The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Matthew T. Mangino | May 11, 2023
The American Bar Association (ABA) released its 2023 Plea Bargain Task Force Report. Three years in the making, the report revealed that in 2018, only 2% of federal criminal cases ended in a jury trial.
By Lisa Willis | May 11, 2023
The panel also warned of consequences.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Peter Vaira | May 8, 2023
A recent book by Thomas L. Dybdahl, "When Innocence is Not Enough," published by The New Press, N.Y. 2023, gives a critical evaluation of the process.
By Riley Brennan | May 5, 2023
In 2003, James Evans filed a petition for postconviction relief following convictions for murder and solicitating murder. Twenty years later, with the petition still pending, the Seventh Circuit addressed "inordinate" delay.
By Jimmy Hoover | May 5, 2023
The justices issued a stay pending their consideration of a condemned Oklahoma inmate's petition for review.
By Jimmy Hoover | May 4, 2023
"I have never seen anything like this," criminal law expert says of Oklahoma attorney general's petition.
By Riley Brennan | May 3, 2023
Judge Tracy A. Staab for the Washington Court of Appeals reversed Steven David Stotts' convictions for second degree identity theft and forgery, despite sufficient evidence to support the convictions, as the prosecutor had engaged in improper vouching by suggesting that "that law enforcement witnesses would not risk their careers by testifying untruthfully."
New Jersey Law Journal | Commentary
By Law Journal Editorial Board | April 30, 2023
Prosecutors and judges are immunized from liability because of mistakes. However they are not immunized from criticism.
By Stephanie Wilkins | April 27, 2023
Through Relativity's Justice for Change program, the Hawaii Innocence Project and the Innocence Project were able to use the RelativityOne platform to find critical evidence that led to overturning the wrongful conviction of Ian Schweitzer in one of Hawaii's most high-profile criminal cases.
By Marianna Wharry | April 27, 2023
The Idaho Supreme Court unanimously denied a coalition of media companies' petitions seeking to vacate a judge's gag order in the criminal case of Bryan Kohberger, suspected of murdering four University of Idaho students.
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