#Criminal

Jolie McCullough

jsmccullou

1/ In August, a Texas man was sent to stand trial while he had the coronavirus. The man, the court and jurors didn't know of the infection until after deliberations.The

Teri Kanefield

Teri_Kanefield

People are asking again about pardons.Pardons do not shield Trump from state prosecutions and offer no shield to civil liability.A self-pardon is most likely unconstitutional (although nobody has ever tried

Megan Ming Francis

meganfrancis

Imagine...ruining democracy & creating a philanthropy focused on 'criminal justice reform' to image launder AND then silence Black ppl who are actually doing the work. YALL. A rare inside look

Helen Haines MP

helenhainesindi

Finally, after two years of delay and eleven months with the bill sitting on his desk, the Attorney-General has released his exposure legislation for the Commonwealth Integrity Commission. My reaction.

John Morrison

localcelebrity

Hot take: Lori Lightfoot being a bad mayor does not erase Toni Preckwinkle’s clear associations with corruption.They both suck. We don’t need to settle for Toni in the next election.We

Dan Fox

d4nf0x

The Epshteen Epeeshode.I’ve been getting stuck into @baddiel’s great ‘Jews Don’t Count’. It articulates so much better what so many of us have been saying for so long.But to be

John M. Reeves

reeveslawstl

THREAD re: Judge Sullivan and en banc review1) Several commentators have suggested that Judge Sullivan cannot seek en banc review because, they say, he is not a party to the

David Paton

cricketwyvern

It is useful to debate effectiveness of lockdown restrictions but we sometimes need to step back & remember these are unprecedented & draconian restrictions on basic rights & freedoms:to education,

Chai Patel

chaipatel0

Ok I am very much not tweeting the whole Stansted 15 judgment. But a few gems to highlight just how deranged it is that protesters were charged with a terrorist

Walter Shaub

waltshaub

Law school teaches upcoming lawyers they are are not responsible on a human level for the choices they make in the role of lawyer, as long as their conduct is

Mike Dunford

questauthority

It appears that the person who was upset about my discussion of the interaction between the pardon power and impeachment last night remains upset (46-tweet-thread upset, in fact) about it

Awe Onisokuso™ CAC-OFR

sarnchos

There's a "value chain" in keeping herdsmen lumped up with criminals and identifying them as one and the same.1. Political: SW politicians see an effective regulation of cattle herding by

Conor Lally

conormlally

1/ Seems to be lots of confusion about what Garda Commissioner said yesterday re the nude/intimate images shared online last week. He said no criminal investigation was underway. That has

George Gascón

GeorgeGascon

40 years ago I walked my first beat as a young police officer. Today, I was sworn in as the 43rd District Attorney of Los Angeles. I am not the

Robert Buckland

RobertBuckland

The cab-rank rule means that advocates do not choose their clients. It is the advocate’s duty to represent their client’s best interests fearlessly by all proper and lawful means. To

Rebecca Kavanagh

DrRJKavanagh

This is such a thoughtful piece, by @janetmanley. As a public defender, I wrote a lot about my work and even tho I tried to do it in a way

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