Monthly Archives/Archivos por Mes: October 2012

Every Man for Himself

Posted on October 26, 2012 by David S. Zapp and Johanna S. Zapp

By David Zapp

In 2009 a group of Colombians were arrested for extradition and were sent to Combita. The group held a meeting and they agreed that they would not discuss any pre-indictment criminal activity. But as soon as the group trickled up to the United States, one by one, the members of the group folded […]

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Prosecutors’ Overreaching Goes Unchecked

Posted on October 26, 2012 by David S. Zapp and Johanna S. Zapp

By Angela Davis

Angela J. Davis is a professor of law at American University. She is a former director of the D.C. Public Defender Service and the author of “Arbitrary Justice: The Power of the American Prosecutor.”

Published in The New York Times on August 19, 2012

Prosecutors are the most powerful officials in the criminal justice system. […]

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Cada hombre para sí mismo

Posted on October 26, 2012 by David S. Zapp and Johanna S. Zapp

Por David Zapp

En el año 2009 un grupo de colombianos fueron detenidos para iniciar su extradición y fueron enviados a la prisión de Cómbita. El grupo celebró una reunión y acordaron que no hablarían de ninguna actividad delictiva antes de que un Gran Jurado aprobara una acusación formal. Pero tan pronto como el grupo comenzó […]

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Los excesos de los fiscales no se examinan

Posted on October 26, 2012 by David S. Zapp and Johanna S. Zapp

Por Ángela Davis

Ángela J. Davis es profesora de derecho en American University. Ella es la previa directora del Servicio de Abogados de Oficio del Distrito de Columbia y la autora de “Justicia Arbitraria: El Poder del Fiscal Norteamericano.”

Publicado en el diario The New York Times el 19 de agosto de 2012

Los fiscales son los funcionarios […]

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El derecho a apelar es cuestión de justicia

Posted on October 26, 2012 by David S. Zapp and Johanna S. Zapp

By Nancy Gerther

La autora, Nancy Gerther, previa jueza federal, es profesora de derecho en la Facultad de Derecho de Harvard.

Publicado en el diario The New York Times el 19 de agosto de 2012

Tal como el editorial del New York Times notó, aun en nuestra economía super-mercantil, algunas cosas no deberían ser negociables, pero lo son. […]

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The Right to Appeal Is an Issue of Fairness

Posted on October 26, 2012 by David S. Zapp and Johanna S. Zapp

By Nancy Gertner

Nancy Gertner, a former U.S. federal judge, is a law professor at Harvard Law School.

Published August 19, 2012

As The New York Times editorial noted, even in our uber-market economy, certain things should be beyond bargaining, but are not. You can waive your right to a trial by pleading guilty in exchange for concessions […]

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Tribunal otorga juicio nuevo, citando el testimonio falso de un detective en un caso previo.

Posted on October 26, 2012 by David S. Zapp and Johanna S. Zapp

Por Benjamin Weiser Publicado en el diario The New York

Times el 30 de agosto de 2012

Un tribunal federal de apelaciones en Manhattan dictaminó el jueves que un hombre convicto de posesión de armas debería haber tenido la oportunidad de decirle al jurado que el testigo principal en su contra, un detective de la Ciudad de […]

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Court Grants New Trial, Citing a Detective’s False Testimony in an Earlier Case

Posted on October 26, 2012 by David S. Zapp and Johanna S. Zapp

By Benjamin Weiser Published by The New York Times

on August 30, 2012

A federal appeals court in Manhattan ruled on Thursday that a man convicted of weapons possession should have been able to tell the jury that the main witness against him, a New York City police detective, had been found to have testified untruthfully in […]

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Que se limite el control de los cargos imputados y las condenas

Posted on October 26, 2012 by David S. Zapp and Johanna S. Zapp

Por Paul Cassell Publicado por el diario The New York

Times el 19 de agosto de 2012

Paul Cassell, previo fiscal federal y el juez federal de distrito, es profesor de derecho en la Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad de Utah.

Bajo nuestro sistema constitucional, los fiscales siempre comandan un vasto poder, el cual es esencialmente carece […]

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Limit Control Over Charges and Sentencing

Posted on October 26, 2012 by David S. Zapp and Johanna S. Zapp

By Paul Cassell Published in The New York Times

on August 19, 2012

Paul Cassell, a former federal prosecutor and federal district court judge, is a professor of law at the S.J. Quinney College of Law at the University of Utah.

Under our constitutional system, federal prosecutors will always wield vast power that is essentially unreviewable in court […]

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