Criminal Law and Justice

August 15, 2008

ABA Journal Weekly Newsletter: Top Ten Stories of the Week

by David Badertscher

Week ending August 15, 2008

Verdicts Most Plaintiffs Who Reject Settlement Offers Do Worse at Trial

Aug 11, 2008, 06:49 am CDT

August 8, 2008

ABA Journal Weekly Newsletter : Top Ten Stories of the Week

by David Badertscher

August 8, 2008

Associates Associates Happiest With Wachtell Pay, Which is on the Hefty Side

Aug 6, 2008, 07:59 am CDT

August 7, 2008

Why Should We Care What NCJRS Stands For?

by David Badertscher

Anne Skove and her group who publish the Court-o-Rama. org (otherwise known as the “least dangerous blog”) have reminded us once again in a August 3 posting just how useful NCJRS is as an information and research source for a wide range of criminal justice related information.

Below is an excerpt from their posting:

“We are still getting used to living in a world in which not everyone knows that NCJRS stands for the National Criminal Justice Reference Service. Odder still is the idea that some people might not have heard of it or used the NCJRS site. We can hear you now saying ‘N-C-J-What-What?’ “

July 18, 2008

Seven Myths About the Specific Nature and Effect of Miranda Warnings

by David Badertscher

In their article in Criminal Justice ( “Miranda Rights…And Wrongs”,23 Crininal Justice 5-9 Summer 2008) Richard Rogers, Danies W. Shuman and Eric Drogin discuss seven myths upon which they believe”..the interpretation and application of Miranda” still rest. Here in abbreviated form are the seven myths they discuss:

Myth #1: Everyone Already Knows the Miranda Warnings

“…The criminal justice system needs to accept the falsity of the notion that ‘ everyone already knows Miranda‘ in order to begin dertermining what to communicate, how to communicate, and what to access on an individual basis”.