By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com When Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was found dead over the weekend at a west Texas ranch, he reportedly had a pillow over his head. Now, the conspiracy theories are cropping up. Sari Horowitz and Lena Sun of the Washington Post report that a former D.C. homicide commander is raising questions…
By Ross Parker ticklethewire.com Tough sledding for the Supreme Court in February with oral arguments on five thorny criminal justice cases. Judicial Bias : What was he thinking? In Williams v. Pennsylvania the DA of Philadelphia, Ronald Castille, personally authorized the pursuit of the death penalty against Terrence Williams in connection with the office’s prosecution for…
Ross Parker was chief of the criminal division in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Detroit for 8 years and worked as an AUSA for 28 in that office. By Ross Parker ticklethewire.com Tough sledding for the Supreme Court in February with oral arguments on five thorny criminal justice cases. Judicial Bias : What was he thinking?…
By Ross Parker ticklethewire.com The only oral argument before the Supreme Court during the last month of 2015 on an issue involving criminal law or procedure is Musacchio v. United States. The case involves the conviction on three counts of a North Texas businessman for conspiracy and for making unauthorized access to a protected computer…
Ross Parker was chief of the criminal division in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Detroit for 8 years and worked as an AUSA for 28 in that office. By Ross Parker ticklethewire.com The only oral argument before the Supreme Court during the last month of 2015 on an issue involving criminal law or procedure is…
By Ross Parker ticklethewire.com Supreme Court Justices have a busy November with, among their other duties, six days of Oral Argument, including five cases of interest to criminal justice folks on both sides of the aisle. Death Penalty Jury Selection: No Court calendar would be complete without a contentious death penalty case. Foster v. Chatman…
By Ross Parker ticklethewire.com The U.S. Supreme Court will begin its 2015-2016 term with oral arguments in October on three tough cases on capital punishment from the minority of states which still maintain a de facto death penalty. In Kansas v. Carr, Gleason, the issues presented involve the trial judge’s instruction to the jury and…
Ross Parker was chief of the criminal division in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Detroit for 8 years and worked as an AUSA for 28 in that office By Ross Parker ticklethewire.com The U.S. Supreme Court will begin its 2015-2016 term with oral arguments in October on three tough cases on capital punishment from the…
