Exoneration Justice Clinic at Notre Dame Law School: Creating a More Equitable Criminal Justice System The Exoneration Justice Clinic at Notre Dame Law School is dedicated to training a new generation of attorneys committed to creating a more equitable criminal justice system and preventing wrongful convictions. (32 views)
Miranda Rights: What You Need To Know About Constitutional Protections Verily, verily, just as the Preacher might have said, of the making of Miranda cases there shall be no end. On Monday, in Maryland v. Blake, the Supreme Court agreed to hear yet another one. (162 views)
Unlock Your Path to Law and Science: What You Need & What You Don't Need to Pursue a Career in Arizona State Law Despite what conventional wisdom says, students interested in intellectual property law or other science and technology-based legal fields, do not need advanced degrees in the sciences to get in to law school or to succeed there. (15 views)
Guilty Until Proven Innocent: How to Contest False Accusations and Fight to Clear Your Name Better a guilty man remain free than an innocent man be imprisoned. That is the bedrock of the American judicial system. But a closer look would show the foundation of jurisprudence is not as incontrovertible as we would like to believe. (87 views)
Angelica Meli Carrion: Prosecutors on the Front Lines of Fighting Crime After searching the San Antonio streets for a homeless woman who was the victim of an assault, Bexar County Assistant District Attorney Angelica ''Meli'' Carrion came to a disheartening realization. The woman was far too confused, scared, and uncommunicative to testify against her alleged attacker. But Ms. Carrion and her partner forged ahead, relying on testimony from an... (132 views)
Meet Matt Murphy: Senior Deputy District Attorney in Orange County, California Skinhead gangs. Murderous love triangles. Serial rapists. A gunman trapped on the Rio Grande. Matt Murphy could write a season of ''Law & Order'' from the cases he has handled. LawCrossing talks with the Senior Deputy District Attorney of Orange County, CA, about his quest to ''get the bad guys.'' (79475 views)
3 Strikes Law in California: How Politics Impacted the Enforcement of Cruel Justice Cruel Justice : Three Strikes and the Politics of Crime in America's Golden State, the latest effort of award-winning investigative journalist Joe Domanick, is the result of a tireless journey to document the decade-long story of one of this country's harshest criminal sentencing laws. In Cruel Justice, Domanick provides a revealing look at ''three strikes''—the... (300 views)
Supreme Court Examines Impact of Juvenile Executions: Analysis and Expert Opinion As the U.S. Supreme Court weighs whether executing teenagers who commit crimes at age 16 or 17 should be banned as cruel and unusual punishment, international opposition to juvenile executions could play a key role in determining the outcome. (355 views)
David Boies, Managing Partner at Boies Schiller Flexner: A Profile of Leadership Any attorney's career that can count winning a major decision against Microsoft as one of its highlights obviously qualifies that attorney for inclusion among the industry's elite. Add to the mix a major role in the 2000 case that would ultimately decide who would serve as president and a client roster that includes the likes of the New York Yankees, Calvin Klein, Tyco,... (754 views)
How Public Defenders Protect People's Rights And Change Lives: A Look At Public Defenders Law In Action Public defenders have one of the toughest gigs in the legal industry - but also one of the most rewarding. Sacrificing the big paycheck to help those in need, public defenders find job satisfaction — and excellent training — amid some of the most emotionally-taxing circumstances. (9963 views)