Punch and Jurists

U.S. v. Medina, No. 13-1936 (1st Cir.) (779 F.3d 55) (March 4, 2015) (Judge David J. Barron) by In this case, the First Circuit addressed a series of errors made by the district court (the error-prone Judge Jose Antonio Fuste of the D. Puerto Rico) when it imposed a 20-year …

U.S. v. McLaurin, No. 12-3514-cr (2nd Cir.) (731 F.3d 258) (October 3, 2013) (Judge Various) by This case addresses a controversial - but commonly used - special condition of supervised release that is regularly imposed on large numbers of convicted sex-offenders by the Federal courts - namely that the defendant …

U.S. v. Weber, No. 05-50191 (9th Cir.) (451 F.3d 552) (June 20, 2006) (Judge Marsha L. Berzon) by In this case, the Court established certain standards and procedures that must be followed by district courts before they impose a requirement on sex-offernder defendants that they submit to penile plethysmograph testing. …