Criminal Law

DOJ to Finalize Regulations on States’ Fast-Track Review of Death Penalty Cases
DOJ to Finalize Regulations on States’ Fast-Track Review of Death Penalty Cases

AEDPA Fast Track Regs
Marcia Coyle reports in NLJ that the Department of Justice plans to finalize, before the end of the current administration, the regulations for approving states for the long-delayed fast-track for capital habeas cases under the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty...

Fast-track executions
The Justice Department is putting the final touches on regulations that could give any Attorney General important new sway over death penalty cases in various states, including the power to shorten the time that death row inmates have to appeal convictions to federal courts...

AG Promulgates AEDPA Opt-In Regs
The U.S. Attorney General has promulgated regulations governing opt-in procedures for states seeking fast-track consideration of capital federal habeas cases under AEDPA. As reported by the CJLF, the determinations of whether states qualified for fast track proceedings used to be...

Some Recent Decisions of Note on Fast Track Disparity and Unconstitutionality of Gun Possession Laws
Fast Track Disparity As explained by Judge Sweet in United States v. Paulino-Melende, 08 cr 176 (RWS), 2008 WL 4553148 (S.D.N.Y. October 8, 2008), fast-track disparity is created by the existence in some districts but not others of a ?fast....

NEW RESOURCES: Pierce Law Review Releases Special Death Penalty Issue
The March 2008 issue of the Pierce Law Review explores many aspects of the death penalty through articles written by renowned death penalty scholars and attorneys. With a forward by Christopher M...

Death Penalty Under Review
The United States is fifth in the world when it comes to executing inmates ? slightly above Iraq and right below Pakistan. Since the death penalty was reinstated in the mid 1970s, all death row inmates have been put to...

Unwed Fathers' Rights in Adoption
Landmark Cases in Adoption Law Shape Law with respect to Unwed Fathers

Military Veterans Benefits
How to obtain full range of benefits for veterans and dependnets

Slim-Fast Recalled in US
Slim-Fast recalled in US

Sears, Roebuck & Co.
alleging the company’s web site used spyware to track customers Internet use.

RC2 Corp to Pay $1.25 Million Civil Penalty
RC2 Corp to Pay $1.25 Million Civil Penalty >

Salmonella Found in Tomotoes
57 Reported Cases in New Mexico and Texas

ConAgra Peanut Butter
Hundreds of Salmonella Cases Settled

Faulty Homes
Fleetwood Enterprises Inc. pays HUD $75,000 civil penalty for defective construction.