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Scott Greenfield

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New York criminal defence lawyer, in practice since 1982, who has written the blog Simple Justice daily since 2007.

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  1. Our reading

    The right to a fair trial belongs to the defendant alone; there is no public right to be weighed against it.

    Their wordsThere is a Fifth Amendment right to a fair trial, but that right belongs to the defendant, not the public.

    ↗Retrial Isn’t Double Jeopardy (But It Should Be)blog.simplejustice.us 1st of 3 in this piece

    Interesting

  3. Our reading

    A defendant's only job at trial is to prevent a unanimous conviction, never to win a unanimous acquittal.

    Their wordsThe defendant has no duty to reach a unanimous verdict of acquittal, but only to prevent a unanimous verdict of conviction.

    ↗Retrial Isn’t Double Jeopardy (But It Should Be)blog.simplejustice.us 2nd of 3 in this piece

    Interesting

  5. Our reading

    When a jury deadlocks, double jeopardy should bar a retrial, because the prosecution has already had its one fair chance to convict.

    Their wordsOnce the prosecution has had, and has lost, the opportunity to make its case, double jeopardy should attach and prevent a retrial.

    ↗Retrial Isn’t Double Jeopardy (But It Should Be)blog.simplejustice.us 3rd of 3 in this piece

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  7. Our reading

    Killing suspected drug smugglers at sea without trial is murder, because smuggling is not a capital offence.

    Their wordsEven if it turned out that they were drug smugglers, as claimed, and even if it turned out that they were bringing drugs to the United States, a dubious proposition, the penalty for smuggling drugs is not summary execution.

    ↗Lawyers In The Cheap Seatsblog.simplejustice.us 1st of 2 in this piece

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  9. Our reading

    A military that disconnects its orders from the law and from legal advice has no limit on what it will do when commanded.

    Their wordsBut once the military disconnects its orders from the law, the Constitution and the counsel of “lawyers in the cheap seats,” there is no limit to what it will do if commanded.

    ↗Lawyers In The Cheap Seatsblog.simplejustice.us 2nd of 2 in this piece

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  10. 4 weeks earlier

  11. Our reading

    Litigation is the wrong instrument for a public health problem that comes from what people choose to buy.

    Their wordsYes, our supersize culture is a health disaster, but the cure isn’t lawsuits against companies that sell us what we want for a price we’re all too happy to pay.

    ↗Are Courts The Answer To “Ultraprocessed” Food?blog.simplejustice.us

    Interesting
  12. 4 weeks earlier

  13. Our reading

    Ending a temporary immigration status overnight, after people have built lives in reliance on it, does real harm to them and to their communities.

    Their wordsTo shout “temporary” and pull the plug essentially overnight after immigrants have relied on the government’s representations that they should put their efforts and future into establishing a life in the United States wreaks unfair havoc on the lives of immigrants as well as the welfare of their communities.

    ↗SCOTUS Whitewashes Otherwise Racist Decisionblog.simplejustice.us 1st of 2 in this piece

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  15. Our reading

    Everything is not racism, but a court that refuses to print the statements at issue has not shown that these ones are not.

    Their wordsEverything isn’t racist, but if this isn’t, then Alito failed miserably to make the case.

    ↗SCOTUS Whitewashes Otherwise Racist Decisionblog.simplejustice.us 2nd of 2 in this piece

    Interesting