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Prosecutors, Ethics And The Pursuit Of Racial Justice, Roger Fairfax
Prosecutors, Ethics And The Pursuit Of Racial Justice, Roger Fairfax
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals
The 2020 murder of George Floyd catalyzed a national reckoning on race, and scrutiny of barriers to racial justice, rightfully focused on policing. However, as this Symposium has demonstrated, it is also critical to interrogate the prosecutorial function, given the outsize role prosecutors play in the criminal legal system. Scholars and advocates have utilized a number of frames to explore a key topic of this symposium-the intersection between prosecutorial discretion, prosecutorial ethics, and racial inequity.'
Although the renewed interest in the prosecutor's role in the pursuit of racial justice raises many new questions and opportunities, the scaffolding for such work …
The Intersection Of Reducing Recidivism And Spurring Inclusive Economic Recovery, Scott B. Astrada, Israel X. Nery
The Intersection Of Reducing Recidivism And Spurring Inclusive Economic Recovery, Scott B. Astrada, Israel X. Nery
Legislation and Policy Brief
No abstract provided.
The Shadow Bargainers, Jenny Roberts, Ronald F. Wright, Betina Cutaia Wilkinson
The Shadow Bargainers, Jenny Roberts, Ronald F. Wright, Betina Cutaia Wilkinson
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals
Plea bargaining happens in almost every criminal case, yet there is little empirical study about what actually happens when prosecutors and defense lawyers negotiate. This Article looks into the bargaining part of plea bargaining. It reports on the responses of over 500 public defenders who participated in our nationwide survey about their objectives and practices during plea negotiations.
The survey responses create a rare empirical test of a major tenet of negotiation theory, the claim that attorneys bargain in the "shadow of the trial." This is a theory that some defenders embrace and others reject. Describing the factors they believe …
Keynote Prosecutors And Race: Responsibility And Accountability, Angela J. Davis
Keynote Prosecutors And Race: Responsibility And Accountability, Angela J. Davis
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals
Thank you so much, Madeline. I want to thank the Rutgers University Law Review and the Rutgers Center on Criminal Justice, Youth Rights, and Race for inviting me to participate in this very important symposium on Prosecutors, Power, and Racial Justice: Building an Anti-Racist Prosecutorial System. I want to give a special thanks to Professor Cohen and Gisselly, and all of the students who worked so hard to put the symposium together. It's such an important topic. I appreciate your interest, and [I] am particularly thankful to all of you [who] are here on this Friday afternoon to talk about …
The Insights, Uses, And Ethics Of Social Neuroscience In Anti-Discrimination Law, Susan Carle
The Insights, Uses, And Ethics Of Social Neuroscience In Anti-Discrimination Law, Susan Carle
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals
The article explores the uses in anti-discrimination law of social neuroscience—a broad interdisciplinary field that draws on the insights of brain science, medicine, epidemiology, social psychology, behavioral economics, moral cognitive neuroscience and many other experimentally based disciplines. It discusses the promising uses of social neuroscience findings from all these subfields on such matters as the irrational biases of “fast” thinking processes in general, and implicit biases against “out” groups more specifically, as well as group conformity, the black sheep effect, and more. The article traces a few of the ways these insights can help inform anti-discrimination law in both particular …
Racial Disparities Inherent In America's Fragmented Parole System, Olinda Moyd
Racial Disparities Inherent In America's Fragmented Parole System, Olinda Moyd
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals
This global health crisis has proven to be an equal opportunity discloser, in that it has spotlighted the layers of inequities and racial disparities so engrained in America’s structural systems. Nowhere else is this more evident than in our criminal legal system, where justice is often austere for African Americans. The ghastly statistics of the number of people confined in jails and prisons do not fully capture the scope and extensive reach of those swept up in our legal system. It is estimated that about 4-5 million people are on community supervision, to include probation and parole, which far outnumber …
