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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and the Justice System

The Crime Report

The link between Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) and criminal behavior is rarely acknowledged as a mitigating factor in U.S. jurisprudence , says a New York Law School Legal Studies Research Paper. . According to the New York Law School study, racial minorities are more likely to have FAS.

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‘Outrageous Outcomes’: Plea Bargaining and the Justice System

The Crime Report

A common misconception, perpetuated by popular television shows and movies, as well as the Sixth Amendment, is that everyone gets their day in court. However, according to the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers , less than 3 percent of criminal cases have gone to trial in the last five decades.

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Probation Puts Drug Offenders at Greater Risk of Returning to Prison: Paper

The Crime Report

The paper’s author, Jacob Schuman , an assistant professor at Pennsylvania State University School of Law, argues that the system of supervised release has become a “drug-control network focused on public safety” rather than rehabilitation. See Also: New York Parole System Called ‘Reincarceration Machine’.

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Hunter Comes Up A Donut Short of a Defense in Delaware

JonathanTurley

Below is my column in the New York Post on the conviction of Hunter Biden in Delaware and how his nullification strategy may have backfired. More importantly, it shocked US District Judge Maryellen Noreika, who only had to question the immunity provision to have the entire agreement fall apart in open court.

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The lives they lived and the court they shaped: Remembering those we lost in 2020

SCOTUSBlog

A government lawyer who argued at the Supreme Court more than anyone else in the 20th century. As the year comes to a close, SCOTUSblog looks back at some of the individuals who died in 2020 after living lives that brought them – at different times and for different reasons – to the Supreme Court of the United States.

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Of Pings and Prosecutors: The Spectacular Imposition of the Willis-Wade Testimony

JonathanTurley

Below is my column in the New York Post on the expanding controversy surrounding the disqualification of Fani Willis and Nathan Wade. That now includes allegations of filing false statements with courts and even influencing witnesses. This week, another witness came forward with an explosive new allegation against Willis.

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Unfixable: Michael Cohen Faces a Reckoning of Biblical Proportions on Cross Examination

JonathanTurley

C-Span/YouTube Screenshot Below is my column in the New York Post on the first day of the examination of Michael Cohen. After lying to Congress, courts, banks, and most everyone else, it will be bad. Jonathan Turley is an attorney and professor at George Washington University Law School. How bad will it be?