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• Calif. Ballot Measure Falls Short On Alternatives To Prison-Time

  by Vibhav Mittal, San Francisco attorney, and Anthony Barkow , executive director of the Center on the Administration of Criminal Law at New York University School of Law California is often where national policy is born. In the area of criminal law,... Posted Oct 31 2008, 03:01 PM by ACSBlog: The Blog of the American Constitution Society Filed under: Criminal Justice

• Federal Appeals Blocks Execution of Georgia Man

  A federal appeals court today granted a stay of execution for Troy Davis , a Georgia man on death row for almost 20 years. Davis was convicted in 1991 of killing a Savannah police officer. But since his conviction a string of witnesses that testified... Posted Oct 24 2008, 02:01 PM by ACSBlog: The Blog of the American Constitution Society Filed under: Criminal Justice

• FBI Leak of ACORN Investigation, Troubling, Potentially Illegal

  by Anthony Barkow , Executive Director of the Center on the Administration of Criminal Law at New York University School of Law On the heels of the recently-issued report regarding the firing of United States Attorneys that concluded that one top prosecutor... Posted Oct 24 2008, 11:01 AM by ACSBlog: The Blog of the American Constitution Society Filed under: Criminal Justice

• Neb. Lawmakers Call For Changing State's 'Safe Haven' Law

  Nebraska’s governor and lawmakers are likely to re-write a “safe haven” law that protects from prosecution parents or guardians who abandon to state authorities minors of up to18-years-old. The New York Times reported recently that the... Posted Oct 22 2008, 09:35 AM by ACSBlog: The Blog of the American Constitution Society Filed under: Criminal Justice

• Report Scores Los Angeles Police For Racial Profiling

  African Americans and Hispanic residents in Los Angeles are stopped, searched and arrested far more often by police officers than whites, according to a new study for the ACLU of Southern California . The article by Yale professor Ian Ayres cites Los... Posted Oct 21 2008, 02:09 PM by ACSBlog: The Blog of the American Constitution Society Filed under: Criminal Justice

• Racial Disparities in Capital Punishment: Desocialization Offers a Plausible Plan to Ensure Equal Justice

  by Scott Phillips, associate professor, Department of Sociology and Criminology, University of Denver Since the Supreme Court reinstated capital punishment in the landmark 1976 case of Gregg v Georgia , 1,123 people have been executed in the United States... Posted Oct 14 2008, 01:15 PM by ACSBlog: The Blog of the American Constitution Society Filed under: Criminal Justice

• Md. Police Provide Detail On Spy Program Targeting Activists

  Maryland state police authorities have provided more detail about a far-reaching spy program that tagged opponents of the death penalty and Iraq war as terrorists. The Washington Post reports that Maryland State Police Superintendent Terrance B. Sheridan... Posted Oct 08 2008, 12:19 PM by ACSBlog: The Blog of the American Constitution Society Filed under: Criminal Justice

• Finality Over Fairness: The Troy Davis Case

  by William S. Sessions, partner Holland & Knight, former FBI director and former Chief Judge, United States District Court for the Western District of Texas The release of 130 individuals from death row has made clear that the administration of the... Posted Oct 02 2008, 07:31 AM by ACSBlog: The Blog of the American Constitution Society Filed under: Criminal Justice

• Almost a "Saturday Night Massacre"

  On Sunday and Monday, the Washington Post published two excerpts from Barton Gellman’s new book Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency . The first part explores the role David Addington, Vice President *** Cheney’s legal counsel, played in quashing... Posted Sep 15 2008, 07:57 AM by ACSBlog: The Blog of the American Constitution Society Filed under: Criminal Justice, Separation Of Powers

• The New FBI Guidelines and the Risk of Racial Profiling

  Leading legal scholars and advocates discussed the FBI’s forthcoming guidelines governing criminal, national security and foreign intelligence investigations at a panel discussion sponsored by the American Constitution Society on Tuesday, September... Posted Sep 12 2008, 11:41 AM by ACSBlog: The Blog of the American Constitution Society Filed under: Criminal Justice, Equality and Liberty

• University of Kentucky Students Rounded Up In RNC Protests Are Released From Jail

  University of Kentucky journalists were released earlier today from a St.Paul, Minn., jail, The Courier-Journal , a Louisville, Ky., daily, reported. Three photographers associated with the University of Kentucky’s student newspaper, Kentucky Kernel... Posted Sep 03 2008, 12:51 PM by ACSBlog: The Blog of the American Constitution Society Filed under: Criminal Justice

• Mukasey At Nine Months: Not Much to Celebrate

  by Simon Heller, Legal Director, Alliance for Justice Alliance for Justice recently released its nine month report on Michael Mukasey’s tenure as attorney general. In the report, we outlined his management of the Justice Department, including concerns... Posted Aug 25 2008, 06:49 AM by ACSBlog: The Blog of the American Constitution Society Filed under: Guest Bloggers, Criminal Justice, Separation Of Powers

• New Report: The Problems Surrounding Post-Conviction DNA Testing Policies and Procedures

  by John F. Terzano, President of The Justice Project , a nonpartisan organization that works to increase fairness and accuracy in the criminal justice system, with a focus on the capital punishment system Last week, The Justice Project released Increasing... Posted Aug 21 2008, 06:30 AM by ACSBlog: The Blog of the American Constitution Society Filed under: Guest Bloggers, Criminal Justice, Access to Justice

• The GTMO "Incentive Program"

  by Nicole Barrett, a Human Rights First volunteer consultant and former trial attorney at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. Her previous posts are available here and here , and earlier reporting is available from Sahr MuhammedAlly... Posted Aug 19 2008, 01:13 PM by ACSBlog: The Blog of the American Constitution Society Filed under: Guest Bloggers, Criminal Justice, Separation Of Powers, Access to Justice

• Representing the Unwilling at Guantanamo

  by Nicole Barrett, a Human Rights First volunteer consultant and former trial attorney at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. Her previous post is available here , and earlier reporting is available from Sahr MuhammedAlly ,... Posted Aug 18 2008, 08:54 AM by ACSBlog: The Blog of the American Constitution Society Filed under: Guest Bloggers, Criminal Justice, Separation Of Powers, Access to Justice