Punch and Jurists

U.S. v. Morris, No. 04-80200 (E.D.Mich.) (377 F.Supp.2d 630) (July 20, 2005) (Judge Arthur Tarnow) by

Berthoff v. U.S., No. 99-1276 (1st Cir.) (308 F.3d 124) (October 21, 2002) (Judge Norman H. Stahl) by Here the Court rejected, on procedural grounds, District Judge Young’s invitation to consider whether the practice of “fact bargaining” at sentencing had “unduly and unconstitutionally” burdened the defendant’s Sixth Amendment right to …

Berthoff v. U.S., No. Civ. No. 97-10883-WGY (D.Mass.) (140 F.Supp.2d 50) (April 9, 2001) (Judge William G. Young) by This is an extraordinarily blunt and candid decision by Judge Young in which he granted a Certificate of Appealability to consider whether the practice of "fact bargaining" had unduly and unconstitutionally …

Berthoff v. U.S., No. Civ. No. 97-10883-WGY (D.Mass.) (140 F.Supp.2d 50) (April 9, 2001) (Judge William G. Young) by QUOTE OF THE WEEK - Some of the evils of “fact bargaining.” “Plea bargaining gets away from the facts. First, as is widely recognized, justice is not done when premeditated murder, …