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Criminal Law

2002

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A Profile Of The District Attorney’S Office, East Baton Rouge, La, Beau James Brock Feb 2002

A Profile Of The District Attorney’S Office, East Baton Rouge, La, Beau James Brock

Beau James Brock

No other case taps the financial, logistical and human resources of the district attorney’s office like a capital one. In East Baton Rouge, families who are subjected to crimes such as these expect and deserve the fullest attention and the expenditure of responsible resources available within the district attorney’s office.

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The Current State Of Environmental Criminal Enforcement In Louisiana, An Insider’S View, Beau James Brock Feb 2002

The Current State Of Environmental Criminal Enforcement In Louisiana, An Insider’S View, Beau James Brock

Beau James Brock

The costs of committing environmental crimes are going up in Louisiana as increased enforcement by EPA-CID has been initiated with other federal and state partners.

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“The Relevance Of Prior Record In The Criminal Law: A Response To The Theory Of Professor Von Hirsch”, Darcy Macpherson Dec 2001

“The Relevance Of Prior Record In The Criminal Law: A Response To The Theory Of Professor Von Hirsch”, Darcy Macpherson

Darcy L MacPherson

No abstract provided.

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Magistrate Judges, Article Iii, And The Power To Preside Over Federal Prisoner Section 2255 Proceedings, Ira P. Robbins Dec 2001

Magistrate Judges, Article Iii, And The Power To Preside Over Federal Prisoner Section 2255 Proceedings, Ira P. Robbins

Ira P. Robbins

In 1968, Congress enacted the Federal Magistrates Act to enhance judicial efficiency in the federal courts. Since then, some judicial functions delegated to magistrate judges have been challenged on constitutional grounds: while federal district judges, appointed pursuant to Article III of the United States Constitution, are protected with life tenure and undiminishable salary, thereby enhancing judicial independence, federal magistrate judges, appointed pursuant to Article I, have no such protection. The most recent major challenge to magistrate judge authority came in 2001, when the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, in United States v. Johnston, decided that referral …

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