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International issues in criminal law: Extradition of El Chapo and extraterritoriality in Nigeria

SCOTUSBlog

United States is a petition brought by Joaquin Guzman Loera, better known as El Chapo, the former leader of a Mexican drug cartel who is serving a life sentence in Colorado. The post International issues in criminal law: Extradition of El Chapo and extraterritoriality in Nigeria appeared first on SCOTUSblog. Guzman Loera v.

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A Truck Driver Sentenced To 110 Years In Jail For Causing A Deadly Freeway Accident Results In A Closer Look At Colorado’s Consecutive Sentencing Law

Above The Law

This seems to be a case where an overly strict criminal law has produced an anomalous result. The post A Truck Driver Sentenced To 110 Years In Jail For Causing A Deadly Freeway Accident Results In A Closer Look At Colorado’s Consecutive Sentencing Law appeared first on Above the Law.

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Can the ‘War’ on Gun Violence Learn From the Mistakes of the War on Drugs?

The Crime Report

That’s a lesson worth applying to current strategies addressing the epidemic of gun violence, writes Benjamin Levin , an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Colorado Law School. Benjamin Levin is an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Colorado Law School.

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Can Police Unions Be a Force for Reform?

The Crime Report

That would be a “mistake,” writes the paper’s author, Benjamin Levin , an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Colorado Law School. Benjamin Levin is an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Colorado Law School.

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Red flag laws and the Colorado LGBTQ club shooting – questions over whether state’s protection order could have prevented tragedy

LLRX

Professor Alex McCourt , an expert on gun laws at Johns Hopkins University, explains how red flag laws are supposed to work – and why they weren’t triggered in this case.

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“Kill Two Birds With One Stone”: Well-Known Colorado Lawyer and Animal Rights Advocate Pleads Guilty to Murder-For-Hire Plot

JonathanTurley

A well-known Colorado lawyer and animal rights activist, Jennifer Emmi, 43, is facing an impressive array of charges in an alleged murder-for-hire plot targeting the girlfriend of her estranged husband. While she previously claimed the entire thing was a set up, the host of a Facebook show has now pleaded guilty to a slew of serious charges.

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Path To Well-Being In Law: Episode 19 – Matt Thiese

ALPS

Looking at different types of practice, whether criminal litigator or transactional law, so on and so forth, as well as looking at the size of the firm. If someone is a sole practitioner in criminal law in a rural setting, is that sort of just an additive effect in terms of challenges there? Or is it compounded?

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