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Exceeding Their Authority: When Bureaucrats Create New Crimes, Justice Suffers

One of our bugbears here at The Criminal Lawyer is the excessive number of federal crimes — particularly those that are created by regulators rather than by elected legislators. We’re not alone in this concern, and over the past several months we’ve noticed what can only be called a growing...

December 14, 2011

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You Thought Your Courthouse Was Bad? Try This: 466 Year Backlog of Criminal Cases!

Here in Manhattan, we like to brag that we’ve got the busiest courthouse in the world. But at least the system can handle it. According to Tuesday report from the chief justice of the New Delhi High Court, however, the courts in India are all just as busy, but the...

February 12, 2009

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Nathaniel Burney is an attorney in private practice, a former prosecutor, and a tireless advocate for Truth, Justice, and the Scientific Method. “Asides, Extras, and Appurtenances” is his accompaniment to The Illustrated Guide to Law, and also includes posts from the Guide’s predecessor blog The Criminal Lawyer. Nothing here counts as legal advice, nor does it create or imply an attorney-client relationship. Comments, criticisms, and disagreements are enthusiastically encouraged.

Tagged: bureaucracy

Exceeding Their Authority: When Bureaucrats Create New Crimes, Justice Suffers

You Thought Your Courthouse Was Bad? Try This: 466 Year Backlog of Criminal Cases!

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