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International issues in criminal law: Extradition of El Chapo and extraterritoriality in Nigeria

SCOTUSBlog

United States is a petition brought by Joaquin Guzman Loera, better known as El Chapo, the former leader of a Mexican drug cartel who is serving a life sentence in Colorado. The post International issues in criminal law: Extradition of El Chapo and extraterritoriality in Nigeria appeared first on SCOTUSblog. Guzman Loera v.

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A Truck Driver Sentenced To 110 Years In Jail For Causing A Deadly Freeway Accident Results In A Closer Look At Colorado’s Consecutive Sentencing Law

Above The Law

This seems to be a case where an overly strict criminal law has produced an anomalous result. The post A Truck Driver Sentenced To 110 Years In Jail For Causing A Deadly Freeway Accident Results In A Closer Look At Colorado’s Consecutive Sentencing Law appeared first on Above the Law.

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Colorado Candidate Accused of Yielding to Blackmail While on the Aspen City Council

JonathanTurley

There is a bizarre political controversy out of Colorado that may raise some interesting defamation and criminal law questions. Both the Colorado GOP and Rep. Perhaps our Colorado lawyers can correct me if I am reading this wrong). However, Colorado does not have such a statute.

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Can the ‘War’ on Gun Violence Learn From the Mistakes of the War on Drugs?

The Crime Report

That’s a lesson worth applying to current strategies addressing the epidemic of gun violence, writes Benjamin Levin , an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Colorado Law School. Benjamin Levin is an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Colorado Law School.

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Why Do We Treat Sex Crimes Differently Than Other Violent Crimes?

The Crime Report

In a recently published research paper in the Stanford Law Review, Aya Gruber, a law professor at the University of Colorado, considers the concept of “sex exceptionalism” in the United States criminal justice system and asks readers to take a second look at how we treat sex crimes. Gruber asked.

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Red flag laws and the Colorado LGBTQ club shooting – questions over whether state’s protection order could have prevented tragedy

LLRX

Professor Alex McCourt , an expert on gun laws at Johns Hopkins University, explains how red flag laws are supposed to work – and why they weren’t triggered in this case.

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Can Police Unions Be a Force for Reform?

The Crime Report

That would be a “mistake,” writes the paper’s author, Benjamin Levin , an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Colorado Law School. Benjamin Levin is an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Colorado Law School.