Criminal Law

Death, an IG and politics
An Investigation into the Removal of Nine U.S. Attorneys in 2006, U.S. Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General and Office of Professional Responsibility, Sept. 2008. (PDF, 392 pp...

Virginia Law Review In Brief
In Brief, the online companion to the Virginia Law Review, recently published a discussion centered around Professor Stephen F. Smith's article The Supreme Court and the Politics of Death, published in the April 2008 Issue of the Virginia Law Review: Professor Darryl K...

Why Is A Cop's Death Different
A big story yesterday was that a motorcycle cop escorting Hillary Clinton died when he crashed into a concrete barrier.  This was a tragedy, "the death of Senior Cpl. Victor Lozada Tirado, a father of four and 20-year veteran of the force...

Death Sentence and Mental Age
A Kentucky death row inmate lost a bid to challenge his death sentence based on mental age after the U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear the case. Thomas Clyde Bowling, 54, had asked the high court to consider if the ban on executing juveniles extended to people whose mental age was less than 18 years old...

"Prof. Lawrence Lessig on Money and Politics, Clerking for J. Scalia, and the Death Penalty"
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Maybe I do know something about politics
In my last post I conceded that I don't know anything whatsoever about politics. I'd like to retract that statement, and humbly suggest that I have at least some embryonic awareness of what matters in politics...

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

Office Politics
Ramsey County pays two deputies $750,000 settlement after being placed in dead end jobs.

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

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

Steelworker's Death
Prost Builders Inc. and Pro Building Solutions Inc. agree to $335,000 settlement after employee falls to his death.

Falling Tree
City of Anaheim pays $700,000 wrongful death settlement after tree crushes a man to death while in his van.

Jury Awards $82.5M in Workplace Death Lawsuit
Jury Awards $82.5M in Workplace Death Lawsuit