From 2005 to 2015 this blog presented news items and resources relating to trial advocacy and the legal system, with a focus on Washington State. It was developed to support the Trial Advocacy Program at the University of Washington School of Law, but broadened to include appellate practice, the courts, access to justice, and related topics. It is no longer active.
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Conspirators Testifying Against Each Other
Christine Hurt at the Conglomerate Blog has some reflections on a medieval practice whereby conspirators who testified against their fellows were let off if the fellows were convicted -- but executed if their fellows were acquitted! The Practice of "Approvement", Jan. 26, 2007. She read about this practice in Neal Katyal, Conspiracy Theory, 112 Yale L.J. 1307 (2003).
If we could somehow use this to execute everyone pardoned by the first President Bush, then I would have to say that we approve.
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