Tuesday, April 26, 2022
Criminal Law in the news
Rumor has it that some clemency grants will be issued by President Biden today. I'm encouraged by that, even if they are easy ones, because at least it indicates a willingness to use the mechanism.
One thing about criminal law is that it is nearly always going to be in the news one way or another-- there is no danger of it being irrelevant. It serves, I suppose, as a way to gauge the tragedy around us in a discernible way, something we can see and hear.
Other times, of course, it can be straight-up confusing:
