Bennett Nuss
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...
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Bennett Nuss
- Aug 9
- 3 min
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
- Jul 24
- 4 min
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 16
- 3 min
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 13
- 4 min
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
- Jun 27
- 2 min
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
- Apr 30
- 6 min
Legal tracking: Plea deals are an unjust bargain
Writers: Bennett Nuss, Devin Iorio, Siena Roberts The United States criminal court system is generally overwhelmed. According to the...
Bennett Nuss
- Mar 10
- 6 min
Legal Tracking: ATF improves firearms tracking but misses an important target
Writers: Bennett Nuss, Devin Iorio, Siena Roberts Firearm casualties make up a considerable percentage of deaths in the United States,...
Bennett Nuss
- Feb 24
- 3 min
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
- Nov 13, 2022
- 3 min
Legal tracking: Blanket pardons - A revolutionary policy idea or merely missing the point?
On Oct. 6, 2022, President Biden issued the following proclamation on the White House website: “Acting Pursuant to the grant of authority...
Bennett Nuss
- Jun 6, 2022
- 3 min
Legal tracking: Malicious prosecution at issue in Thompson v. Clarke
Malicious prosecution is a major problem in the United States. The Washington Post found government misconduct in some manner caused over...
Bennett Nuss
- Apr 12, 2022
- 3 min
Legal tracking: Are no knock warrants declining in use?
On Feb. 2, 2022, Minneapolis police executed a no-knock raid on Amir Locke’s apartment as part of a homicide investigation in neighboring...
Bennett Nuss
- Feb 19, 2022
- 4 min
Legal tracking: Concepcion v. United States
The Supreme Court heard oral argument this term in a case that could substantively change how low-risk prisoners apply for resentencing...
Jordan Hulseberg
- Nov 15, 2021
- 1 min
Letter from the editor, Volume XII, Issue I
Dear Reader, Thank you for your interest in The Criminal Law Practitioner. I am proud to share our Fall Issue with you. This fall, we...
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