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University of Tennessee College of Law

2018

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Restoring Fairness To Campus Sex Tribunals, Cynthia V. Ward Jan 2018

Restoring Fairness To Campus Sex Tribunals, Cynthia V. Ward

Tennessee Law Review

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Faithful Execution: The Persistent Myth Of Widespread Prosecutorial Misconduct, Timothy C. Harker Jan 2018

Faithful Execution: The Persistent Myth Of Widespread Prosecutorial Misconduct, Timothy C. Harker

Tennessee Law Review

Professors, politicians, activists, journalists, and bloggers alike stand ready to denounce prosecutorial misconduct-the more egregious the misconduct, the more vociferous the denunciation, and rightly so. Ordinarily, such public denunciation would have a salubrious effect. Unfortunately, this remedial process has been hijacked by those who insist that prosecutorial misconduct is widespread and has infected all facets of the criminal justice system, to the detriment of defendants and the consternation of the public. Their vitriol precludes a dispassionate evaluation of the criminal justice system generally and prosecutorial misconduct specifically. This article demonstrates that, contrary to expectations, prosecutorial misconduct occurs with reassuring infrequency. …