Dec

14

New Jersey Abolished the Death Penalty

December 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Special Guest Column
New Jersey abolished the death penalty this week - an historic moment to be sure, but also just one step in a long nationwide move away from capital punishment.
It was two years ago that the New Jersey state legislature put a moratorium on executions and appointed a commission to study the death [...]

Dec

14

Shaming Punishments

December 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment

I am generally opposed to shaming punishments. It’s not that I have any opposition to leveraging community morality to convince someone that responsibility is what we do when no one is looking. Quite the contrary, I wish there were more ways to express condemnation than locking people in a room with other convicts.
No, [...]

Dec

9

Hangovers and Accomplice Liability

December 9, 2007 | 1 Comment

To all the 1Ls studying for Crim Law, check out this interesting case in Florida where a 20-year-old was busted for accomplice liability and felony murder.
He was hungover in the morning and lent his car to some buddies so they could go pick up some grub… or so he thought. Instead, his buddies tried to [...]