State Prosecutors

Turns Out The Answer To One Prosecutor Is Another

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

‘I Don’t Give A Damn,’ Says Disbarred Attorney In Outrageous Ethics Case

The problem with criminal justice in this country is exactly lawyers like this.

Woman Allegedly Impersonates Prosecutor, Drops Charges Against Herself

That's a bold move.

While Others Pretend To Be Colorblind, The San Francisco DA Office Acknowledges Implicit Bias And Begins Its Experiment In ‘Blind Charging’

Our implicit biases continue to tear at the fabric of our society. The question is, what are we as a profession going to do about it?

Non Sequiturs: 04.14.19

* "How Tough-on-Crime Prosecutors Contribute to Mass Incarceration." My review of Emily Bazelon's new book, Charged: The New Movement to Transform American Prosecution and End Mass Incarceration (affiliate link). [New York Times Book Review] * When it comes to prosecutors, as former prosecutor Joel Cohen explains, it's all about discretion. [New York Law Journal] * Judge Nancy Gertner (Ret.) defends Suffolk District Attorney Rachael Rollins's exercise of her prosecutorial discretion -- and argues that Thomas Turco's criticisms of Rollins are unfair. [Boston Globe] * Another ex-prosecutor, Quinn Emanuel partner Alex Spiro, is representing tennis star Naomi Osaka in the "repugnant" lawsuit filed against her by her former coach. [Tennis365] * Former federal prosecutors, many of them now partners at Biglaw firms, represent more than half of the defense lawyers in Operation Varsity Blues, aka the college admissions scandal. [Big Law Business] * High-stakes litigation is just one of many factors contributing to Biglaw's robust profit margin these days -- hovering around 40 percent, its highest value in almost 30 years, according to Madhav Srinivasan of Hunton Andrews Kurth. [Law.com] * Ronald Collins interviews Joan Biskupic about her latest judicial biography, The Chief: The Life and Turbulent Times of Chief Justice John Roberts (affiliate link). [SCOTUSblog] * And speaking of SCOTUS, Will Baude believes that the death penalty "is justifiable and constitutional" -- but argues that the Court has not acquitted itself well in its recent handling of capital cases. [Volokh Conspiracy / Reason]

Black People Won Something! Robert McCulloch Is Out As St. Louis Prosecutor.

Prosecutor who refused to prosecute cop, loses primary.