CrimProf Blog
Features news, information, course materials, scholarship and research primarily for those teaching criminal law.
Author: Mark A. Godsey, a law professor a the University of Cincinnati College of Law, edits CrimProf Blog, which is part of the Law Professor Blogs Network. Godsey also is faculty director of the Lois and Richard Rosenthal Institute for Justice/Ohio Innocence Project.
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Recent Posts from CrimProf Blog
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More Thoughts on Kansas v. Ventris
Last week, I wrote about Kansas v. Ventris in which the U.S. Supreme Court decided that statements taken from a criminal defendant in the absence of counsel can be used to impeach his testimony at…
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Thoughts on Kansas v. Ventris
The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday decided that statements taken from a criminal defendant in the absence of counsel can be used to impeach his testimony at trial without violating his Sixth Amendment right to the…
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Constitution Project Study IDs Flaws in Public Defense System
The American legal system guarantees "equal justice under law." Those words, carved in stone on the facade of the Supreme Court, are a constitutional promise that everyone will have the same opportunity for justice. But…
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Courts Look to Fines and Fees in Tough Budget Times
Valerie Gainous paid her debt to society, but almost went to jail because of a debt to Florida’s courts. In 1996, she was convicted of writing bad checks; she paid restitution, performed community service and…
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Judge Prohibits Blackberry Use by Jurors
There will be no Twittering in the courtroom. As jury selection in the blockbuster trial of famed philanthropist Brooke Astor's son opened Monday, a Manhattan judge told 200 potential jurors to put away their BlackBerrys.…
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Supreme Court Rejects Peremptory Challenge Claim
The U.S. Supreme Court today decided Rivera v. Illinois, No. 07-9995, unanimously rejecting the defendant's claim that the state trial court's erroneous denial of his peremptory challenge required a new trial. Justice Ginsburg delivered the…
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Liptak Previews Strip Search Case
Savana Redding still remembers the clothes she had on — black stretch pants with butterfly patches and a pink T-shirt — the day school officials here forced her to strip six years ago. She was…
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New Mexico Repeals Death Penalty
As the New York Times reported yesterday, New Mexico became the second State in eighteen months to repeal the death penalty. Thirty-five States now authorize the death penalty while fifteen States and the District of…
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New Phenomenon: "Google Mistrials?"
Last week, a juror in a big federal drug trial in Florida admitted to the judge that he had been doing research on the case on the Internet, directly violating the judge’s instructions and centuries…
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Tamara Lawson on Hate Crimes and Prosecutorial Discretion
Tamara F. Lawson, a professor at St. Thomas University School of Law (Florida), has posted an interesting article draft to SSRN, "'Whites Only Tree,' Hanging Nooses, No Crime? Limiting the Prosecutorial Veto for Hate Crimes…