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Here comes the Obama judges ... do we need to prepare for the "mass freeing of criminal defendants"?

By Douglas A. Berman

Just before the 2008 election, Senator John McCain wrote this op-ed asserting that "Obama's judges would coddle criminals,"  and Professor Steven Calabresi, in this op-ed in the Wall Street Journal, warned that if Barack Obama becomes President and appoints a large number of federal judges, "we could possibly see ... the abolition of capital punishment and the mass freeing of criminal defendants."  If anyone took this heated punditry to heart, now it's time to double-lock the doors and keep the kids from playing outside: according to this New York Times article, "President Obama is expected to name his first candidate to an appeals court seat this week." Interestingly, the headline for this Times report is "Moderate Is Said to Be Pick for Court," and here are a few more particulars: President Obama is expected to name ...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on March 17, 2009 (boomark / email).