Laurie Levenson
Laurie Levenson
Laurie L. Levenson is a Professor of Law, William M. Rains Fellow, the David W. Burcham Chair in Ethical Advocacy, and Director of the Center for Legal Advocacy at Loyola Law School. She teaches evidence, criminal law, criminal procedure, ethics, anti-terrorism, and white collar crime. She served as Loyola’s Associate Dean for Academic Affairs from 1996-1999. In addition to her teaching responsibilities, Professor Levenson is also the Director of the Loyola Center for Ethical Advocacy. Professor Levenson was the 2003...
courts favor invade jurors message second send thoughts undo whatever
Courts don't want to invade the deliberative process. We favor finality, and we don't want to send a message to jurors that you can do whatever you want to do because if you have second thoughts we can undo it.
fiction popularity programs
The popularity of these programs has an impact. There is a blurring of fiction and reality.
responsibility understanding
It is my understanding that they have walled her off from day one and that she has had no decision-making responsibility in the case.
celebrity close court critical dangerous exception gives information opportunity precedent public
It is a very dangerous precedent because it gives the court an opportunity to close out the public from critical information during a high-publicity trial, ... This formalizes the celebrity exception to the First Amendment.
dirty hired people
We have the people who did the dirty work, but we don't have the people who hired them.
amazing country office
On a show like 'CSI,' they do all these amazing investigative techniques. But I don't know of a prosecutor's office in the country that has the resources, or the technology.
cases cause issue lead major motions obtained trials
The big issue would be if there was illegally obtained evidence. It could lead to motions for new trials on cases that have been resolved. This case could cause a major disruption.
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It won't escape the jury that this guy is not all there. I'm not sure that makes a huge difference in the guilt phase except for softening up the jury for the penalty phase.
everybody wonders
Everybody wonders who is going to take the fall.
beneath changed confident felt ground last mental shake state ted until week
Everything changed last week because Ted Kaczynski's mental state changed. These prosecutors, who were very confident until then, felt the ground shake beneath them.
beneath changed confident felt ground last mental shake state ted until week
Everything changed last week because Ted Kaczynski's mental state changed, ... These prosecutors, who were very confident until then, felt the ground shake beneath them.
against consider death odds process reno
What Janet Reno has to consider is, 'Do I go through this long process with the odds against getting the death penalty, or do I end it here?'
literary
We don't usually think of them as literary giants.
life
It's just one of those ironies of life that he'd be called as a juror.