Southern Criminal Law and Justice
Provides news and analysis of criminal law and justice issues within the 11th Circuit.
Author: Contributors are Adam Levin, who works at a public defender's office in Georgia; Benjamin Goldberg works in the Public Defender's Office of the Conasauga Judicial Circuit; and Garrett Nail, a recent law school graduate.
Blawg Related Categories: Appellate Practice • Criminal Justice • Public Defenders • Law Students • Trials & Litigation • 11th Circuit Court • Public Defender
Recent Posts from Southern Criminal Law and Justice
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Failure to File a 5K1.1 Is a Violation of Due Process If. . .
The failure to file a 5K1.1 downward departure is a violation of Due Process if the government's reason for refusing to file is to punish a defendant for exercising his 6th Amendment Right to a…
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Basham on the 11th's Recording Policy
Howard J. Basham, author of the blog How Appealing and an appellate lawyer, writes about the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals' recording policy. Currently, the 11th Circuit allows access to recordings of their proceedings for…
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Wanted: Two Amazing Civil Rights Advocates
Chris Adams of the Capital Defender's Office and Gerry Weber of the ACLU are both leaving their posts as leaders of their respective offices. From 2005-2006, I had the opportunity to work as a clinic…
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What Is Driving Georgia's Indigent Defense Budget Debate?
Greg Bluestein, the best criminal law newsman in the 11th Circuit, writes about the impetus behind the Indigent Defense Joint Study Committee: the skyrocketing costs of the defense for Brian Nichols. Just to be clear,…
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Premier Public Defense Training
The Southern Public Defender Training Center (SPDTC) is up and running. It's an organization, according to their own website, "committed to providing training to new public defenders throughout the south." Frequently, new public defenders are…
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GA Public Defender Financial Woes 101
Greg Land of the Fulton County Daily Report does an incredible job of summarizing the myriad of financial woes facing Georgia's public defenders. Some highlights: By law, the council is restricted from requesting more than…
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Southeastern Highway Patrols Gear-Up for Holiday Constitutional Violations
Georgia and several other bordering states are participating in Hands Across the Border, a DUI enforcement project, which runs for the six days leading up to the Labor Day weekend and coincides with other DUI…
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Fulton Co. Strip Search Case Takes a Big Hit
A number of inmates at the notorious Fulton County Detention Center filed Section 1983 claims against various entities and people associated with the running of the jail. The 11th Circuit released a 60 page opinion…
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Kennesaw to Fight Pro-Gun Law
Kennesaw is set to challenge, via lobbying, a state law prohibiting local governments from telling folks where they can and cannot take their guns. Specifically, Kennesaw would like to prohibit guns in their parks. (See…