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Blakely Critics Say the Sky is Falling. Maybe So.
The Supreme Court is all but ringing the death knell of three decades of sentencing reform, and the future of guided judicial discretion is in grave doubt with its decision in Blakely v. Washington. Paradoxically, the results may be more mandatory sentencing in some states, more wide-open discretion in others, and more pressure to plea-bargain all around.N.Y.'s 'Persistent' Felon Sentencing Scheme Found Unconstitutional
A New York state statute that permits stiffer sentences for "persistent" felony offenders violates defendants' constitutional right to a jury trial, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday.View more book results for the query "*"
Judge facing ethics charges seeks recusal of two N.J. high court justices
A judge facing a New Jersey Supreme Court hearing on charges he made inappropriate comments to jurors and about other judges is asking that two members of the Court recuse themselves due to alleged bias.ABA standards stand in the way of law school reform
The ABA's law school accreditation standards require law schools to be the equivalent of a luxury car when an affordable, utilitarian model could do.Requiring Fault in Divorce Runs Counter to Focus of Mediation
In their Mediation column, Abby Tolchinsky and Ellie Wertheim of Family Mediation discuss pending amendments to matrimonial state law, its effects on practitioners and litigants, and how mediators and their clients may experience these changes.Court kills charter commission law
In a victory for local school boards that had challenged a 2008 law creating an alternative mechanism for the approval of charter schools, the Georgia Supreme Court has struck down as unconstitutional a law that authorizes a state commission to approve charter schools.National Market Share, Inc. v. Sterling National Bank
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