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2 Oct 2015, 8:08 am
Paul Cassell, believed the sentence was too harsh, and, on the facts of that case, I agree, as I have [read post]
28 Sep 2011, 11:12 am
to previously secret correspondence between Epstein’s attorneys and the government.Attorneys Paul [read post]
24 Jul 2008, 7:16 pm
Owens, from Blake, Cassels & Graydon llp (Toronto). [read post]
22 Aug 2014, 3:00 am
Ken White at Popehat is skeptical in this post, but former federal judge and current law professor Paul [read post]
21 Aug 2010, 4:38 am
Cassel was able to question her but only after the jury had left the courtroom. [read post]
19 Feb 2025, 7:12 am
[Under existing Second Circuit caselaw, the district court will almost certainly need to approve the motion to dismiss. But existing Circuit law fails to take into account the Crime Victims Rights Act. And there may be a "victim" who rights are being ignored: New York City.] Yesterday, I blogged about the Justice Department's pending motion to dismiss in the criminal case against Mayor Adams. My argument was that the dismissal motion was easy to justify, particularly given the new… [read post]
29 Mar 2023, 6:40 am
[The Appellate Court of Maryland rules that the rights of the victim's family must be respected in any process that could vacate Mr. Syed's conviction—an important precedent that crime victims' rights are enforceable. ] Yesterday the Appellate Court of Maryland enforced crime victims' rights in a high-profile case involving Adnan Syed, the subject of the "Serial" podcast. In a 2-1 decision, that Court ruled that the trial court needed to respect the rights of… [read post]
24 Nov 2009, 5:32 am
"Former federal judge and University of Utah professor Paul Cassell is quoted as saying that federal [read post]
24 Apr 2014, 9:53 am
The Supreme Court has just released its decision in the Paroline case earlier this morning. I’m working on a longer post about the decision, but my co-counsel (James Marsh) and I have just had a chance to communicate with our client, Amy. Here is her reaction: “I am surprised and confused by the Court’s decision today. I really don’t understand where this leaves me and other victims who now have to live with trying to get restitution probably for the rest of… [read post]
17 Jul 2023, 5:15 am
[A recently published statistical analysis of homicide rates in New York City finds strong support for the hypothesis that de-policing resulting from the George Floyd protests caused the 2020 homicide spikes.] It is well known that there were significant spikes in homicides in 2020, particularly in major urban areas. In an article I published in 2021, I attributed these spikes to what I dubbed the "Minneapolis Effect"–specifically reductions in proactive policing as police pulled… [read post]
6 Jun 2023, 7:30 am
[In my Supreme Court amicus brief for the victim's family in Oklahoma v. Richard Glossip, I argue that the Oklahoma Attorney General's unfounded confession of "error" should not dictate the case's outcome.] Currently pending before the Supreme Court is a certiorari petition filed by Richard Glossip, who was convicted eighteen years ago of commissioning the murder of Barry Van Treese in 1997. Glossip was sentenced to death for his crime. Glossip's petition seeks review… [read post]
19 Apr 2023, 11:30 am
Paul H. [read post]
30 Apr 2025, 3:09 pm
[When a murderer kills a victim, including a child, the murderer has directly and immediately eliminated the victim's ability to earn income. The only remaining issue is to reasonably estimate the size of that loss.] Today the Arizona Supreme Court handed down an important ruling on restitution in homicide cases. Interpreting Arizona's restitution statutes, the Court concluded that they require restitution for future lost income in homicide cases. The victim's family can establish the… [read post]
17 Mar 2025, 8:30 am
[Retired Judge Gertner and I have filed an amicus brief in support of certiorari to answer the question, which has important important implications for admiralty jurisdiction.] A certiorari petition is pending raising an important issue about admiralty jurisdiction and claims raised under the Death on the High Seas Act (DOHSA), 46 U.S.C. §§ 30301-30308. Along with retired Judge Nancy Gertner, I filed an amicus brief supporting certiorari to make clear that jury trial rights are protected… [read post]
19 Jun 2024, 9:15 am
[My letter to the Justice Department lays out the possibilities, including a possible fine of $24,780,000,000] As noted in earlier posts here, here, and here, I represent some of the families who lost loved ones in the crashes of two Boeing 737 MAX aircraft. This short post provides a quick update on the latest developments, as in the next few weeks the Justice Department will make important decisions about Boeing's prosecution. My families seek aggressive prosecution of what has properly been… [read post]
26 Sep 2011, 3:18 pm
Legal scholars like Paul Cassell, a conservative former federal judge and prosecutor who is now a law [read post]
20 Nov 2018, 3:42 am
Paul Cassell wants to help. [read post]
27 Mar 2018, 4:15 am
This is no more true than when there is an evil villain to blame for the death of human being, and Paul [read post]
30 Aug 2014, 7:26 am
See also a recent blog post from Paul Cassell at the Volokh Conspiracy favoring police body cams [read post]
23 Apr 2014, 10:14 am
This concern was bolstered when I saw that Paul Cassell, who argued on Amy’s behalf before the [read post]
