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Predicting dangerousness and the dangers of disuniform sentencing

Predicting dangerousness and the dangers of disuniform sentencing

Confused and conflicting language in Penal Code section 1172.1 risks undermining sentencing uniformity and co…

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Penal Code Section 1172.1 and Capital Cases: An Analysis

Penal Code Section 1172.1 and Capital Cases: An Analysis

In Prosecutor's Brief, Vol. 47, No. 3 (Spring 2025) This article examines (1) Whether section 1172.1 …

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Clemency is not a blanket power that the governor can use to impose his personal views

Clemency is not a blanket power that the governor can use to impose his personal views

As the California Supreme Court has observed, clemency provides a means “to ameliorate or avoid *particular* …

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Clemency for death row felons would kill the will of the voters

Clemency for death row felons would kill the will of the voters

California governors must first secure the state supreme court’s concurrence before granting clemency to twic…

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Ten Tips for Protecting Your Record on Appeal

Ten Tips for Protecting Your Record on Appeal

Ten Ways to Improve the Chances Your Guilty Verdict Will Be Affirmed on Appeal

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Annual Survey of South Carolina Law: Evidence, 32 S. C. L. Rev. 119 (1980)

Annual Survey of South Carolina Law: Evidence, 32 S. C. L. Rev. 119 (1980)

Annual Survey of South Carolina Evidence Law, 1979 Topics: I. Expert Testimony--Forensic Odontology an…

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How the SC Supreme Court dropped the ball in the Murdaugh case Original

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By Ron Matthias
| South Carolina Daily Gazette
by Ron Matthias, SC Daily Gazette May 28, 2026 The South Carolina Supreme Court’s outrage over the courtroom clerk’s egregious misconduct during Alex Murdaugh’s murder trial is entirely understandable. Among her other improprieties, she warned jurors “ by Murdaugh. It is easy to see why the court condemned this behavior in the strongest terms. The clerk’s behavior certainly risked tipping “the scales of justice.” But whether it did so is a different matter.
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Predicting dangerousness and the dangers of disuniform sentencing

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By Ron Matthias, J. Kline
| Daily Journal (Los Angeles and San Francisco) Verified
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Santa Clara County Judges Line Up with DA on Death Sentence Reversal

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By Ron Matthias
| California Globe Verified
By Ron Matthias and Dolores Carr Since August, local judges have been nullifying murderers’ death sentences one by one. But there’s a problem: The law the judges have been relying on to reduce those death sentences doesn’t apply to death sentences. And that’s not the only problem. It’s easy for judges to make mistakes when they’re hearing only one side of the story, and that’s what happened here.
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