Making America A Better Place For All: Sustainable Development Recommendations For The Biden Administration, William Snape, Tony Pipa, Audra Wilson, John Bouman, Claire Babineaux-Fontenot, Corey Malone-Smolla, Alexandra Phelan, Mark Dorosin, Karol Boudreaux, Robert Adler, Uma Outka, Elizabeth Kronk Warner, Stephen Herzenberg, Samuel Markolf, Mikhail Chester, Gerlad Torres, Jonathan Rosenbloom, Leroy Paddock, Michael B. Gerrard, Anastasia M. Telesetsky, Kimberly Brown, Jane Nelson, John C. Dernbach, Scott E, Schang
Making America A Better Place For All: Sustainable Development Recommendations For The Biden Administration, William Snape, Tony Pipa, Audra Wilson, John Bouman, Claire Babineaux-Fontenot, Corey Malone-Smolla, Alexandra Phelan, Mark Dorosin, Karol Boudreaux, Robert Adler, Uma Outka, Elizabeth Kronk Warner, Stephen Herzenberg, Samuel Markolf, Mikhail Chester, Gerlad Torres, Jonathan Rosenbloom, Leroy Paddock, Michael B. Gerrard, Anastasia M. Telesetsky, Kimberly Brown, Jane Nelson, John C. Dernbach, Scott E, Schang
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals
In 2015, the United Nations Member States, including the United States, unanimously approved 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to be achieved by 2030. The SDGs are nonbinding; each nation is to implement them based on its own priorities and circumstances. This Article argues that the SDGs are a critical normative framework the United States should use to improve human quality of life, freedom, and opportunity by integrating economic and social development with environmental protection. It collects the recommendations of 22 experts on steps that the Biden-Harris Administration should take now to advance each of the SDGs. It is part of …
The Way To Barbara Armstrong, First Tenure-Track Law Professor In An Accredited Us Law School, Susan Carle
The Way To Barbara Armstrong, First Tenure-Track Law Professor In An Accredited Us Law School, Susan Carle
Contributions to Books
This is the third volume in a trilogy on gender issues in legal occupations. An overview of Women in the World ’ s Legal Professions (Schultz and Shaw 2003) was followed by Gender and Judging (Schultz and Shaw 2013), finally to be completed by this study on women teachers of law. All three books have been published by Hart Publishing, to whom we are grateful for their unceasing support over so many years. Our thanks also go to the International Institute for the Sociology of Law for facilitating the inclusion of all three volumes in their O ñ ati Socio-Legal …
Are We Still Not Saved? Race, Democracy, And Educational Inequality, Lia Epperson
Are We Still Not Saved? Race, Democracy, And Educational Inequality, Lia Epperson
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals
Thirty-four years ago, in his seminal book, "And We Are Not Saved: The Elusive Quest for Racial Justice," Derrick Bell provided a critical view of American history and constitutional jurisprudence to illustrate the challenges the United States faces in reaching true equality. In his enlightened observations about the structure of our republic, Bell refers to “the American contradiction.” To see true progress toward meaningful equality, he contends, we must reckon with the challenging truth of our history—that we are a nation founded on this “constitutional contradiction”... In his work, Professor Bell argued that this American contradiction, “shrouded by myth,” serves …
The Emerging Shape Of Global Justice: Retrogression Or Course Correction?, Diane Orentlicher
The Emerging Shape Of Global Justice: Retrogression Or Course Correction?, Diane Orentlicher
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals
No abstract provided.
Improving The Legal And Regulatory Framework Of Restraint And Seclusion In D.C. Public Schools, James Gallagher
Improving The Legal And Regulatory Framework Of Restraint And Seclusion In D.C. Public Schools, James Gallagher
Upper Level Writing Requirement Research Papers
No abstract provided.
White V. Hesse: Challenging An Oklahoma County's Bail Practices Under The Americans With Disabilities Act And The Rehabilitation Act, Andrew Hamm
Articles in Law Reviews & Journals
No abstract provided.
