Sam J. Merchant posts "Sentencing Transgender Assassins of Supreme Court Justices." On the sentencing of Sophie Roske, who planned to assassinate Brett Kavanaugh... and why sentencing is hard. crimprof.blog/sentencing-t...

I post "More Federal Failures to Indict." Are we experiencing a grand jury blip, or something that will prove more significant? crimprof.blog/more-federal...

Sam Merchant posts "Explained: Sean 'Diddy' Combs Sentenced to 50 Months in Prison." Unpacking one of the most high-profile applications of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines in years. crimprof.blog/explained-se...

I post on "John Cleese on the Serious and the Solemn." Potentially moving the ball forward on the place of humor in the contemporary criminal curriculum. crimprof.blog/john-cleese-...

I post on "Rehabilitating Einstein – What Quantum Discomfort Can Teach the Criminal Law." When even quantum scientists aren’t sure… what can the criminal law learn but humility? crimprof.blog/rehabilitati...

I post "Crimprof Blog Rises (Again)." The next chapter begins, with a new home. crimprof.blog/crimprof-blo...

CrimProf Blog will be moving... somewhere. lawprofessors.typepad.com/crimprof_blo...

I post "All the Wrong Questions (Part 3) – Normative Opacity in the Age of Strong AI." As we achieve more intelligent machines… are there things about criminal justice that we ought to refuse to allow anyone to learn? lawprofessors.typepad.com/crimprof_blo...

I post "A Meh Campus Novel – Moo." Earl Butz and company didn’t do much for me, making Moo a campus novel for which I’ll recommend a (gentle) skip. lawprofessors.typepad.com/crimprof_blo...

From the Multipedia, "Mr. Show on Dudley and Stephens." lawprofessors.typepad.com/crimprof_blo...

Melanie Reid posts "I'd rather read and write than exercise." Imagine the surprise of my 2Ls in my criminal procedure course that their professor would be arriving 15 minutes early before class and doing a full body workout... All were invited to join. lawprofessors.typepad.com/crimprof_blo...

I post "All the Wrong Questions (Part 2) – An Honest Verdict." The potential for substituting in truly intelligent machines makes me wonder… why do we ask juries the questions we do? lawprofessors.typepad.com/crimprof_blo...

I post "Another in the Campus Novel Pantheon – Stoner." It’s no joyous romp through the absurdities of academia, but it’s definitely worthy of a read. lawprofessors.typepad.com/crimprof_blo...

I post "In Defense of Pardons." Not only are pardons an important lever of mercy in our current, woefully non-role-reversible systems of criminal justice, but, given the human tendency to anger, they might be a critical mercy lever even in a robust system. lawprofessors.typepad.com/crimprof_blo...

I post on "All the Wrong Questions (Part 1 Prime) – Pascal on Natural Law." “Doubtless there are natural laws, but … reason having been corrupted, it corrupted everything.” lawprofessors.typepad.com/crimprof_blo...

I post on "All the Wrong Questions – Criminal Adjudication in the Age of Strong AI." The potential for substituting in truly intelligent machines makes me wonder… are we doing this wrong? lawprofessors.typepad.com/crimprof_blo...

Melanie Reid posts "Why I'm in love with Adriaen van der Donck." The 'first American prosecutor' lived in the community, worked with the community, and prosecuted so-called crimes against the patroon within the community with discretion and care. lawprofessors.typepad.com/crimprof_blo...

I post on "Let’s Be Reasonable About Geofence Warrants (Part 4) – Ohio v. Diaw" The Ohio Supreme Court reasonably holds a person retains no reasonable expectation of privacy in a single location datum conveyed to a third party. lawprofessors.typepad.com/crimprof_blo...

I post on "No More Chest Thumping in Iowa - A Garbage Search About-Face." Iowa proves a legal realist’s dream (and privacy failure) in narrowing its state constitutional search protection. lawprofessors.typepad.com/crimprof_blo...

A guest post by Ian C. Stephens on "Licensing and Criminal History." Stephens explains the counterproductive denial or revocation of licensing based upon criminal history, and how we could do better. lawprofessors.typepad.com/crimprof_blo...

I post "No, Chief, Do Not Consider Banning AI." Intelligence (human or machine) weeps at the ignorance of “banning the use of artificial intelligence in legal proceedings.” lawprofessors.typepad.com/crimprof_blo...

I post on "Rethinking Law School Exams." Why the lengthy issue spotter? lawprofessors.typepad.com/crimprof_blo...

I post on "Martin v US (Somewhat) Cleans Up Policing Liability Under the FTCA." Unanimously better on the law enforcement proviso and supremacy is good improvement, even with work remaining on ‘discretionary function.’ lawprofessors.typepad.com/crimprof_blo...

Justin Murray posts on "Criminal law & procedure teaching materials database -- it's live (and needs your help)." lawprofessors.typepad.com/crimprof_blo...

I post on "Reflecting on a Full Life with Big Fish." A plug for both the book and film... lawprofessors.typepad.com/crimprof_blo...

