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Texas Lawyer

Death Penalty Still No Way to Achieve Justice

"If all the lawyers would boycott and refuse to defend a death penalty case, we could stop the executions," writes Randy Johnston.
5 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Parents Must Be Responsible, or Face Possible Criminal Culpability for School Shootings

Parents who like guns and want to pass their interest on to their children should do so in a responsible manner and ask themselves is my child mature enough and healthy enough to receive such a potentially deadly gift or have access to firearms.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit Deal Setbacks on Gag Order, Venue to Trump Team

The judges dismissed the motion to lift the gag order because no constitutional issue was raised. Meanwhile the Second Circuit refused to stay an order to keep criminal business fraud case in state court.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Getting the Last Word In: Risks and Rewards of Allocution

Allocution is designed to temper punishment with mercy in appropriate cases and to ensure that sentencing reflects individualized circumstances.
9 minute read

National Law Journal

Biden's Top Supreme Court Lawyer Talks Argument Prep, Emergency Docket Ahead of New Term

"I've realized that it can be hard to predict the out-of-nowhere question a justice might ask," U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar said. "But a full 90% or more of the questions you will get at argument will be predictable questions. They will be the central issues in the case."
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Implications of SCOTUS Expert Intent Ruling for the White-Collar Bar

Bonnie Baker discusses the recent Supreme Court decision in 'Diaz v. United States,' involving expert testimony on a defendant's mental state in a criminal case and offers key advice and considerations for white-collar lawyers.
9 minute read

Daily Report Online

Forced to Choose How to Die, S.C. Inmate Lets Lawyer Pick Lethal Injection

Still undecided by the state Supreme Court is a request by the man to postpone his death so his lawyers can argue his co-defendant lied about having a deal to avoid the death penalty or a life sentence in exchange for testifying that he pulled the trigger to kill a clerk after she struggled to open the safe in a store they were robbing in 1997.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Dealing with 'Diaz': How Defendants Can Combat and Use Expert Testimony Regarding Group Mental State

Quinn Emanuel partners Michael Packard and Daniel Koffmann discuss the recent decision in 'Diaz v. United States,' where the Supreme Court has given prosecutors the green light to prove defendants' criminal intent by offering expert testimony about the mental state of people "like" the defendant.
13 minute read

New York Law Journal

The Illusion of Investigatory Questioning: Why New York Must Toss 'Huffman's' Unconstitutional Interrogation Standard

The 1976 case 'People v. Huffman' distinguishes between "investigatory" and "interrogatory" questioning by the police. In this essay, the authors examine Huffman and show why the Court of Appeals should overrule it.
8 minute read

Law.com

Massachusetts High Court Holds 2nd Amendment Protections Include 'Switchblades,' Striking Down Decades-Old Ban

"Setting aside any question whether switchblades are in common use today for lawful purposes, we conclude switchblades are 'arms' for Second Amendment purposes. Therefore, the carrying of switchblades is presumptively protected by the plain text of the Second Amendment," wrote Massachusetts Justice Serge Georges Jr.
6 minute read

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