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SCOTUScast on Herring v. United States: At The Federalist Society website, Luke Milligan, an Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Louisville provides commentary on the October 7, 2008 oral arguments for Herring v. United States. Herring is an exclusionary rule case that asks the Supreme Court to decide whether the Fourth Amendment requires the exclusion of evidence seized incident to an arrest conducted on the basis of credible, but ultimately erroneous, information negligently provided by another law enforcement agent. The post also has a brief discussion of the relevant facts. Seventh Circuit Rules on Mental Health Experts During Sentencing: Doug Berman at Sentencing Law and Policy has a quick post on a Seventh Circuit's decision in U...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime and Consequences on November 05, 2008 (boomark / email).