An eclectic round up of criminal justice news and commentary to start the week
Another busy day with lots worth reading (and watching), but not lots of time for blogging, means another round-up post. And this one covers lots of different topics:
From CBS News, “Man serving 5 life prison sentences walks free after judge gives second chance“
From CNN, “81-year-old death row inmate dies weeks before his scheduled execution“
From CT Insider, “In Connecticut’s criminal courts, the wait for justice becomes ‘part of the punishment’“
From The Hill, “83 percent of Americans disapprove of Trump’s Jan. 6 pardons: Poll“
From Law360, “Deterring Dubious Prosecutions Could Avoid Pardon Issues“
From Law360, “Death Row Case Offers Window Into Prosecutors’ Gender Bias“
From the New York Times, “U.S. Firing Squad Executions Are Rare, but Their History Is Long“
From Reuters, “Accused Mexican drug lord ‘El Mayo’ wants US plea deal without death penalty“
From SCOTUSblog, “Supreme Court divided over death row right to DNA evidence testing“
From the Sentencing Matters Substack, “The Department of Justice’s New Criminal Charging Policies“