Jeffrey Scott Shapiro
Articles by Jeffrey Scott Shapiro
SHAPIRO: Wendy Davis’ attorney-candidate conflicts
Texas gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis is not the first lawyer faced with conflict-of-interest allegations. Published April 16, 2014
SHAPIRO: Wendy Davis’ law practice shines light on attorney-politician conflicts
Wendy Davis' legal representation of the North Texas Tollway Authority while serving on the state Senate could raise eyebrows at the Texas bar association or the state ethics commission. Published April 16, 2014
D.C. charges may revive Chris Brown’s sentence
Chris Brown's misdemeanor assault trial begins Thursday at D.C. Superior Court, only a few blocks from the White House, but a conviction there is the least of his concerns. Published April 13, 2014
SHAPIRO: Pistorius and South African law
An acquittal in Oscar Pistorius' murder trial could still result in a homicide conviction because of the vagaries of South African law. Published April 12, 2014
SHAPIRO: How Chevron fought back against fraud with help from RICO
A federal judge's blocking of a $9.5 billion judgment against Chevron in an Ecuadorean environmental lawsuit this month has generated numerous media reports about how the plaintiffs' attorneys engaged in bribery, coercion, corruption and fraud. Published April 10, 2014
SHAPIRO: Fort Hood and the celebrity of suicide
What was the shooter's motive? Published April 3, 2014
SHAPIRO: Lifting campaign donations limit could encourage transparency
The Supreme Court's decision to remove the overall limit of how many candidates an individual can contribute to during an election cycle is sure to spark some heated debate during a mid-term election year. Published April 3, 2014
Reagan administration warned Russian pipeline through Ukraine would weaken West
In a memo to the White House in July 1981, advisers in the Ronald Reagan administration urged opposition to a new pipeline from Russia's oil- and gas-rich regions to Europe, warning that it would weaken the West's bargaining hand. Published March 5, 2014
British court OKs investigation into assassination of Russian ex-spy Litvinenko
At the height of Russia's hosting of the Winter Olympics, Britain's High Court on Tuesday gave a green light for a public investigation of Moscow's presumed role in the 2006 assassination of a former Russian spy in London. Published February 11, 2014
Italian court convicts Amanda Knox of murder for second time
An Italian court conducting a second retrial has again found Amanda Knox and her former boyfriend Raffaelle Sollecito guilty of the 2007 murder of British student Meredith Kercher. Published January 30, 2014
Probe of Russian ex-spy’s death could strain London-Moscow ties
Ever since Alexander Litvinenko's death on Nov. 23, 2006, British authorities have wrestled with how to deal with the case without creating an international incident with the Kremlin. Published January 22, 2014
NSA snooping programs taken to federal court
A public interest lawyer who says the government is "messing" with his text messages pleaded with a federal judge Monday to halt the government's electronic snooping programs, in a case that tests whether Americans will be able to challenge the NSA's phone-records collection in regular courts. Published November 18, 2013
SHAPIRO: No Dachau? No Auschwitz? Ignoring just as evil as denying
Last weekend, I flew from London to Munich to visit Dachau, the first Nazi concentration camp, built in 1933. I'd never been to Germany before, and since I was already in London on business from the United States, I decided to use my weekend to make the journey. Published October 17, 2013
Knox retrial raises questions about extradition
The retrial of Amanda Knox on murder charges in Italy and the imminent extradition of Playboy Playmate Brandi Brandt to Australia on drug charges have reignited discussion about extradition treaties and the rights of Americans accused by a foreign state. Published October 1, 2013
SHAPIRO: Lifting the right to carry firearms
The Second Amendment applies not just at home, but in public Published September 30, 2013
High-profile cases show a pattern of misuse of prosecutorial powers
ANALYSIS: It's hard to imagine the U.S. as a place where citizens have to fear overzealous prosecution, but last week's reversals in the cases of former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay and five New Orleans police officers are part of a troubling pattern reminiscent of the Soviet criminal justice system — a system in which the state is always right, even when it is wrong. Published September 22, 2013
SHAPIRO: Why intervention in Syria is legal
President Obama has convinced the Senate that military intervention in Syria is just and necessary, but, pending House approval, he also must convince the world that our actions will be justifiable under international law. Published September 8, 2013
SHAPIRO: The ‘heartless’ murder of Christopher Lane
As narcissism proliferates, indifference to humanity rampages Published September 8, 2013
SHAPIRO: Why Justice has no case against Zimmerman
Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. has promised to use the power of the U.S. government to investigate the death of Trayvon Martin, calling the teen's death "tragic" and "unnecessary." Published July 17, 2013
SHAPIRO: The Zimmerman prosecutors’ overreach
A jury in the Trayvon Martin case acquitted George Zimmerman after 15 hours of deliberations, but the state should have dismissed its case before it was submitted to a jury, and outcries for federal prosecution are inappropriate under the circumstances. Published July 15, 2013
