Although people can quarrel about the significance or reliability of Independent Counsel
Kenneth Starr's investigative findings, no one can deny that his investiga-tion produced new …

In the 1990s, as if to fulfill the promise of the sixth amendment,'criminal trials became more
public than ever. Where once" courtroom windows and doors were thrown wide open so that …

News leaks from government sources began appearing in the press even before the nation's
capital relocated to the District of Columbia in 1800, and they have remained a staple of …

A court has the power to punish disregard of judicial authority with contempt of court. 1 This
power is not merely a right of the court, but also an indispensable element of the judicial …

There are two types of grand juries in the federal criminal justice system: the" regular" grand
jury and the" special" grand jury. See Diamond, supra, § 2.01 [A], at 2-3. A regular grand jury …

It has been repeatedly noted that federal consumer bankruptcy law serves two distinct
purposes: first, to provide an individual debtor with a" fresh start" in life free from preexisting …

It might surprise many to learn that under our criminal justice system's guarantee of"
innocent until proven guilty," one could be perceived as being a criminal without being …

In March 2006, Sports Illustrated magazine published excerpts from the book GAME OF
SHADOWS, written by San Francisco Chronicle reporters Mark Fainaru-Wada and Lance …

One of the most well-known protections secured by the Constitution, one that exemplifies the
principled notion of fairness fundamental to the American criminal justice system, is the …