By Jim Saunders and Dara Kam | October 25, 2019
James Dailey was sent to death row for the May 1985 murder of 14-year-old Shelly Boggio, whose nude body was found with multiple stab wounds in Pinellas County.
Connecticut Law Tribune | News
By Robert Storace | October 24, 2019
The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled unanimously that New Haven police were within their rights to pat down a man who they thought could have been a suspect in a crime. The man, as it turned out, had nothing to do with that crime, but police arrested him for carrying an unlicensed weapon.
By Ross Todd | October 23, 2019
"It's not fair to say you're forever convicted, but you cannot appeal that," said John "Jack" Wilenchik, counsel for the presidentially pardoned former Arizona sheriff, at a hearing before the Ninth Circuit Wednesday.
Law.com | Analysis|Expert Opinion
By Christina Gomez and Jessica Smith | October 23, 2019
The panel in 'Harmon v. Sharp' didn't reach any binding conclusions as to how the court would treat appellate arguments not raised in federal district court habeas proceedings. But all three judges treated Harmon's arguments as waived and not merely forfeited.
By Jonathan Ringel | October 22, 2019
A historian was seeking records from a Georgia grand jury that investigated the deaths of four African Americans in 1946.
By Lisa Zornberg | October 22, 2019
This two-part series tackles what corporate in-house should know about the Fifth Amendment. Part I reviews the legal fundamentals governing how the Fifth Amendment applies (and does not apply) during corporate criminal investigations.
By Jonathan Ringel | October 21, 2019
Justices unanimously agreed that defendants have a right to appeal their guilty pleas, but some called for help from the General Assembly to clarify the law.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Peter A. Crusco | October 21, 2019
In his Cyber Crime column, Peter A. Crusco addresses the legal landscape surrounding the question of what legal options are available for decrypting an electronic device that has been seized via a lawful search warrant subject to a criminal investigation. For example, may an accountant be compelled to disclose the password to a computer or cellphone? Courts are in apparent disagreement, and federal and state legislatures appear unwilling to act.
By Jason Grant | October 18, 2019
Simon Watts, a former elementary school teacher who was sentenced to 35 years in prison, will get a new trial. He was convicted of various sexual crimes involving five of his third- and fourth-grade students in Queens.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Nilam A. Sanghvi | October 18, 2019
Studies of wrongful convictions have shown that certain factors consistently appear in the cases of the convicted innocent.
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