Civil suit settlement in roadside taser video case.
40k.
http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/11/40000-for-man-tasered-on-youtube/index.html?hp
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Monday, March 10, 2008
death penalty statistics in ny fed courts
"federal prosecutors in New York State have asked juries to impose death sentences 19 times since 1988. In only one case did a jury rule for execution."
Aversion to Death Penalty, but No Lack of Cases, NYTimes.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/10/nyregion/10penalty.html?ex=1362888000&en=6fa6d27500ab2309&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink
Aversion to Death Penalty, but No Lack of Cases, NYTimes.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/10/nyregion/10penalty.html?ex=1362888000&en=6fa6d27500ab2309&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Excluding jurors on the basis of national-origin
Interesting case in terms of whether or not excluding on the basis of national-origin is protected.
Judge William H. Pauley III’s decision did not find that the Bronx district attorney had specifically discriminated against West Indians. But if prosecutors cannot prove in a hearing that four Jamaicans and one Trinidadian were excluded for reasons other than national origin, Mr. Watson could receive a new trial.
Ban on Using Nationality to Exclude Jurors Is Upheld
A federal judge has affirmed that allowing American-born blacks on a Bronx jury but systematically excluding West Indians is discriminatory.
Judge William H. Pauley III’s decision did not find that the Bronx district attorney had specifically discriminated against West Indians. But if prosecutors cannot prove in a hearing that four Jamaicans and one Trinidadian were excluded for reasons other than national origin, Mr. Watson could receive a new trial.
Ban on Using Nationality to Exclude Jurors Is Upheld
A federal judge has affirmed that allowing American-born blacks on a Bronx jury but systematically excluding West Indians is discriminatory.
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