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12 Dec 2022, 9:14 am
[The Arizona Supreme Court becomes the first state Supreme Court to thoroughly incorporate crime victims' rights in its rules of criminal procedure. Others should follow.] Last week, capping a five-year effort by Arizona crime victims' rights advocates, the Arizona Supreme Court amended its rules of criminal procedure to provide crime victims' rights throughout the criminal justice process. Because Arizona's decision is the first thorough integration of victims' rights in a… [read post]
20 Jul 2022, 3:35 pm
[Judge Jones makes an interesting and compelling argument that in situations where it is debatable whether an officer followed Miranda, there is no good reason for suppressing an unwarned voluntary statement.] On Monday, the Fifth Circuit decided an interesting Miranda case, allowing admission of a suspect's unwarned statements. And Judge Jones provided an even more interesting concurring opinion, suggesting that voluntary statements should be admitted in situations where it was debatable… [read post]
14 May 2025, 9:55 am
[Yes! Funding crime victims' rights initiatives is a useful measure for ensuring that the criminal justice system focuses on protecting victims, which should always be a high priority.] Recently, of course, the Trump Administration has been searching for ways to reduce federal government spending, searching for wasteful or duplicative programs. As part of that comprehensive effort, the Justice Department recently announced that some of its programs will be cut, including some programs involving… [read post]
14 Mar 2025, 5:00 pm
[The Justice Department's new guidance requiring prosecutors to disclose to a sentencing judge all relevant facts should require that, in any new plea deal, Boeing must acknowledge that it directly and proximately killed 346 people.] Today I made a filing for the victims' families in the criminal case against Boeing, flagging an important point about how the new Administration's approach to criminal sentencing should lead to a more transparent plea agreement with Boeing. Under the… [read post]
19 Nov 2018, 7:32 am
My case involving Weldon Angelos illustrates the problem with "stacking" federal mandatory minimum gun charges from a single episode. The statute will apparently soon be amended to become a true recidivism statute.In the last few days, it appears that a breakthrough has occurred on the issue of mandatory minimum sentences. According to numerous news reports, President Trump has endorsed changes to federal criminal sentencing laws that return some discretion to judges and reduce (and in… [read post]
15 Nov 2014, 5:58 am
The System Needs a Small Safety Valve for the Innocent by Paul Cassell Confessions Are Not Reliable by [read post]
14 May 2024, 5:31 pm
Prosecutors said they will meet with families of the crash victims on May 31.Paul Cassell, a lawyer who [read post]
25 Nov 2007, 2:27 pm
I found this article really interesting about Judge Paul Cassell leaving the district court bench to [read post]
23 Apr 2008, 9:03 am
Consider the comments of Paul Cassell, a former federal judge: From 1981 to 1996, according to Justice [read post]
2 Dec 2025, 3:08 am
” Former Judge Paul Cassell, in a lengthy but tendentious post at Volokh Conspiracy, doesn&rsquo [read post]
2 Sep 2017, 10:40 am
By now, just about everyone with a smart phone or a laptop has seen the video of the Salt Lake City police detective arresting a nurse for following University Hospital policy prohibiting blood draws in certain situations. The actions of the detective appear utterly indefensible and, legally, the police were in the wrong. But as with many issues involving law enforcement these days, the circumstances are more complicated than they might initially appear. via www.sltrib.com [read post]
8 Nov 2018, 4:53 am
On Tuesday, voters in six states approved Crime Victims' Rights Amendments, continuing a long-term trend towards expanding the crime victim's role in the criminal justice processWith all of the other election news in the past two days, an important long-term development in the criminal justice field may have been overlooked. Voters in six states -- Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Nevada, and North Carolina -- all approved amendments to their state constitutions expanding the rights… [read post]
25 Oct 2022, 2:55 pm
[The general federal restitution statute grants statutory authority to district courts to award restitution to crime victims to the extent provided in a plea agreement.] Today the Ninth Circuit handed down an interesting opinion on restitution, confirming that criminal defendants can agree to pay expansive restitution beyond what is required by the crimes of conviction. Interpreting the general federal restitution statute–18 U.S.C. § 3663–the Ninth Circuit explained that Congress… [read post]
[Paul Cassell] My New Article on the Role of Mercy and Crime Victims in the Criminal Justice Process
17 Oct 2024, 3:30 am
I recently published a law review article in the Texas Law Review's symposium on mercy and the law, concerning the proper role of crime victims in the criminal justice process. Here's the abstract: What role should mercy play in the criminal justice system? While several of the other symposium's articles here in the Texas Law Review argue for expanding mercy's role, I write to raise a cautionary note. Expanding mercy could potentially conflict with another important feature of… [read post]
18 Nov 2014, 8:19 pm
And so the Supremes appointed Paul Cassell (who never met a defendant he didn't hate or a [read post]
19 Feb 2025, 12:11 pm
] Paul Cassell notes here that the lawyers for Eric Adams have denied, and have offered to make their [read post]
17 Feb 2015, 5:29 am
” And yet former judge, turned victim advocate and expert against the defense, Paul Cassell, took [read post]
19 Dec 2008, 10:47 pm
UPDATE: Paul Cassell, who helped represent the petitioners in this case, discusses the [read post]
14 Jun 2007, 7:15 am
District Judge Paul Cassell, chairman of the Criminal Law committee of the Judicial Conference, the judicial [read post]
8 May 2008, 8:36 am
to say to the victims that your rights were violated and you get absolutely nothing," said Paul [read post]
