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‘Invisibility’ of Prosecutor Misconduct Erodes Trust: PA Report

The Crime Report

Researchers at the Quattrone Center, based at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, created what they said was a unique dataset of 4,644 opinions in which allegations of misconduct were raised in the more than 1.5 million judicial opinions published between 2000 and 2016 by federal and state courts in Pennsylvania.

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Another separation-of-powers case, press access to trials, and maritime insurance

SCOTUSBlog

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. But in one of those cases, the court’s denial of review prompted two justices to object. The Supreme Court will meet this Friday to consider whether to grant review in a group of around 95 petitions and motions.

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TURKEY TORTS (2020)

JonathanTurley

In 2020, the cancelation of parades and the reduction of travel has led to a very different legal profile of holiday mishaps and malfeasance. Some things are happily left out of the courts. One such case now in court was brought by Amanda DuVall, 28. Thanksgivings tend to reflect the state of our society for better or worse.

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