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Sotomayor's Criminal Law Record

By Corey Rayburnyung

As I mentioned in my previous post, I have quite a bit of data about Sotomayor's performance in 2008 as related to other appellate judges. I decided to break down some of her numbers as compared to her peers in criminal cases. Sotomayor, like many appellate judges, was a former prosecutor. As a result, one might expect her to not be particularly friendly to criminal defendants. However, the conventional wisdom is that appellate judges appointed by Democratic presidents are softer on crime. So, how did Sotomayor stack up? As to her overall record in finding for the criminal defendant, here is how she performed based upon my 2008 dataset:Average judge 7.16% of criminal appeals were decided in favor of the defendant Average judge appointed by a GOP President 7...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Crimes on May 26, 2009 (boomark / email).