UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA LEVIN COLLEGE OF LAW
November 2, 2009 | Vol. XIII, Issue 10
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Faculty scholarship and activities

Baldwin Fletcher Baldwin
Legal Skills Professor
  • Oct. 6-11, 2009
    Baldwin went to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to deliver an address to the Globo Newsmedia group, Globo Universidade. The address was titled, "Midia e Liberdade de Expressao" (Media Freedom of Expression). His paper to be published is titled, "Press Freedoms: Real or Imagined?" He was also invited to deliver an address at a conference sponsored by the American Embassy in Brasil, and the D.A.’s Office Rio. The title of this address was "International Financial Crimes Money Laundering and Forfeiture."
  • Oct. 28, 2009, Tampa Tribune
    Baldwin provided his perspective on a letter written by Congresswoman Brown-Waite, asking Obama to ask for Congressional permission to except Nobel Peace prize due to a Constitutional clause. Hesaid the letter "shows a very spiteful attitude." "First of all, we had two other presidents who sent letters to Congress saying, 'Look, I won't take the money'," Baldwin said. "Teddy [Roosevelt] sent a letterâ?¦but certainly did not ask for permission from Congress."
  • Oct. 29, 2009, Ocala Star Banner
    Baldwin told the Ocala Star Banner that the federal guard sentenced to life in prison will not be allowed to serve her sentence in the prison where she used to work. That latter option, according to federal constitutional law professor Fletcher Baldwin, is out of the question. "They would never send her to where she worked," he said. "I'm sure she has sympathetic ties there." But there are security factors to consider as well, Baldwin added. "You cannot put her at a regular federal lockup," he said. "There are parts of federal prison, special parts for law enforcement people who have gone bad. You can't put them in the general population - they wouldn't last a month."
Dekle George “Bob” Dekle
Legal Skills Professor
  • Oct. 23, 2009, Ft. Myers News-Press
    Dekle provided insight into how jurors might view a defendant who killed his girlfriend’s tormentor. University of Florida law professor Bob Dekle said jurors can grasp a defendant killing a batterer in self defense, but in this case, the victim isn't the abuser. That could be tough for the defense to show jurors. "When a person acts out and kills their tormentor, it's very easy to be sympathetic to that person and it makes it very easy to accept self defense," he said. "But if the person who is dead isn't the tormentor, there's a disconnect there. Some people might say they don't care how ... abused ... a person is, they still have a duty to take care of a child."
Little Joseph Little
Professor Emeritus
  • Oct. 27, 2009, St. Pete Times
    Little told the St Pete Times that to demand President Obama to ask for Congressional permission to except the Nobel Peace Prize, “a real stretch.” Joe Little, a constitutional law expert at the University of Florida, agreed. "It's a real stretch."