- “Policing in America: Understanding Public Attitudes Toward the Police. Results from a National Survey” [Emily Ekins, Cato]
- “In ‘blistering’ ruling, court upholds recusal of entire Orange County DA’s office from murder case” [ABA Journal] Orange County scandals played role: “Prosecutorial Misconduct is Now a Felony in California” [Reason]
- “Mistrial for Cop Who Shot Walter Scott in the Back” [Cato podcast with Matthew Feeney and Caleb Brown]
- House Moves To Stop IRS Forfeiture Abuse [Jared Meyer] “California Enacts Asset Forfeiture Reform, Mostly Closing Lucrative Fed Loophole” [C.J. Ciaramella, Reason] “Iowa Will Pay Poker Players Robbed by Forfeiture-Hungry State Cops” [Jacob Sullum]
- Time for the great U.K. child abuse witch hunt to close up shop [Charles Moore, Telegraph]
- “Reining in Prosecutorial Overreach with Meaningful Mens Rea Requirements” [Trevor Burrus on Cato amicus in 11th Circuit case of U.S. v. Clay]
Filed under: child abuse, Iowa, Los Angeles, mens rea, police, prosecutorial abuse
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Link to the Telegraph article is missing a letter.
Really is
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/08/05/now-dame-lowell-has-quit-the-great-child-abuse-inquiry-should-st/
Sorry! Fixed now.
Regarding “Police and Prosecution Roundup”:
I’m a little surprised that you have not linked to Elie Mystal’s December 7, 2016, jury nullification proposal in “Above the Law.”
It is the most remarkable thing I have ever seen penned by a lawyer.
Mr. Mystal proposes that black jurors refuse to convict any black person of any crime against white men (he does fudge a bit on whether this includes white women and whites below the age of majority, presumably to avoid blow-back).
Property crimes? Yup.
Assault and battery? Check.
Murder? Yup.
In essence, he would declare “open season” on whites.
Until reading this, I assumed that Above the Law was a more or less credible publication, and that I could trust its attorney writers to discuss subjects of interest to their fellow attorneys in a rational way.
Mr. Mystal’s hate-filled screed should make the website consider editing his contributions, not just for the usual stuff, like clarity and continuity, but for sanity.
@Mike–
Out of curiosity, I checked Above the Law’s site and it does indeed have the article you mentioned. But I can understand why Walter would prefer to ignore it rather than risk hosting a racially tinged flame war here. As folks expect to be advising our commander in chief for the next four years: focus!