Law Students

Smokers Will Quit for Money and Pet Health
Two recent stories about smokers have caught my eye. One, published from the University of Pennsylvania, has found that smokers paid $750 to quit smoking are 3 times more likely to quit smoking and be smoke free a year later...

Smokers banned from fostering childrern
Smokers banned from fostering childrernA controversial new policy to ban smokers from fostering children has been passed by a council.The ban, which was passed unanimously at a cabinet meeting of Redbridge Council last night, means that children in the east London borough will not be placed with foster carers who smoke after January 2010...

A counsel(-less) perspective on crack retroactivity
This news article, headlined "Failure emerges in call for shorter crack sentences: Many inmates are not given lawyers," reports on an interesting (and troublesomely disparate) aspect of the implementation of the USSC new crack guidelines: As federal courts begin deciding...

Early reports on crack retroactivity implementation
This new Washington Post article ? headlined "Government Starts Cutting Sentences Of Crack Inmates: Bureau of Prisons Processes 400 Orders" ? provides news from the front lines in the implementation of the new crack guidelines...

Interesting new op-ed on crack sentencing and clemency
Two of my favorite co-authors, Profs Marc Miller and Steve Chanenson, have this new op-ed in the Dallas Morning News headlined "Bush should give clemency to fix unfair crack sentences...

More coverage of crack retroactivity realities
The Friday papers bring these two notable stories about the new retroactive crack guidelines. From the Washingont Post here, "Crack Offenders Set for Release Mostly Nonviolent, Study Says": Most of the more than 1,500 crack cocaine offenders who are immediately...

"Supreme Court to decide if Maine smokers can sue; The case, to be heard Monday, will determine if the smokers' suit alleging fraudulent ads about 'low tar' cigarettes can go to trial"
"Supreme Court to decide if Maine smokers can sue; The case, to be heard Monday, will determine if the smokers' suit alleging fraudulent ads about 'low tar' cigarettes can go to trial": Warren Richey will have this article Monday in The Christian Science Monitor...

Another story about the local implementation of the new crack guidelines
Today the local details of crack retroactivity come from this piece in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, headlined "Crack cocaine inmates may gain early release." Here are snippets: Convicted crack dealer John J...

Murphy City, TX
$255,000 settlement in controversial pedophile news program case.

Newspaper Employees
Chinese Daily News must pay $5.19 million class action settlement for failing to pay overtime.