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LA Times coverage of SCOTUS acquitted conduct dodge

By Douglas A. Berman

I noted in this post that Supreme Court yesterday denied cert in the Hurn acquitted conduct case and in a few other acquitted conduct cases.  Providing a useful follow-up, SCOTUS reporter David Savage has this new piece in the Los Angeles Times headlined "Judges can still punish acquitted defendants."  Here is how the article starts:The Supreme Court declined Monday to reconsider a legal rule that might surprise most Americans: Judges can punish defendants for certain crimes even after a jury has acquitted them of those charges. In recent years, the justices have described the right to jury trial as one of the bedrock principles of American law.  At the same time, they have been unwilling to say that a jury's not-guilty verdict on some charges means the defendant cannot be punished...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on April 01, 2008 (boomark / email).