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...
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The timing smells. It seems like more than coincidence. When something like this happens it makes people wonder if this has been a fair and honest trial.
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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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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.
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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.
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We don't usually think of them as literary giants.
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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?'
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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.
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Everybody wonders who is going to take the fall.
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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.
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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.
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This is probably the most important phase of jury selection, and jury selection may be the most important phase of the trial, ... This will be the chance for lawyers to see whether these are jurors with an agenda.
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People fudge the truth all the time. Perjury is the big lie, the lie that has an impact on the investigation, on victims.
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That's horrifying. When I was a prosecutor from 1981 to 1989, I never heard of secret dockets.
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These programs have a potential for great mischief but also for great learning.