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Jun 11, 2013

BLAWG LOG: O’Hear on guidelines amendments trigger Ex Post Facto protections

So just how advisory are the “advisory” federal sentencing guidelines?

Jun 4, 2013

BLAWG LOG: Hylton on Superman and the Rule of Law; O’Hear on habeas roundup

This month marks the 75th anniversary of the first appearance of Superman in Action Comics #1.

May 16, 2013

BLAWG LOG: O’Hear on Milwaukee: The most dangerous size

Last week, the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics issued a new report compiling nearly two decades of data on gun crime, Firearm Violence, 1993-2011.

Jan 16, 2013

BLAWG LOG: O’Hear on developments affecting right to counsel; Greipp on dogs and contracts

In three cases since 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court has seemingly strengthened the chronically anemic right to effective assistance of counsel.

Aug 2, 2012

BLAWG LOG: O’Hear on Dorsey v. US: So long, saving statute?; Helding on from council to counsel: Reflections of a lawmaker turned law student

Last month, in Dorsey v. United States (No. 11-5683), the Supreme Court resolved an important circuit split on the interpretation of the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010.

May 29, 2012

BLAWG LOG: O’Hear on SCOTUS decides Blueford

On some apparently flimsy evidence of intent to kill, the State of Arkansas prosecuted Alex Blueford for the capital murder of his girlfriend’s one-year-old son.

Jan 18, 2012

BLAWG LOG: Houghton on John Paul Stevens’ restraint; O’Hear on private prisons, accountability

After he retired in 2010, John Paul Stevens published "Five Chiefs: A Supreme Court Memoir."

Dec 26, 2011

BLAWG LOG: O’Hear on the effect of truth in sentencing

Previous posts in this series have examined the latest available incarceration data from Indiana, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. This post considers historical data. I’m particularly interested in the impact of a major change in sentencing law that was adopted in Wisconsin in 1998.

Dec 15, 2011

BLAWG LOG: Hylton on starting your own baseball league

Am I right to assume that Organized Baseball today would reject an application from a well-funded, well-organized independent league that wanted to join the National Association?

Dec 13, 2011

BLAWG LOG: O’Hear on a tale of three states

It may be as accurate to say that Wisconsin’s lower imprisonment rate leads to its lower crime rate, as it is to say that Wisconsin’s lower crime rate leads to its lower imprisonment rate. There is probably a certain amount of truth to both propositions.

Dec 6, 2011

BLAWG LOG: Judge DiMotto on juror conduct during trial

When a jury is selected to try a case, the trial judge has the responsibility to ensure that the jury's verdict is based on three things, and three things alone.

Nov 30, 2011

BLAWG LOG: O’Hear on no harm, no foul — but how do you know if there was harm?

On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a case that gives the Court an opportunity to clarify a longstanding ambiguity in harmless error law.

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