American Criminal Law Review articles from June 2007

American Criminal Law Review archives from June 2007

Every juror wants a story: narrative relevance, third party guilt and the right to present a defense.
June 22, 2007... ABSTRACT On occasion, criminal defendants hope to convince a jury that the state has not met its burden of proving them guilty beyond a reasonable doubt by offering evidence that someone else (a third party) committed the crime. Currently,...

Congressional investigations: politics and process.
June 22, 2007... I. HISTORICAL OVERVIEW II. CONGRESS'S INVESTIGATIVE POWERS AND LIMITATIONS A. Congress's Power to Investigate 1. Authority to Investigate 2. Subpoena Power 3. Power to Take Testimony 4. Immunity...

What's wrong with a little more double jeopardy? A 21st century recalibration of an ancient individual right.
June 22, 2007... I. INTRODUCTION In England, a young woman goes missing, and months later her own mother discovers her body behind a panel in the bathroom of her home. The prime suspect is tried twice in English courts. When neither jury reaches a verdict,...

Learning from Katrina: emphasizing the right to a speedy trial to protect constitutional guarantees in disasters.
June 22, 2007... Hurricane Katrina battered the Gulf Coast on August 29, 2005 and stands as the costliest, and one of the five deadliest, hurricanes in United States history. (1) Most damage resulted from the breach of two levees (2) which flooded about eighty...

Technical knockout: Hudson v. Michigan and the unfortunate demise of the knock-and-announce rule.
June 22, 2007... While the machinery of law enforcement... ha[s] changed dramatically since the Fourth Amendment became part of the Nation's fundamental law in 1791, what the Framers understood then remains true today--that the task of combating crime and...