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Judge Blogger

By Melody Evans and Kirk Redmond

One of the most innovative and erudite federal judges on the bench, D. Mass. Judge Nancy Gertner, is moonlighting as a blogger for Slate. Judge Gertner was the defense hero of downward departures during that long, dark night of mandatory guidelines. Here is an excerpt from a great Boston Globe article."I am an unlikely blogger," wrote US District Court Judge Nancy Gertner of Boston in March in her introductory submission to "Convictions," Slate's new blog on legal issues. And that's not just because she edits her drafts on paper before launching them into cyberspace. Gertner appears to be the only judge in Massachusetts who shares her unfiltered legal views in the blogosphere, according to officials in the federal and state judiciary. A favorite of the state's defense bar and plaintiffs' attorneys, and the bête noire of some in law enforcement, she is also the only jurist among nearly two dozen contributors to what Slate calls its "blogging destination for smart legal conversation and commentary...continue to full post

Full post as published by Kansas Federal Defender on June 02, 2008 (boomark / email).