http://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/sco11.pdf
Presents 2011 data on the organization and operations of state trial and appellate courts and examines trends from 1980 through 2011. Notes that the ratio of judges per 100,000 U.S. residents has declined 23% since 1980. From the Bureau of Justice Statistics
https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/241389.pdf
Examines a set of erroneous convictions and near-miss cases to identify 10 factors that help explain why an innocent defendant, once indicted, ends up erroneously convicted. From the National Institute of Justice
https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/241158.pdf
Compares the outcome of homicide cases in Philadelphia according to whether the defendant is assigned a public defender or appointed counsel. From the Department of Justice
http://www.scribd.com/doc/184171216/Authors-Guild-v-Google-Decision
Decision in favor of Google over the authors in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in the case involving mass copying of books by Google. The judge found that Google’s use of book snippets for discovery was transformative and did not supplant the books’ use. From Scribd
Discusses the degree to which courts should defer to administrative agencies in interpreting their statutory authority in particular cases or when such interpretations do not merit such deference based on the precedent of the Supreme Court’s Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council in 1984. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Merit Systems Protection Board Watch.
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R41412.pdf
Describes the types of crimes or offenses which involve required mandatory minimum terms of imprisonment upon conviction, such as misconduct involving firearms or a federal drug trafficking offense, U.S. Sentencing Commission recommendations involving such tack-on sentences, and constitutional considerations. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/GPO-CONAN-2013/pdf/GPO-CONAN-2013.pdf
Interim edition with analyses of cases decided through the June 2013 session of the Supreme Court. From the Government Printing Office
http://www.fas.org/irp/news/2013/09/fisc-091313.pdf
Ruling of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court Judge Saylor that disclosures by Edward Snowden have aroused public interest and debate about Section 215 and that prior Court opinions should be reviewed for public declassification. From the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, posted by the Federation of American Scientists