Category: criminal law

Supreme Court Votes 6–3 to Uphold Murder Conviction Based on Another Defendant’s Confession

June 25, 2023
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The Supreme Court upheld by 6–3 along ideological lines the conviction of Adam Samia, who was found guilty in a murder-for-hire scheme on the strength of another person’s written confession. In the June 23 ruling the six conservative justices found that Samia’s constitutional right to confront and cross-examine his co-defendant while he was being tried…

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UN-Sponsored Report Would Destroy Communities by Gutting Criminal Law

April 7, 2023
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Commentary ​If you like the chaos and criminality unleashed in some of our greatest cities by progressive district attorneys refusing to enforce the criminal law, you will love the “reforms” a new UN-sponsored report advocates for the entire world. The “8 March Principles,” (pdf) as they are called, are a woke nightmare. Drafted by the…

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The Shameful Star Chamber Targeting a University Student

July 7, 2022
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Commentary In a recent judgement about a sexual misconduct case at Cornell University in New York, the judge compared the campus disciplinary committees to the infamous English Star Chambers (pdf). He warned that “these threats to due process and academic freedom are matters of life and death for our great universities.” We, too, should be regarding what’s…

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