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Moore and Moore Law Full-service law firm in Bessemer, Alabama handling criminal defense, family law, personal injury, a

06/29/2022

On this date exactly 50 years ago, the US Supreme Court handed down its remarkable death penalty opinion in Furman v. Georgia, 408 U.S. 238 (1972). All nine Justices wrote separate opinions in Furman, resulting in one of the longest decision in the Court's history.  But the actual opinion of the Co...

06/29/2022

« Via 5-4 ruling, Supreme Court limits reach of McGirt to rule states can "prosecute crimes committed by non-Indians against Indians in Indian country" | Main

06/29/2022

« Homicides (perhaps) trending down through first half of 2022, including in big cities like Chicago, New York City and Philadelphia | Main

06/29/2022

« "The Fat Prisoners’ Dilemma: Slow Violence, Intersectionality, and a Disability Rights Framework for the Future" | Main

06/29/2022

The title of this post is the title of this new article authored by Rabia Belt now available via SSRN. Here is its abstract:

06/28/2022

In this post over the weekend, I asked in anticipation of today's high-profile sentencing, "what federal sentence for convicted s*x trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell?."  Commentor tmm nailed the outcome, as reported here by the AP:

06/27/2022

« SCOTUS ruling in Concepcion, while addressing crack cases, should also resolve circuit split on compassionate release factors | Main

06/27/2022

« US Sentencing Commission releases another recidivism report examining "status points" in criminal history calculations | Main

06/27/2022

« SCOTUS unanimously rejects federal convictions for opioid docs in Ruan, with majority stressing mens rea requirement | Main

06/27/2022

Every member of the Supreme Court agreed this morning in Xiulu Ruan v. US, No. 20-1410 (S. Ct. June 27, 2022) (available here), decided that the federal drug distribution convictions of two doctors who prescribed opioids was problematic.  But the Court divided on the rationale, with Justice Breyer ...

06/27/2022

In a 5-4 decision, with a somewhat surprising group of Justices in the majority, the SUpreme Court this morning in Conception v. US, No. 20-1650 (S. Ct. June 28, 2022) (available here), stressed the broad scope of information that may be consider at sentencing or sentence modification. Here is how J...

06/27/2022

As night follows day, it regularly follows after a significant new Supreme Court decision limiting the reach of a federal criminal statute that a subsequent Supreme Court order list grants, vacates and remands (GVRs) a number of cases "for further consideration in light of" the new decision.  In th...

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