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CrimprofBloghttp://feedburner.google.com"Torture and Accountability"tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a6c20776970b2009-11-21T20:26:43-05:002009-11-22T01:26:43Z2009-11-22T01:26:43ZDavid Cole (Georgetown) has this post at ACSBlog discussing arguments from his book, "The Torture Memos." My introductory commentary to the book dissects the lawyers' arguments to show what was so wrong with the job the lawyers did. This was...CrimProf BlogEditor"Does Bringing A Terrorist Suspect From Gitmo to New York Confer Any More Legal Rights?"tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef012875c3b9c0970c2009-11-21T20:14:00-05:002009-11-22T01:14:00Z2009-11-22T01:14:00ZOrin Kerr has the post at The Volokh Conspiracy here.CrimProf BlogEditorO'Hanlon on Free Will in Criminal Lawtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a6bec3af970b2009-11-21T13:02:00-05:002009-11-21T18:02:00Z2009-11-21T18:02:00ZStephen T. O'Hanlon (Adjunct Professor, Temple University-Philosophy) has posted Towards a More Reasonable Approach to Free Will in Criminal Law (Cardozo Public Law, Policy and Ethics Journal, Vol. 7, No. 2, 2009) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This paper...CrimProf BlogEditorMegret on International Criminal Proceduretag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a6bebc16970b2009-11-21T06:02:00-05:002009-11-21T11:02:00Z2009-11-21T11:02:00ZFrederic Megret (McGill University - Faculty of Law) has posted Beyond 'Fairness': Understanding the Determinants of International Criminal Procedure (UCLA Journal of International Law and Foreign Affairs, 2010) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This article seeks to explore what...CrimProf BlogEditor"The Real Price of Trying KSM: Defense lawyers will inevitably create bad law"tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef012875c08af7970c2009-11-20T21:13:01-05:002009-11-21T02:13:01Z2009-11-21T02:13:01ZDoug Berman at Sentencing Law and Policy excerpts this article by David Feige at Slate, which predicts that valid arguments will be rejected by courts too cowardly to face the consequences of applying the law faithfully, putting bad law on...CrimProf BlogEditorCommentary Symposium: Criminal Law, Casebooks, and Legal Educationtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef012875bdcbff970c2009-11-20T13:45:54-05:002009-11-20T18:45:54Z2009-11-20T18:45:54ZThis symposium in the Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law is available online here. The table of contents, which would be impressive even if it did not include two CrimProf contributing editors (Dripps and Kamisar), is available after the jump....CrimProf BlogEditorFeatured Download: Dillof on Modal Retributivism and Attemptstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef012875ba6322970c2009-11-20T13:02:00-05:002009-11-20T18:02:00Z2009-11-20T18:02:00ZAnthony M. Dillof (Wayne State University Law School) has posted an interesting piece, Modal Retributivism: A Theory of Sanctions for Attempts and Other Criminal Wrongs, on SSRN. Here is the abstract: How much punishment, in terms of size and severity,...CrimProf BlogEditorEpstein on Death-Worthiness and Prosecutorial Discretiontag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef012875ba5c67970c2009-11-20T06:02:00-05:002009-11-20T11:02:00Z2009-11-20T11:02:00ZJules Epstein (Widener University - School of Law) has posted Death-Worthiness and Prosecutorial Discretion in Capital Case Charging (Temple Political & Civil Rights Law Review, Forthcoming) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Any attempt to assess the merits of a...CrimProf BlogEditor"Ohio launches new non-DNA innocence initiative"tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a6b7a8d7970b2009-11-19T15:38:55-05:002009-11-19T20:38:55Z2009-11-19T20:38:55ZThe A.P. story is here.CrimProf BlogEditor"Middle Managers Turn to Crime Amid Downturn"tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a6b79dee970b2009-11-19T15:29:28-05:002009-11-19T20:29:28Z2009-11-19T20:29:28ZThe Wall Street Journal has the article here. Here's the lead: The economic downturn has caused a global upsurge in accounting fraud and induced more middle managers to commit economic crimes, according to a study released Thursday by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP....CrimProf BlogEditorCraig on Criminal Law and Sexual Morestag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef012875b688e0970c2009-11-19T13:01:00-05:002009-11-19T18:01:00Z2009-11-19T18:01:00ZElaine Craig has posted Laws of Desire: The Political Morality of Public Sex on SSRN. Here is the abstract: In deciding cases that involve the intersection of criminal law and sexual mores, the courts are faced with the challenge of...CrimProf BlogEditorBronsteen, Buccafusco & Masur on Happiness and Punishmenttag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef012875b85520970c2009-11-19T11:30:16-05:002009-11-19T16:30:16Z2009-11-19T16:30:16ZThe Legal Workshop has an interesting piece by John Bronsteen (Loyola-Chicago), Christopher Buccafusco (Chicago-Kent; pictured), and Jonathan Masur (University of Chicago), drawn from their article at 76 U. Chi. L. Rev. 1037 (2009). Here's how it starts: New findings in...CrimProf BlogEditorFeatured Download: Pillsbury on Provocation tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a6a6ac70970b2009-11-19T06:02:00-05:002009-11-19T04:52:09Z2009-11-19T11:02:00ZSamuel H. Pillsbury (Loyola Law School Los Angeles) has posted a very helpful piece, Misunderstanding Provocation (University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform, Vol. 43, 2009), on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This symposium article questions the significance of the...CrimProf BlogEditor"Virginia conducts first US electric chair execution in over a year"tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a6b33925970b2009-11-18T18:11:20-05:002009-11-18T23:11:20Z2009-11-18T23:11:20ZJurist has the story here.CrimProf BlogEditorHeller, the Privileges or Immunities Clause, and the Statestag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a6b321a4970b2009-11-18T18:01:23-05:002009-11-18T23:01:23Z2009-11-18T23:01:23ZDoug Berman has a helpful post at Sentencing Law and Policy that collects several posts related to the recently filed brief in McDonald v. Chicago, in which the challengers of Chicago's strict gun-control measures present an extended argument against it...CrimProf BlogEditor