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Examining Judge Sotomayor's criminal justice record

By Douglas A. Berman

Among the extraordinary number of article about Judge Sotomayor linked at How Appealing, I just discovered this pieceby Michael Doyle of McClatchy Newspapers headlined "Sotomayor's record reveals she's far from soft on crime."  Here are some notable excerpts: Before her Supreme Court nomination, Sonia Sotomayor put some crooks in prison and cut others some slack.  She's confronted killers and empowered police. She has also sympathized with inmates and challenged prosecutors. While tilting liberal in some areas, Sotomayor's five years in the Manhattan district attorney's office and 17 years on the federal bench appear to place her near the center in criminal law matters.  "She's a moderate," said Judge Guido Calabresi, a colleague on the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on May 31, 2009 (boomark / email).