102 CASSELL ET AL. [Vol. 104 contained in a police file in a civil proceeding, even though it appears that there was little indication that criminal charges had been filed.”*8 Similarly, the South Carolina Supreme Court, while limiting the ability of the victim to challenge the...
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by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness”? The spectrum of current humans 1s vast. In 1776, “Men” did not include people of color or women. Even today, humans born with congenital cognitive or behavioral is...
…VICTIMS IN CRIMINAL PROCEDURE 3-39 (3d ed. 2010) (describing reforms from a historical perspective), see also, e.g., 18 U.S.C. § 3771(a) (2012). T See BELOOF, CASSELL & TWIST, supra note 6, at 3-39 (describing the history of victims’ rights in American law and the early days of...
4.2.12 WC: 191694 Murder Cases I Didn’t Take For every client whose case I agree to take, I must, regretfully, turn down many. Every week, I receive dozens, sometimes hundreds, of calls, emails and letters asking me to review cases. Many of them involve homicides, because some...
…ncome from whatever source derived”; this definition has been interpreted by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the U.S. Supreme Court to include income derived from unlawful activities. Consequently, cannabis businesses that violate the CSA and other federal laws related to...
teaching the students about international tribunals and treaties. The source of problems confronted today are not decided by international law or international courts. They are transnational
it is not a suicide pact.” But it is precisely during times of crisis—when the balance between momentary expediency and enduring safeguards often goes askew—that courts can perform their most critical function: to preserve or restore a sense of perspective.
we decided to seek review in the Supreme Court. This decision was itself controversial within the anti-capital punishment legal community. The legal landscape had changed since the Supreme Court decided Furman and several other cases imposing restrictions on the use of the deat...
since the Arizona courts had not found that the condemned brothers had shown a “reckless disregard for human life.” 60 The majority therefore
as lawyers do when their clients or witnesses are committing perjury. So the lawyer went to the Rhode Island Disciplinary Counsel—the attorney in charge of enforcing the ethical rules that govern lawyers—to obtain guidance. She referred the matter to the Rhode Island Supreme Co...
a conflict arose between some leaders of the African American and Jewish communities. Most African American leaders were deeply committed to race-specific affirmative action programs that gave advantages to all Black applicants
the Supreme Court has agreed to review yet another affirmative action program. The issues may be similar to that raised in Bakke and subsequent cases
it might well be the results of that election that help seal the President's fate not just in Congress but also in the courts.
…t after the verdict that "Emirates Bank is gratified by today's decision and the opportunity to receive a fair trial in U.S. courts." Bajwa said the trial has taken a toll on him and he doesn’t know his next steps. “T am just beat up,” he said. Phil Hirschkorn contributed to this...
4.2.12 WC: 191694 middle of the music, because Soviet authorities tend to listen to the beginning and end of any music tape to assure that it does not contain forbidden material. I managed to get his statement back to the United States. Shortly thereafter he was released and cam...