The Debate Link

A new study ( summarized here , published and paywalled version here ) explores how the phrase "objectively reasonable" -- a very ...

Ammon Bundy and his cohort have been acquitted of all charges following their seizure of a federal Oregon Wildlife Refuge despite, you know...

Suppose you are on a criminal jury. After the case closes, you retire to determine whether the defendant is "guilty beyond a reasonable...

Sociological Images has a terrifying graph that documents racial disparities in justifiable homicide verdicts Before I go any further, I...

I posted this on my facebook wall, but it really is more of a post-verdict follow-up to this post . * * * In an idealized criminal justi...

We consider the underlying fallacy of the plaintiff's argument to consist in the assumption that the enforced separation of the two race...

A convicted murderer is moving for a new trial , alleging jury misconduct that tainted the verdict. Specifically, he claims, two jurors had ...

We read Edmonson v. Leesville Concrete Co. , 500 U.S. 614 (1991) in civil procedure today. In Edmonson , it was held that race-based perempt...

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has an odd view of anonymity: "In my opinion, the plan, the scheme was the problem for me personally,...

Orin Kerr links to a story of a New York federal judge who, bucking long-standing precedent, is now holding that jurors need to be informe...

I've been reading this fascinating study by Samuel R. Sommers of Tufts University that was published last year in the Journal of Person...