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Welcome to the Blogosphere: Judgingcrimes

New Mexico Assistant Attorney General and scholar Joel Jacobson blogs here about the law. http://www.judgingcrimes.com/ "Judging Crimes is a blog about criminal law, violent crime and the judiciary, dedicated to making the liberal case for greater democratic control of the criminal justice system." 

Embezzlement Blog

Here's a new blog offering tips on how to avoid/catch embezzlers: www.embezzlementnews.com

Blog Watch: White Collar CrimeProf Blog in the NYTimes

From NYTimes.com: "Should white-collar criminals receive harsher sentences than street thugs or drug peddlers?...Ellen S. Podgor of the White Collar Crime Prof Blog doesn't think so...While deterrence may work for common criminals, "the SHAME in the community is by far the harshest punishment felt by the white-collar offender," Ms. Podgor writes.

Maybe. But given the shamelessness with which these crimes were committed, relying on shame as a deterrent seems inadequate, somehow. The Tyco execs were taken to state prison, not the relatively comfortable federal system. Brooks Holland, a lawyer, ruminates on Prawsfblog whether prison conditions should be a consideration in sentencing. His take is that most judges wouldn't buy it." Story... [Mark Godsey]

2 New Blogs Join Law Professor Blogs Network

We are pleased to announce the launch of two new blogs as part of our Law Professor Blogs Network:

• Business Law Prof Blog (Dale Oesterle (Ohio State))
• Elder Law Prof (Anne Kimberly Dayton (William Mitchell))

These blogs join our existing blogs:

• AntitrustProf Blog (Shubha Ghosh (SUNY Buffalo))
• ContractsProf Blog (Carol Chomsky (Minnesota) & Frank Snyder (Texas-Wesleyan))
• CrimProf Blog (Jack Chin (Arizona) & Mark Godsey (Cincinnati))
• Health Law Prof Blog (Betsy Malloy (Cincinnati) & Tom Mayo (SMU))
• LaborProf Blog (Rafael Gely (Cincinnati))
• Law Librarian Blog (Joe Hodnicki (Cincinnati))
• Law School Academic Support Blog (Dennis Tonsing (Roger WIlliams) & Ellen Swain (Vermont))
• Media Law Prof Blog (Cristina Corcos (LSU))
• Sentencing Law & Policy Blog (Douglas Berman (Ohio State))
• TaxProf Blog (Paul Caron (Cincinnati))
• Tech Law Prof Blog (Jonathan Ezor (Touro) & Michelle Zakarin (Touro))
• White Collar Crime Prof Blog (Peter Henning (Wayne State) & Ellen Podgor (Georgia State))
• Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog (Gerry Beyer (Texas Tech))

LexisNexis is supporting our effort to expand the network into other areas of law.  Please email us if you would be interested in finding out more about starting a blog as part of our network.

BlogWatch

Sentencing Law and Policy has a post on Booker and the crack/power disparity.  The award-winning Grits for Breakfast has a post on drivers' knowledge of the right to refuse consent and the granting of consent.  WhiteCollarCrimeProf has a post on Martha Stewart.  [Jack Chin]

BlogWatch

Crime & Federalism has a post on the relative merits of public defenders versus appointed private counsel. CrimLaw offers to post blurbs about crimlaw related law review articles. GritsforBreakfast has a post on the legislative backlash against tickets-by-videocamera. TalkLeft reports that soldiers suffering from combat stress may receive ecstacy from military physicians.  [Jack Chin]

BlogWatch

WhiteCollarCrimeProf reports on an NACDL resolution urging Congress to gather facts before reforming the Sentencing Reform Act in the wake of Booker. At the meeting where the resolution was adopted, Judge Nancy Gertner and former NACDL president Irwin Schwartz discussed procedural changes that might follow Booker, including judges recording their reasons for departing, and defense lawyers writing proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law to explain particular sentences. CrimLaw, Item 7 has a link to a story suggesting that the smoking gun in the Michael Jackson case might turn into the bloody gloves of the new century: Maybe the victim's fingerprints on the porn magazine got there when the witness handled the exhibit when testifying before the grand jury, and an interesting case in the Virginia Supreme Court raising the question of whether a warrantless misdemeanor arrest illegal under state law requires application of the exclusionary rule.  GritsForBreakfast has a BIG post on snitching.  TalkLeft reports on a study showing declining public support for the death penalty.  The ConfrontationBlog has an updated outline of post-Crawford cases. Crime and Federalism has an interesting post on the first Congress and crime. [Jack Chin]

BlogWatch

CrimLaw is on a drug kick; here's the marijuana news.  Grits For Breakfast thinks the Caballes decision is a dog.  Sentencing Law and Policy believes times may be changing with respect to expensive, long-term prison sentences.  TalkLeft blogs the Ohio Supreme Court's reversal of a death sentence against a Scotsman. The Confrontation Blog discusses a Wisconsin Supreme Court case addressing the issue of whether cross-examination by another party can render prior testimony admissible. WhiteCollarCrimeProf blogs the question of whether former execs Ebbers and Scrushy will testify in their criminal trials. [Jack Chin]

BlogWatch

The Confrontation Blog has a post on victimless prosecutions.  Crime & Federalism has a post on the Skakel appeal in Connecticut, one on older drivers, and one on Blood Alcohol and the Fourth Amendment.  CrimLaw has pictures of commonly abused prescription drugs.  GritsForBreakfast has a post on the cost of litigation to establish innocence, and one on the optional accuracy of forensic evidence.  TalkLeft has a post on shaming sanctions as punishment, and on segregation in California prisons. WhiteCollarCrimeProf has a post on Booker and Martha Stewart. [Jack Chin]

BlogWatch

Arbitrary and Capricious has a post about a PD who committed suicide upon realizing that he had been duped by a client who murdered a judge.  Public Defender Dude blogs the biblical argument against DNA profiling--it seems to support evolution, eh?  Like Charlie Brown trying to kick a football held by Lucy, I once again report Sentencing Law and Policy's prediction that a big case is coming down on Wednesday.  Talkleft (congrats on the 5 millionth visitor) blogs a story about Nevada authorities routinely hiding exculpatory evidence. [Jack Chin]