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A Supreme Court Nomination Stirs Up Bad Memories
New York Times - United States
"Mr. Deskovic ? who since his release has graduated from college and enrolled in a master's program in criminal justice ? is not sure any other judge would ..."
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Jury's perception of trooper, conservative venue help get ...
Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia,PA,USA
"The jury saw that this was an accident, not a crime," said Pinsky, who is chairman of the Camden County Bar Association's Criminal Practice Committee. ..."
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From Vietnam to Abu Ghraib The Dangerous World of Indefinite ...
CounterPunch - Petrolia,CA,USA
"As one official document noted: ?In the Special Courts which act in terms of special laws, criminal procedures are reduced to a strict minimum. ...
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The Omagh ruling is bad for all of us
Spiked - London,UK
"The jury is an oasis of democracy in the criminal justice system, ensuring that one state-paid judge cannot simply send people to prison with a whack of his ...
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Munz's Place: Barak Obama A.K.A. Barry Soetoro is illegal POTUS
By The Munz
"A runaway grand jury, loosely defined as a grand jury which resists the accusatory choices of a government prosecutor, has been virtually eliminated by modern criminal procedure. Today's 'runaway' grand jury is ... Only to perpetuate a myth that Americans live under a system where no man is above the law. There is no other reason. As the American Judicial system now operates, judges and prosecutors can pick and choose who they send to prison. And they guarantee that they ..."
Munz's Place - http://themunz.blogspot.com/

Hit & Run > Biden to Law Enforcement Groups: Sotomayor Has Your ...
By rbalko@reason.com (Radley Balko)
"Last week, Damon Root posted about Obama Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor's fairly law-and-order record on criminal justice issues. Vice President Joe Biden made it all a bit clearer today. Vice President Joe Biden may have crossed the line ... Biden's comments, if they are understandable at all, seem to be addressing the old canard that Democrats are milque-toast on crime, while Republicans will pull out all stops to brutalize the degenerate who stole your bicycle. ..."
Reason Magazine - Hit & Run - http://www.reason.com/blog