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SUPREME COURT REJECTS CHALLENGE TO INFORMANT TESTIMONY
April 29, 2009: The United States Supreme Court upheld the use of testimony from jailhouse informants to impeach statements made on the witness stand by a criminal defendant in Kansas v. Ventris.

STUDY: COST SAVINGS FROM REPEAL OF DEATH PENALTY MAY BE ELUSIVE
February 25, 2009: Legislatures expecting a large savings in trial costs from repealing the death penalty may be in for a disappointment, according to a study released today by the Sacramento-based Criminal Justice Legal Foundation. The most widely cited estimates ignore or minimize an important cost-saving effect of having the death penalty available.

SUPREME COURT TO HEAR ILLINOIS JURY DISCRIMINATION CASE
February 19, 2009: An Illinois trial judge’s decision to prevent a defense attorney from removing a juror because of her race and sex will be the subject of oral argument before the U.S. Supreme Court.

SUPREME COURT REJECTS CAR PASSENGER’S CHALLENGE TO FRISK
January 26, 2009: In Arizona v. Johnson, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned an Arizona Court of Appeals ruling which had suppressed evidence of a concealed gun and marijuana found on a passenger during a traffic stop. The lower court had concluded that by the time the officer frisked the passenger, he was no longer legally seized.

SUPREME COURT REJECTS CHILD MOLESTER’S SENTENCING CHALLENGE
January 14, 2009: The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected a child molester’s claim that previous high court decisions prohibit a judge from requiring him to serve his sentences on multiple felony counts consecutively.
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