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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and the Justice System

The Crime Report

The link between Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) and criminal behavior is rarely acknowledged as a mitigating factor in U.S. jurisprudence , says a New York Law School Legal Studies Research Paper. . According to the New York Law School study, racial minorities are more likely to have FAS.

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‘Outrageous Outcomes’: Plea Bargaining and the Justice System

The Crime Report

However, according to the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers , less than 3 percent of criminal cases have gone to trial in the last five decades. But they were still frog-marched into a plea bargain by their defense attorney or the prosecutor or the judge or some combination thereof. Photo by Brandy Brewer.

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Unfixable: Michael Cohen Faces a Reckoning of Biblical Proportions on Cross Examination

JonathanTurley

C-Span/YouTube Screenshot Below is my column in the New York Post on the first day of the examination of Michael Cohen. Thus far, however, Cohen has offered nothing new and, more importantly, nothing to make the case for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. He is expected to start his cross examination today.

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Of Pings and Prosecutors: The Spectacular Imposition of the Willis-Wade Testimony

JonathanTurley

Below is my column in the New York Post on the expanding controversy surrounding the disqualification of Fani Willis and Nathan Wade. Those conversations allegedly occurred as late as January 2024 with Cindi Lee Yeager, a co-chief deputy district attorney for Cobb County.

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The lives they lived and the court they shaped: Remembering those we lost in 2020

SCOTUSBlog

After growing up in the segregated South, Drew Days attended Yale Law School, worked as a civil rights lawyer alongside Martin Luther King, Jr., He also taught criminal law and trial practice at the George Washington University School of Law. James Buckley of New York. Drew Saunders Days III.

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Did Michael Cohen Commit Perjury in the Trump Trial?

JonathanTurley

Below is a slightly expanded version of my column in the New York Post on the first day of cross examination for Michael Cohen. Judge Juan Merchan will now have to give the full measure of his commitment to the rule of law. Cohen has truly found a home with the office of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.

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“Ongoing Need for Specific Deterrence”: Michael Cohen Denied Early Release by Federal Court

JonathanTurley

C-Span/YouTube Screenshot Below is my column in the New York Post on the denial of the early release requested by Michael Cohen in New York. What was most notable was the use of Cohen’s cable appearances on CNN and MSNBC to show that he is continuing a pattern of lying about his past criminal conduct.

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