Blog Posts
Suggestibility
"Child witnesses are highly susceptible to suggestion and often undergo severely suggestive interviews."
--Dugas, 'State of New Jersey v. Michaels: The Due Process Implications in Interviewing Child Witnesses,' 55 Lou.L.Rev. 1205, 1226 (1995)
Pre-Trial Hearings
The prosecutor as well as the judge initially assigned to the Nickel case were different from those who would handle his case at trial. Presiding at Nickel's pre-trial hearings was Judge Thomas Breslin ; the prosecutor was Veronica Dumas .
Sentencing
Indignation, it seems, is the most gratifying of all emotions. Nothing is quite so soothing as the feeling of superiority over sinners who have committed offenses that we are sure ourselves to be innocent of and that allow us to purse our lips in disdain…
Two Minutes
Two Minutes, Really? Let me tell you how I know!
Non-Jury (Bench) Trial
A non-jury or "bench" trial is when the judge, rather than a jury, decides guilt or innocence.
