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Bittner v. United States: 2022-23 Supreme Court Criminal Decisions
In Bittner v. United States, the Court faced a statutory interpretation question pertaining to the methodology of charging parties under...
Bennett Nuss
Sep 9, 20234 min read
Samia v. United States: 2022-23 Supreme Court Criminal Decisions
Samia v. United States was decided on June 23, 2023. According to the facts of the case, in 2012, Paul LeRoux tasked petitioner Adam...
Bennett Nuss
Aug 9, 20233 min read
United States v. Hansen: 2022-23 Supreme Court Criminal Decisions
In another case dealing with speech related crimes, the Supreme Court had to decide whether a federal law criminalizing “encouraging or...
Bennett Nuss
Jul 24, 20234 min read
Pugin v. Garland: 2022-23 Supreme Court Criminal Decisions
In Pugin v. Garland, the Court was tasked with resolving a circuit split over whether an independent offense “relating to obstruction of...
Bennett Nuss
Jul 16, 20233 min read
Counterman v. Colorado: 2022-23 Supreme Court Criminal Decisions
Counterman v. Colorado specifically dealt with the standard by which a criminal defendant can be found to have made a “true threat of...
Bennett Nuss
Jul 13, 20234 min read
Smith v. United States: 2022-23 Supreme Court criminal decisions
In Smith v. United States, the Northern District of Florida indicted Timothy Smith for theft of trade secrets of a website company with...
Bennett Nuss
Jun 27, 20232 min read
Legal tracking: Plea deals are an unjust bargain
The United States criminal court system is generally overwhelmed. According to the United States Sentencing Commission, 57,377 defendants...
Bennett Nuss, Devin Iorio, Siena Roberts
Apr 30, 20236 min read
Legal Tracking: ATF improves firearms tracking but misses an important target
Firearm casualties make up a considerable percentage of deaths in the United States, accounting for 45,222 deaths in 2020. While a...
Bennett Nuss, Devin Iorio, Siena Roberts
Mar 9, 20236 min read
Legal Tracking: Political violence in the United States: A growing threat requiring response
On Dec. 4, 2022, a defeated Republican candidate for State House in New Mexico was arrested for planning and orchestrating four...
Bennett Nuss
Feb 24, 20233 min read
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