I noted in my post here two weeks ago after World No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler was arrested during a traffic misunderstanding that I was puzzled he was charged with four criminal offenses, including the serious felony charge of second-degree
Dilettantes At War
From the safety and comfort of a tent on a college quad, it’s easy to argue ad nauseam about the horrors of war and why they shouldn’t happen. And it’s similarly easy to do the same from the oval office
Thrilled for start to Season 2 of "Drugs on the Docket" podcast
Around this time last year in this post, I flagged that the Drug Enforcement and Policy Center at The Ohio State University had just released Season One of a new podcast, “Drugs on the Docket.” All six
Amnesty International reporting that in 2023 executions globally "soar to highest number in almost a decade"
The anti-death penalty group Amnesty International reports here on the “DEATH PENALTY 2023: Death sentences and Executions.” Here is part of the start of the report online:
Executions soared to their highest number in almost a decade in 2023 with
Justice Gorsuch dissents from cert denial in case contesting SCOTUS precedent allowing six-member criminal juries
Today’s order list from the Supreme Court has one (non-criminal) grant of certiorari as well as one opinion dissenting from a (criminal) denial of certiorari. This opinion, in Cunningham v. Florida, No. 23–5171, was authored by Justice Gorsuch, and jury-trial fans will
Justice Department to Focus on Antitrust Enforcement
New Task Force Announced to Focus on Healthcare
The Department of Justice recently unveiled a new task force aiming to root out monopolies and collusion in the healthcare market, including shaping policy decisions, conducting investigations, and, when warranted, bringing civil
When Did “Meaning” Become Assignable?
At Volokh Conspiracy, Orin Kerr raises an interesting point about what he calls “meaning assignment.” For years, I’ve challenged the morphing of definitions, from rape to sex, from what were once clearly defined words into vagaries that enable everyone
China, South Korea, and the U.S.: How INTERPOL is involved in the rise of cryptocurrency
Today’s post will address the realities and implications of INTERPOL’s dealings with criminal cases involving cryptocurrency.
Cryptocurrency, although not new to modern culture, is still relatively new to the world of INTERPOL. Crypto has been popular for over a decade,
A last call for papers: <em>Federal Sentencing Reporter</em> issue on "<em>Booker</em> at 20"
In this prior post a couple of months ago, I set out the full call for papers for a forthcoming (early 2025) issue of the Federal Sentencing Reporter in which we will note (and celebrate? criticize?) the federal sentencing system’s 20
PA Superior Court: Tender Years Exception Does Not Necessarily Apply to Hearsay-Within-Hearsay
Philadelphia Criminal Defense Attorney Zak T. Goldstein, Esquire
The Pennsylvania Superior Court has decided the case of Commonwealth v. Copenahver, holding that the trial court improperly admitted video statements given by the complainants in this case because the video statements