing the floor, not the ceiling, of the issue

By Joette Katz

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December 28, 2021 | Connecticut Law Tribune

The importance of this trial transcends the specifics. Rather what matters most is the light that has been placed on women, who themselves have likely been severely abused becoming part of the problem.

By Joette Katz

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