I post on "Let’s Be Reasonable About Geofence Warrants (Part 3) – New Jersey v. Van Salter." A divided New Jersey Superior Court appellate panel does good work, but is (understandably) too fixated on the single suspicion standard of probable cause. lawprofessors.typepad.com/crimprof_blo...

I post on "The Reasonableness of Police Force and Supreme Court Concurrences." Kudos on unanimity regarding straightforward Fourth Amendment law… but boo to an entirely superfluous concurrence. lawprofessors.typepad.com/crimprof_blo...

I post on "Silence During Interrogation and United States v. Ward." Silence can be inscrutable… but what about when it’s not? lawprofessors.typepad.com/crimprof_blo...

I post on "Academia’s Farcical Foursome." If you find academia absurd, these four novels are just right for the summer read. lawprofessors.typepad.com/crimprof_blo...

I post on "Let’s Be Reasonable About Geofence Warrants (Part 2) – United States v. Chatrie" Eight concurrences and no majority is not getting the job done. lawprofessors.typepad.com/crimprof_blo...

Sam Merchant posts a "Summary of the U.S. Sentencing Commission’s 2025 Guideline Amendments." He includes a wonderful summary table and more detailed commentary. lawprofessors.typepad.com/crimprof_blo...

I post on "Let’s Be Reasonable About Geofence Warrants." I appreciate the Fifth Circuit attention—and stand by that work—but a categorical ban is not reasonable. lawprofessors.typepad.com/crimprof_blo...

I post on "Let’s Amend the US Constitution." We need practice, so any non-harmful Amendment will do. lawprofessors.typepad.com/crimprof_blo...

I post on "Classroom Generative AI Hallucinations." When class discussion goes AI-rogue... lawprofessors.typepad.com/crimprof_blo...

Erin Sheley posts on "The Public Safety Costs of Trump's Immigration Policy." Will the Trump DOJ re-prioritization of immigration enforcement (among other issues) ironically harm public safety, including in the Southern District of California? lawprofessors.typepad.com/crimprof_blo...

I post on "What Cobra Kai Teaches Profs." Because, you know, tv matters. (And balance actually does.) lawprofessors.typepad.com/crimprof_blo...

Michael Mannheimer posts on "Trump and the Federal Death Penalty." He argues that the C&UP Clause, as a matter of original understanding, forbids the imposition of any punishment that is unauthorized by the State in which the crime occurred. lawprofessors.typepad.com/crimprof_blo...

Michael Mannheimer posts on "A Hidden Seizure Issue in Barnes v. Felix." Was this one seizure or two? And, if this was not one seizure, was the shooting even a seizure if it was done for self-protection rather than to detain or apprehend Barnes? lawprofessors.typepad.com/crimprof_blo...

I post on "Bar Journals Censoring Criticism of State Judges." I learn the hard way that, "The Oklahoma Bar Journal has a policy of not printing articles directly critical of the Courts in our state." Wtf?! lawprofessors.typepad.com/crimprof_blo...

Justin Murray posts on "Share your teaching materials with new crim teachers!" The AALS Criminal Procedure and Criminal Law Sections are starting a new online repository for sharing materials. lawprofessors.typepad.com/crimprof_blo...

Joshua Dressler posts on "How About a Commentary for the Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law?" It's a terrific publication! lawprofessors.typepad.com/crimprof_blo...

I post "On Glossip and Oklahoma Criminal Justice." The Court’s opinion reads like a ‘how to’ manual in unethical investigation and prosecution. lawprofessors.typepad.com/crimprof_blo...

A post from the Multipedia for teaching Criminal Law. In this classically-Seinfeldian introduction to Episode 18, Season 8 (“The Nap“) of Seinfeld, George Costanza reflects on the term “manslaughter.” ... lawprofessors.typepad.com/crimprof_blo...

I post on "Has Trump Second Affected the Crim Law Classroom?" It's not just Trump, of course; it's the entire social and political climate, and I wonder what it's doing to (for?) the classroom. lawprofessors.typepad.com/crimprof_blo...

Guha Krishnamurthi posts on “Potential Fallout From the Government's Challenge to the 9/11 Accused's Plea Deals.” He argues that in the limited sense of breaching a promise, these cases are not unique, and that this broadly matters for criminal justice. lawprofessors.typepad.com/crimprof_blo...

I post on New York overcharging Luigi Mangione for the killing of CEO Brian Thompson as first-degree murder. lawprofessors.typepad.com/crimprof_blo...

And now for my thoughts on the best crim books. lawprofessors.typepad.com/crimprof_blo...

I post my thoughts on the best 'crim movies' for the classroom (or for near thereto). lawprofessors.typepad.com/crimprof_blo...

I've been posting on the state constitutional law of search and seizure over at the Brennan Center's State Court Report, for anyone interested in that side of the constitutional fence. statecourtreport.org/about/stephe...

Sam Merchant posts on “Presidential Pardons: Biden and Trump vs. Their Predecessors.” Merchant argues that to align with historic practice, modern presidents should probably pardon around 2,500 people per year. lawprofessors.typepad.com/crimprof_blo...