Punch and Jurists

U.S. v. Green, No. 05-1014 (1st Cir.) (407 F.3d 434) (May 12, 2005) (Judge Bruce M. Selya) by In this decision, the First Circuit reversed Judge Gertner's compelling landmark rulings in U.S. v. Green, 343 F.Supp.2d 23 (D.Mass. Nov. 3, 2004), P&J 10/11/04 (“Green I”) (Order Re: Bifurcation) and 348 …

U.S. v. Williams, No. 05-20080 (5th Cir.) (400 F.3d 277) (February 14, 2005) (Per Curiam) by Adopting the logic and legal principles used by Judge Nancy Gertner in her brilliant landmark decision, U.S. v. Green, 343 F.Supp.2d 23 (D.Mass. 2004) (P&J, 10/11/04), Judge Vanessa Gilmore had previously ordered separate juries …

U.S. v. Green, No. Crim. No. 02-10301-NG (D.Mass.) (348 F.Supp.2d 1) (December 29, 2004) (Judge Nancy Gertner) by In this ruling, Judge Gertner set forth Additional Findings in Support of her previous Order (reported at 343 F.Supp.2d 23) in which she directed that there be two separate juries in this …

U.S. v. Green, No. Crim. No. 02-10301-NG (D.Mass.) (343 F.Supp.2d 23) (November 3, 2004) (Judge Nancy Gertner) by Here Judge Gertner issued a landmark ruling in which she directed that, if juries convict two alleged gang members of murder at their forthcoming trials, different juries must decide whether the men …