President Barack Obama is the first sitting president to publish a work of “legal scholarship." | AP Photo President Barack Obama took to the Harvard Law Review to tout his administration’s reforms of the criminal justice system, in an article published Thursday. It’s the second time he’s made history with […]
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District Attorney’s Office completes legal review of the officer-involved shooting of Scott Huffman
District Attorney Issues Final Report for Officer Involved Shooting Occurring in Nipomo August 21, 2020 Author: District Attorney Date: 5/27/2022 4:58:55 PM After careful review, the San Luis Obispo County District Attorney’s Office has determined law enforcement officers did not violate the […]
U.S. Justice Department will review Uvalde response as furor mounts over law enforcement actions
Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. The U.S. Department of Justice will review the law enforcement’s response to the Uvalde school massacre as local police face intense scrutiny for not acting quickly enough to confront the […]
Justice Department Will Review Law Enforcement Response to Uvalde Shooting
The U.S. Justice Department said on Sunday that it will review the law enforcement response to the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, at the request of its mayor, Don McLaughlin. “The goal of the review is to provide an independent account of law enforcement actions and responses that day, and […]
Divided U.S. Supreme Court limits review of immigration rulings
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The U.S. Supreme Court, Washington, U.S., May 12, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register Ruling bars green card applicants from appealing denials Decision resolves longstanding split among appeals courts Dissent says agencies’ mistakes must be reviewable (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on […]
The rule of law in Ukraine during martial law: Review of changes to the criminal process
We are delighted to present, as a guest blog, the thoughts and views of Dr Valentyn Gvozdiy, managing partner of Golaw in Kyiv. Dr Gvozdiy outlines the significant changes to criminal procedure that have been heralded by the Russian invasion of his country and the subsequent adoption of martial law. […]
Reappointment of 7 Commissioners of the Criminal Cases Review Commission
The 7 Commissioners have been reappointed for five-year terms: Ian Comfort and Johanna Higgins from 7 May 2022 David Brown from 16 May 2022 Rachel Ellis, Jill Gramann and Rob Ward from 29 September 2022 Linda Lee from 20 November 2022 The Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) was established by […]
Pre-Law at Chapman Houses the New Student-Run Undergraduate Law Review
Fall of 2021 marked the launch of the first Chapman Undergraduate Law Review, a student-run journal that publishes scholarly articles written by students focusing on different legal issues. Students Alexis Reekie ’23, a junior triple major in philosophy, political science and self-designed law liberal arts major, along with Director of […]
Law Review: Porter’s take on the death penalty
I have this nagging need to share my opinion once again. If I ever write a book it should be titled: “Everyone is Entitled to My Opinion.” As much as I want to say to the really bad guys: “pay the price: hang, fry or take your lethal injection,” […]
Here Is What Ketanji Brown Jackson Said in the Harvard Law Review Article That Josh Hawley Found ‘Alarming’
Sen. Josh Hawley (R–Mo.) last week presented a highly misleading summary of Supreme Court nominee Kentanji Brown Jackson’s sentencing practices in child pornography cases. Hawley claimed that Jackson, whose confirmation hearing began today, had shown an “alarming pattern” of “sentencing leniency for sex criminals” who are “preying on children.” But […]