August 2010
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Articles in this Issue
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Book Review: Ordinary Injustice
Book Review Milind Dongre August 2010 57 Ordinary Injustice How America Holds Court By Amy Bach Metropolitan Books (2009) Reviewed by Milind Dongre The American criminal justice system is regarded as one of the most progressive in history. At the same time, the consensus view
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From the President: Challenges and Opportunities
Challenges and Opportunities Jim E. Lavine August 2010 5 My name is Jim Lavine. I am a criminal defense lawyer and proud of it. I am equally proud to share this calling with each of you, for you are my colleagues in this noble profession and in our shared devotion to NACDL. And make no mista
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Grid & Bear It: Let The Seller Beware: Sentencing Entrapment And Manipulation in Federal Court
Grid & Bear It Mark P. Rankin; Rachel May Zysk August 2010 42 Let The Seller Beware: Sentencing Entrapment And Manipulation in Federal Court Attorneys who practice long enough in federal court notice a pattern in narcotics cases — small-time dealers who are seemingly overnight promo
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HOPE for the Criminal Justice System
HOPE for the Criminal Justice System Judge Steven S. Alm August 2010 28 America spends more money to incarcerate more people than any other country in the world. There are currently about 2. 3 million people in local, state, and federal incarceration and about 4. 3 million adults on probation
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Inside NACDL: NACDL's Annual Renewal
NACDL's Annual Renewal Norman L.. Reimer August 2010 9 This year NACDL convened its Annual Meeting at an international venue, one of North America’s most cosmopolitan cities, Toronto, Ontario. At a meeting featuring a stirring address from Canada’s Chief Justice, Beverley McLachlin, the bato
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It's Time to Level the Playing Field - The Defense's Use of Evidence from Social Networking
It's Time to Level the Playing Field - The Defense's Use of Evidence from Social Networking Sites Thomas G. Frongillo; Daniel K. Gelb August 2010 14 If a client is in the crosshairs of a criminal investigation, chances are that law enforcement has already scoured Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, L
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NACDL News(1)
NACDL News Various Authors August 2010 12 Houston Attorney Jim E. Lavine Installed as President of the National Criminal Defense Bar Jack King; Ivan J. Dominguez Houston attorney Jim E. Lavine was sworn in as president of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL)
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NACDL News(2)
NACDL News Various Authors August 2010 13 Board Condemns Canada's Proposed Mandatory Minimum Drug Law Jack King; Ivan J. Dominguez NACDL urged the government of Canada to abandon efforts to establish mandatory minimum sentences for drug offenses at its Annual Meeting in Toronto
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National Security Watch: Mens Rea and Material Support of Terrorism
National Security Watch: Mens Rea and Material Support of Terrorism Michael Price August 2010 53 Mens Rea and Material Support Of Terrorism: How Congress Should Respond to Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project On June 21, 2010, the Supreme Court upheld an extremely broad application of federal
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Sentencing Strategies for Clients with Significant Health Issues
Sentencing Strategies for Clients with Significant Health Issues: BOP's Healthcare System and a Client's Unique Medical Condition J. Peter Shindel Jr.; Kevin E. Rahpael August 2010 32 A defense attorney just completed a long, hard-fought federal trial. Despite the attorney’s best efforts, the ju
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The Defense of Children - A Call to Arms
The Defense of Children - A Call to Arms Maureen Pacheco August 2010 49 And last of all, high over thought, in the world of morals, Fate appears as vindicator, leveling the high, lifting the low, requiring justice in man, and always striking soon or late when justice is not done. What is use
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The Plain View Doctrine and Computer Searches: Balancing Law Enforcement’s Investigatory Needs With
The Plain View Doctrine and Computer Searches: Balancing Law Enforcement’s Investigatory Needs With Privacy Rights in the Digital Age
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Verbatim: Search for the Truth
Verbatim Darryk A Burton August 2010 59 Editor’s Note: Darryl A. Burton was a presenter on August 12, 2010, in Toronto at NACDL’s Annual Meeting. He served 24 years in a Missouri prison for a crime he did not commit. Read more about him at www.dabex.org. Search for the Truth I g