The Supreme Court of the United States handed down a new decision yesterday, Rodriguez v. United States, which is extremely helpful in criminal procedure. In essence, the Court held that a person who has been stopped for a traffic violation cannot be detained for longer than the time necessary for the traffic stop, and absent […]
Obama Commuting Unjust Crack Sentences
The Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 reduced the disparity between the amount of crack cocaine and powder cocaine needed to trigger certain United States federal criminal penalties from a 100:1 ratio to an 18:1 ratio and eliminated the five-year mandatory minimum sentence for simple possession of crack cocaine, among other provisions. This disparity was a product […]
State-Sanctioned Murder
Texas and other states which employ capital punishment are struggling to obtain the drugs needed for lethal injections. Progressive (and benevolent) European-based drug manufacturers have banned U.S. prisons from using their drugs in executions, a move that should be applauded. Death penalty states are now experimenting with new drug cocktails for the state-sanctioned murders, with […]