Showing posts with label California. Show all posts
Showing posts with label California. Show all posts
Thursday, June 7, 2018

Update: Mob rule

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The mob in Santa Clara County spoke loud and clear on Tuesday when they voted to recall Judge Aaron Persky because they thought the sentenc...
Tuesday, June 5, 2018

Who wants an independent judiciary anyway?

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Today is judgment day for Judge Aaron Persky who gained renown when he sentenced Stanford swimmer Brock Turner to six months in jail and pr...
Wednesday, December 13, 2017

What happens when a law prof ventures outside the ivory tower

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Over a year ago I wrote about t he hornets nest that opened around Judge Aaron Persky in Santa Clara, California. You may recall that he pr...
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Thursday, September 1, 2016

An attack on discretion

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In theory, a judge should make his or her decisions on the bench without regard to politics. In theory, a judge should be shielded from poli...
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Thursday, July 18, 2013

California sterilizes dozen of female inmates

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Over a five-year period, 148 female inmates in California's state prison system underwent sterilization procedures that had not been app...
Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Sobriety checkpoints: the new cash cow

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A study by the University of California's Investigative Reporting Program has found that sobriety checkpoints in California generate ab...
Thursday, July 9, 2009

Court makes it easier for California DUI defendants to challenge breath tests

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Today the California Supreme Court ruled unanimously that defendants in drunk driving cases can challenge accuracy of the state's breath...
Monday, April 13, 2009

Spector convicted of second degree murder

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Phil Spector , the creator of the " Wall of Sound " in the 1960's saw his world crash down on him when the jury in his second ...
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