Criminal Law

"Three Strikes" Strikes Out in UK
UK Minister David Lammy has reportedly taken "three strikes" off the table, according to The Register: The Government minister responsible for intellectual property has ruled out a 'three strikes' law denying internet access to illegal file sharers...

Three Strikes and You’re Out!
In California, it’s three strikes and you’re out! The California Three Strikes Law gives you three chances to shape up. Slip up three times and you could spend your life in jail, even if that third offense is relatively minor...

Strike Two for EU Three Strikes Law
If the three strikes law gets blocked a third time, does that mean the law is out? The hotly controversial “Three strikes law” as pushed by French representatives in the European Union was pushed back today...

Three-strikes again: Prescience and a three-ring circus
The killing of a 62 year old woman last week turned into a political battle over three-strikes laws with a sideshow on plea bargains. Not too long after news broke that Leslie Williams, a probationer, was arrested for one murder and one attempted murder, Gov...

Does California’s Three Strikes Law Really Reduce Crime
Battling statistics are being used — in New Zealand of all places — to debate California’s Three Strikes Law and whether it has actually reduced the crime rate. Why? Because the small island nation near Australia is considering implementing a Three Strikes Law...

Three-strikes bill killed in committee
By a 25-16 vote, the Judiciary Committee voted against one three-strikes proposal today. The bill called for mandatory life sentence for third time offenders. Opponents said the revamped three-strikes-and-you’re-out proposal was deceiving because it would not automatically require a life sentence for a third violent offense...

Three Strikes Now Into Overtime in NZ
The "three strikes" battle is now into overtime in New Zealand. Suddenly, the odds have turned around from what seemed like a done deal.The overwhelming protest against the the "three strikes" legislation due to take effect in NZ on February 28, 2009 has caused the Government to delay its implementation...

Maybe the people have spoken on three-strikes
Last July, the triple homicides in Cheshire sparked a state-wide debate on three strikes laws, with several  bills being proposed and politicians taking sides. A true three strikes bill was ultimately defeated, but backers of the constitutional convention wanted to use that avenue to pass another one...

Three-strikes, prison overcrowding back before Judiciary Committee
Not satisfied with the harsh penalties enacted by the special session of the legislature in February, we once again embark on a discussion of “true” three-strikes laws. There are four separate proposals before the Judiciary Committee to create a three-strikes and you’re out law and there are several bills dealing with prison overcrowding, inmate services [...

Intended and Unintended Effects of Three Strikes Laws:
A new paper from NBER on the incentives for criminals created by California's "Three Strikes" law:...

California Supreme Court Proposition 8 Decision
Court Rejects Challenges to Proposition 8, but Finds Marriages Valid

Selection of State Supreme Court Judges
How State Court Judges are Selected

Dumb California Laws
Stupid Laws in the Sunshine State

California Labor Laws
alleged violations of California labor laws such as overtime pay, discrimination and harassment.

Seattle Mortgage Co Faces California Class Action
Seattle Mortgage Co Faces California Class Action

California Firm Recalls Ready-To-Eat Pork Products
California Firm Recalls Ready-To-Eat Pork Products

California Talent Agency, Be Productions, Faces Federal Class Action
California Talent Agency, Be Productions, Faces Federal Class Action

Disabled Win California Class Action

California Hospitals
Fined for Shoddy Care