Prosecutorial Discretion

The Florida governor suspended the Orlando prosecutor in a move being criticized as purely political.

For anyone looking to come to this guy's aid, having a killer rack is not a valid excuse for prosecutorial misconduct.

* A picture is worth a thousand disbarrings: Kentucky prosecutor who would do legal favors for nude pictures is suspended. [Courier Journal]

* We really should have nipped that Facebook cancelled my free speech line of argument in the bud a few years ago. Just look at Texas! [Texas Tribune]

* A teenager who was punished with life in prison at fifteen is now starting law school a decade later. Talk about a hell of a personal statement! [Market Watch]

* Illinois is planning to abolish a poor people’s tax and people want you to think that it is Armageddon. It really isn’t. You should be more concerned over if your prosecutor is jailing people for not getting dem nudes. [Yahoo!]

* This is an A and B conversation. And C. And D. And E. And… [Protocol]

The First Amendment doesn't only protect religion.

Batman clone: 'What gives you the right? What makes you different from me?' Batman: 'I'm not wearing hockey masks!'

WashU students should update their criminal outlines to include Res Ipsa 'I feared for my life'-itor.

Hanging over the criminal justice system is a misplaced belief that prosecutorial discretion is synonymous with a just result.

Why wasn’t Harvey Weinstein prosecuted for sexual abuse when it was in the public interest to do so?

It might be nice if the buzzword of prosecutorial discretion wasn't "arbitrary."

Sentencing reform makes for strange bedfellows in insane marijuana case.

Watch experts debate the pressing question of prosecutorial power.

* Yeah, Ruth Bader Ginsburg was cool even before she became the Notorious RBG. [Fusion]

* Can you improve your courtroom performance by vibrating? I promise it isn’t a dirty as it sounds. [Katz Justice]

* Authorities are scrutinizing advertisements in building their case against Volkswagen in the emissions cheating scandal. [Star Tribune]

* One way to follow up from a Supreme Court argument years in the making is to open a new office the very next day. Congrats to Edelson P.C. (you remember these guys, don’t ya?) on taking on way too much in a very short amount of time. [The Recorder]

* Northwestern Law has a debate series on prosecutorial overreach beginning next Tuesday. Check it out if you’re in the area. [Northwestern Law School]

Prosecutorial discretion swings both ways and that can be a problem.

The Hastert prosecution, in other words, is a fight in our criminal courts about the government’s belief that it has a right to know more about us than we want the government to know.