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Showing posts with label criminal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label criminal. Show all posts
Monday, September 30, 2024

Enríquez disputes impact of marijuana offenses on federal sentencing since legalization in Missouri

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The extraordinary scientist-lawyer Paul Enríquez argued an intriguing problem on the effect of legalization on federal sentencing in the Eig...
Wednesday, February 22, 2023

Assange defense group plans Boston/online panel

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In connection with Student Press Freedom Day , featuring nationwide virtual events , Boston Area Assange Defense will host a live and strea...
Wednesday, July 6, 2022

BU prof's death was tragic accident; investigation shows bad policy, but not criminal negligence

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A Savory Tort Investigation I've posted for public download [no longer posted; contact me for file] files of the investigation into the...
Friday, August 28, 2020

Conditions of criminal pretrial release shouldn't abate civil abuse prevention order, Mass. court rules

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In a decision today, the Massachusetts Appeals Court reversed and remanded a trial judge's refusal to extend an abuse prevention order. ...
Thursday, July 16, 2020

Sullivan publishes on ethics, criminal appeals, and seeking Supreme Court certiorari

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My friend and colleague Professor J. Thomas Sullivan has published, Ethical and Aggressive Appellate Advocacy: The Decision to Petition for...
Sunday, May 3, 2020

Policy behind 'home confinement' as criminal sanction has evolved, law grad writes in transnational journal

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A graduate of my Comparative Law class and our outgoing Student Bar Association President, Markus Aloyan , J.D. '20, has published a ...
Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Teachable torts: Court succinctly dismisses 'outing' case collateral to terrorism prosecution

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Attendees dance during the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender mixer hosted by Joint Task Force Guantanamo Equal Opportunity Leader...
Monday, September 9, 2019

Media didn't totally lose in Boston Globe access case over show cause criminal procedure

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The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court today ruled against The Boston Globe in the Spotlight team's bid for access to the court reco...
Sunday, August 11, 2019

'Lights, Camera, Execution!': Political scientist Helen Knowles co-authors new book on capital punishment and popular culture

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A new book by poli sci prof and legal researcher extraordinaire Dr. Helen Knowles , SUNY Oswego, has hit the shelf.  It explores the dark ed...
Saturday, May 18, 2019

Boston Globe presses high court for access to secret criminal hearings

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In fall 2018, the Spotlight team at The Boston Globe — that Spotlight team —published a powerful exposé on "secret courts" (limit...
Friday, May 3, 2019

SCOTUS, climate change, drug addiction, immigration highlight law and policy issues at UMass colloquium

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Today at the Fifth UMass Interdisciplinary Legal Studies Colloquium in Boston, scholars talked about a range of intriguing work, from po...