Criminal Law

Sunday (not-so) funnies concerning the death penalty
I saw a number of interesting stories in the Sunday papers around the nation dealing with various death penalty issues. Here are headlines and links: From Alaska, "Death-penalty decision delays trial" From Mississippi, "Death penalty: 2008 'banner' year?" From Texas,...

New Jersey Abolishes Death Penalty
Today Governor Jon S. Corzine of New Jersey signed a bill abolishing the death penalty in New Jersey. Passed last week by the New Jersey Assembly and Senate, the bill is the first legislative abolition of the death penalty since the Supreme Court reauthorized the death penalty in 1976...

Death penalty news and notes
Here are a few death penalty headlines and stories from a variety of states that caught my eye this morning: From Maryland here, "Faith leaders urge state to repeal death penalty" From North Carolina here, "Mentally Ill Would Avoid Death...

A smorgasbord of reporting and opinion on the death penalty
A lot of death penalty headlines jumped out at me during my morning media review. Here is just a sampling of notable item: From Gallup, Americans Hold Firm to Support for Death Penalty From Califorina, California death row dysfunction From....

New Book on Consistently Opposing Killing
Consistently Opposing Killing: From Abortion to Assisted Suicide, the Death Penalty, and War, edited by Rachel M. MacNair and Stephen Zunes, is coming out April 30, 2008, published by Greenwood Press (Praeger)...

A few thoughts on the death penalty
Several occurances in the last week have got me thinking about the death penalty. Miguel Roman should be the new posterchild for abolishing the death penalty. Yes, he wasn’t on death row, but here is a man who spent 20 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit...

Military Veterans Benefits
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RC2 Corp to Pay $1.25 Million Civil Penalty
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Faulty Homes
Fleetwood Enterprises Inc. pays HUD $75,000 civil penalty for defective construction.

Marketing Spam
Member Source Media pays $200,000 civil penalty for deceptive online advertising.

imbee Data Collection
Industrious Kid, Inc. pays $130,000 civil penalty for violating the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act.

Wrongful Death
alleging death was caused by the conduct of negligent defendant.

Taser Death
allegedly directly causing or leading to complications resulting in death.