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New York Law Journal

Mr. Barr, Discretion Is a Prosecutor's Job

This complaint reflects willful blindness to the historical role of prosecutors as local ministers of justice, the sound legal basis for such uses of discretion, and the incontrovertible fact that lawful prosecutorial discretion has been used throughout American history by prosecutors along the entire political spectrum.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Central Park 5 Case: What Happens When Gut Feeling Replaces Professional Responsibility

That the most senior of those prosecutors should remain glued to her spontaneous belief, formed during the initial hours of all-night interrogation, reflects a continuing inability to step back and recalibrate.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Lawyers Who Suffer From Depression Won't Come Forward

Depression continues to plague our profession, with the latest discouraging news that a University of Buffalo law student took his life last month by jumping from the building housing the firm where he was a summer intern.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Coverage of Uniform Bar Exam Left Out Significant Ethnic Results

The study shows that Latinos did fairly well—news that I’m sure some of your readers would have appreciated.
1 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judge Appointing an Attorney To Pursue Steven Donziger Is Disconcerting

Of the three players in the criminal justice system—defendants, prosecutors and judges—critiques rarely begin with an observation that defendants…
1 minute read

New York Law Journal

A Call for Scholarship, Civic Engagement & Amicus Curiae Before the NYCOA

Where are the voices of the scholars of the New York state constitution and other experts of law and political science about the “clear violation” that has been going on in statutorily delegating legislative powers to commissions?
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

NY Should Lead the Fight Against Domestic Terrorism

Mr. Governor, you don’t have to wait for new legislation to act. New York law already gives you all the tools you need to fight back now.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Guide To Monitorships Is Essential Because of Lack of Statutes, Court Precedent

Although the imposition of monitors has slowed somewhat (by design) during the current presidential administration, they are in no danger of going away.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

E.B. White's Words Resonate in These Dangerous Times

E.B. White writes repeatedly about the public’s need for access to a full range of opinion, and he would doubtless be dismayed by the demonization of a press that disputes quasi-official journalistic mouthpieces.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

There's No Substitute for a Real Live Court Reporter

A trained court reporter (not court recorder) can produce a realtime verbatim transcript of proceedings with 99% accuracy. That is in realtime, instantaneously, immediately, as the proceedings are occurring.
7 minute read

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