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New York Law Journal

Asylum: The Sufficiency of Death Threats in Proving Past Persecution

"Going forward, it will behoove asylum applicants and their counsel to present evidence of these aggravating circumstances when seeking asylum," write Paul Weiss' Martin Flumenbaum and Brad S. Karp.
8 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

NJ Justices Should Reverse Appellate Division Green Light for Glove Box Searches

We find no basis for treating a glove box (and particularly a locked one even though within reach of a passenger, as in "Wilson") differently from any other compartment.
4 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Edgar Tatum Spent Decades in Prison. Now Court Acknowledges Unreliability of Evidence

"It is long past time that the petitioner be afforded the opportunity to challenge the procedures related to the eyewitness identification used in his criminal case in light of the principles we articulated in 'Dickson,'" the high court held.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Ala. Executes Man for Fatal Shooting of Delivery Driver During 1998 Robbery Attempt

It was the state's third execution this year and the 10th in the nation, joining others in Texas, Georgia, Oklahoma and Missouri.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

2 South Florida Appeals Courts Revive Voter Fraud Cases

Nearly two years after Gov. Ron DeSantis and other state officials drew widespread attention by announcing voter-fraud charges against convicted felons, two South Florida appeals courts Wednesday overturned rulings that dismissed charges against a pair of defendants.
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

Ga. Death Row Inmate Says Prosecutor Hid Plea Deal With Key Witness, Tainting His Trial

Hoping for a new trial, lawyers for the condemned man say they have evidence that the assistant district attorney who prosecuted the case made a previously undisclosed deal with the only eyewitness to the crime.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

Supreme Court Stalls Texas Execution While Considering Bid for DNA Testing

Ruben Gutierrez has been fighting to obtain DNA testing to show the murder was committed by his accomplices and that he should therefore be spared the death penalty.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Supreme Court Should Rethink Its Jury Trial Cut Off for Petty Offenses, 10th Circuit Judges Say

The three-judge panel rejected David Lesh's argument that he was deprived of his Sixth Amendment right to a jury trial, citing Supreme Court decisions that the right is limited to "serious" infractions defined as those punishable by six or more months of imprisonment.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

D.C. Circuit Rulings Shed Light on FSIA Expropriation Exception Issues

In recent years, a number of cases have sought compensation from Germany or Hungary for property the Nazis or their allies seized. Plaintiffs relied upon the "expropriation exception" of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA) to secure jurisdiction over the foreign sovereign. The authors discuss two such cases, 'Toren v. Federal Republic of Germany' and' Republic of Hungary v. Simon.'
10 minute read

Daily Report Online

Ga. Court of Appeals Won't Hear Arguments on Fani Willis' Role in Georgia Trump Case Until After Election

The appeal is to be decided by a three-judge panel of the intermediate appeals court, which will then have until mid-March to rule.
3 minute read

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