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August 4, 2015 1:07 PM. Posted by CJLF Staff. Suspect in Killing of Memphis Officer Charged with Murder:. The man accused of fatally shooting a Memphis police officer over the weekend turned himself in on Monday, and has been charged with murder and is being held under $9 million bail. That 29-year-old Tremaine Wilbourn shot 33-year-old Officer Sean Bolton on Saturday evening after the officer interrupted a drug deal and the confrontation turned physical. Massive Search for CA Murderer:. The suspect, who...
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C and C Blog. The Crime and Consequences Blog discusses crime and the criminal law. Topics include:. 1 Criminal and crime-related civil cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. 2 Significant decisions in the field by other courts. 3 Studies with public policy implications related to crime and criminal justice. 4 Links to and discussion of news items and blogs related to criminal law. Why "Crime and Consequences"? This blog is sponsored by the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation, Sacramento, California. In ...
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Church Bombings in New Mexico - Crime and Consequences Blog
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The Uses and Misuses of Emotion in the Sentencing Reform Debate. Church Bombings in New Mexico. August 3, 2015 10:00 AM. Posted by Kent Scheidegger. For the Las Cruces Sun-News:. Explosions about a half hour apart shattered the serenity of morning services at two Las Cruces churches Sunday, but caused no injuries and only minor damage, police said. Whoever did this will feel the full pressure of the law," she said. "If your intention was to bring fear to those who worship, you have failed.". Subscribe to...
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Civilized Life, and What Lies Beyond - Crime and Consequences Blog
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The Voting Rights Act, a Half Century Later. Civilized Life, and What Lies Beyond. August 5, 2015 6:17 PM. Posted by Bill Otis. The case I used as an illustration was the beating death of a little boy, Elias Johnson. That story is here. Another case, which I discussed. Here recently, was Susan Smith. I wish I could say these cases are rare. They aren't. I just came across another one, this one from nearby Maryland. Here it is, from NBC News. But by third grade, before his mother moved him across the coun...
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California Only Needs An Execution Protocol To Carry Out The Death Penalty - Crime and Consequences Blog
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Dylann Roof and the Race-of-Victim Bias Claim, Again. California Only Needs An Execution Protocol To Carry Out The Death Penalty. July 31, 2015 4:52 AM. Posted by Kent Scheidegger. Michele Hanisee, Vice President of the Association of Los Angeles Deputy District Attorneys, has this post. At the ADDA Blog. Comments (You may use HTML tags for style). Subscribe to this blog's feed. Subscribe to FULL feed. Yes on 66. No on 57 and 62. Crime Up Across the Board in California. Murders Spike 10% in California.
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Texas AG indicted, but look who is behind it - Crime and Consequences Blog
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Salon Follows Up on Slate, Blows It. The Uses and Misuses of Emotion in the Sentencing Reform Debate. Texas AG indicted, but look who is behind it. August 2, 2015 4:04 AM. Posted by Kent Scheidegger. For the WSJ that Texas AG Ken Paxton has been indicted by a county grand jury. However, the fact that this case was instigated by the same group that brought the preposterous charge that former Governor Rick Perry committed a crime by vetoing a bill makes the whole matter suspect. See prior post. Career Pros...
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Civilized Life, and What Lies Beyond. August 5, 2015 12:32 PM. Posted by CJLF Staff. Thousands of CA Convicts to Regain Voting Rights:. On Tuesday, tens of thousands of criminals whose supervision was changed from parole to a new variant, called post release community supervision or PRCS, under California's Realignment had their voting rights restored, as the result of their new status. Bowen's policy was later overturned by a judge, who ruled that PRCS and parole are different. The subcommittee question...
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The Uses and Misuses of Emotion in the Sentencing Reform Debate - Crime and Consequences Blog
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Texas AG indicted, but look who is behind it. Church Bombings in New Mexico. The Uses and Misuses of Emotion in the Sentencing Reform Debate. August 3, 2015 9:44 AM. Posted by Bill Otis. In my most recent entry. I noted that last week's Salon piece. Accused opponents of mass sentencing reduction of enlisting emotion to trump research and reason (which, so the piece quite directly implied, were the sole province of sentencing "reformers"). Thus, it opined:. It's false. In fact, we rely on facts, most ...
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Susan Smith's Kids, Still Dead After All These Years - Crime and Consequences Blog
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Threats, Vetoes, and Criminal Prosecution. A Wall That Does WHAT Back? Susan Smith's Kids, Still Dead After All These Years. July 25, 2015 10:19 PM. Posted by Bill Otis. In one of the more spectacular miscarriages of justice I can remember, the jury rejected a death sentence and gave her life. She is taking full advantage. This story. From ABC news, is chock full of lessons for those of us interested in criminal law, and capital cases in particular. In the car and leave them out of it. Something went ver...
