Gina Holland of AP has this article on the remaining cases of the Supreme Court term.
The Chicago Tribune was widely rumored to be coming out with proof that Carlos De Luna, executed in Texas in 1989, was actually innocent. Turns out the first article in the series says they have evidence that "suggests" that.
SCOTUSblog has this report on the Washington Legal Foundation's briefing on the Supreme Court term, including Tom Goldstein's comments on the large number of Ninth Circuit reversals.
Doug Berman at SL&P points us to this article by Rachel Barkow at NYU, making the case that "the relationship between originalism, politics, and criminal law [is] far more complicated than is commonly believed." That is, you can't assume that "conservative" judges necessarily favor the prosecution, with the Apprendi line of cases as Exhibit A.
The New York Times has this article on alternatives to the prevailing lethal injection protocol.
Joel Jacobsen at Judging Crimes has this post on Hudson v. Michigan and the exclusionary rule.
The Bureau of Justice Statistics has this report on citizen complaints regarding police use of force.
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