Supreme Court to Review Fifth Circuit’s Deviation from Common Law Limits on Use of Force in Barnes v. Felix
The Supreme Court recently agreed to hear Barnes v. Felix. The case concerns how to...
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Diaz v. United States: New Decision on Expert Testimony in Criminal Cases
The Supreme Court recently addressed whether, in a criminal expert case, an expert may render...
Unconnected Mitigation Evidence in Capital Cases
This post originally appeared at Crime & Consequences. Today the U.S. Supreme Court reversed a...
Pulsifer v. United States: The Statutory Interpretation Rubber Hits the Criminal Law Road
In Pulsifer v. United States, the Supreme Court examined the criteria for a defendant to...
The Myth of Mass Incarceration Remains Strong—Despite All Evidence to the Contrary
Federalist Society Review, Volume 25
A review of Jeffrey Bellin, Mass Incarceration Nation: How the United States Became Addicted to...