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IF you've pleaded guilty to child abuse, and IF you're lucky enough to be sentenced only to probation (a travesty in and of itself in my opinion), it's probably a pretty ...

There’s still enough summer left to consult the numerous summer reading lists that suggest the most interesting titles. My favorite annual list for the past ten years is ...

The Eighth Circuit has an interesting discussion of the legal issues surrounding the Supreme Court's ban on the execution of the mentally retarded in the course of revers...

The State Board of Workers' Compensation (SBWC) recently posted a list of notable changes to the 2009 Medical Fee Schedule. Some of these changes include:...

I am gearing up for teaching Criminal Law to first-year students starting next week, and a new Ninth Circuit sentencing decision handed down today is helping me get in th...

In addition to the Dilloncrack retroactivity ruling (basics here and here), the other criminal justice decision from the Supreme Court today came in City of Ontario v. Qu...

The Connecticut Law Tribune has this notable new piece on federal child porn sentencing headlined ...

The Eighth Circuit handed down an interesting little ruling in a sex offender sentencing case today in US v. Jeffries, No. 09-3377 (8th Cir. Aug. 5, 2010) (available here...

The Eleventh Circuit has a long discussion of the use of force against prisoners in Florida in its ruling today in Thomas v. Bryant, No. 09-11658 (11th Cir. Aug. 20, 2010...

These two long pieces appearing on the front-pages of my New York Times both seemed Sunday blogworthy: The Most Conservative Court in Decades Drivers on Prescription Drug...