First Step Act Of 2018: How Its Statutory Interpretation Limits Criminal Justice Reform, Adriana E. Morquecho
First Step Act Of 2018: How Its Statutory Interpretation Limits Criminal Justice Reform, Adriana E. Morquecho
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law
Introduction
Today, the United States incarcerates more people than any other country in the world. Nearly half a million people are incarcerated in federal and state prisons for drug offenses, up from just 41,000 in 1980. Mass incarceration has disproportionately affected communities of color, with the American Civil Liberties Union noting that one out of every three Black boys and one out of every six Latino boys born today can expect to be imprisoned, compared to one out of every seventeen white boys. Notably, the 1980s marked the beginning of the War on Drugs, which led to a spike in …
The Promise Of International Law: A Third World View, James Thuo Gathii
The Promise Of International Law: A Third World View, James Thuo Gathii
American University International Law Review
No abstract provided.
Surveillance And The Tyrant Test, Andrew Guthrie Ferguson
Surveillance And The Tyrant Test, Andrew Guthrie Ferguson
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals
How should society respond to police surveillance technologies? This question has been at the center of national debates around facial recog- nition, predictive policing, and digital tracking technologies. It is a debate that has divided activists, law enforcement officials, and academ- ics and will be a central question for years to come as police surveillance technology grows in scale and scope. Do you trust police to use the tech- nology without regulation? Do you ban surveillance technology as a manifestation of discriminatory carceral power that cannot be reformed? Can you regulate police surveillance with a combination of technocratic rules, policies, …
George Floyd And Empathy Stories, Binny Miller
George Floyd And Empathy Stories, Binny Miller
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals
In this essay, I explore the stories that lawyers tell on behalf of clients in the context of empathy, and also consider the power of proximity, particularly physical proximity, in forging deep connections with clients. Empathy has played a key, if sometimes silent, role in the endeavor of giving clients "back their lives," whether in case theory or in lawyering more generally. A renewed focus on empathy-informed by Bryan Stevenson's idea of proximity-can more securely ground lawyers in the lived experience of their clients.I use the context of the murder of George Floyd and the subsequent trial of Derek Chauvin …
Making America A Better Place For All: Sustainable Development Recommendations For The Biden Administration, William Snape
Making America A Better Place For All: Sustainable Development Recommendations For The Biden Administration, William Snape
PEEL Faculty Scholarship
In 2015, the United Nations Member States, including the United States, unanimously approved 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to be achieved by 2030. The SDGs are nonbinding; each nation is to implement them based on its own priorities and circumstances. This Article argues that the SDGs are a critical normative framework the United States should use to improve human quality of life, freedom, and opportunity by integrating economic and social development with environmental protection. It collects the recommendations of 22 experts on steps that the Biden-Harris Administration should take now to advance each of the SDGs. It is part of …
Toward Permanent Peace And Stability In Artsakh, George Yacoubain
Toward Permanent Peace And Stability In Artsakh, George Yacoubain
Human Rights Brief
No abstract provided.
The Compatibility Of Vagrancy Laws With Human Rights Instruments In Africa, Fabian Kopp
The Compatibility Of Vagrancy Laws With Human Rights Instruments In Africa, Fabian Kopp
Human Rights Brief
No abstract provided.
“Hey Siri, I’M Being Pulled Over.”, Charlene Collazo Goldfield, Gabriela Chambi, Amanda Torres
“Hey Siri, I’M Being Pulled Over.”, Charlene Collazo Goldfield, Gabriela Chambi, Amanda Torres
Joint PIJIP/TLS Research Paper Series
Statistics show that policing disproportionately affects communities of color; police are more likely to use force against Black and brown people.1 Data from non-violent encounters (e.g., reason for the stop, type of force used, and presence of witnesses) is rarely collected or disregarded altogether.2 Video evidence can publicize police violence. Bystander video during George Floyd’s murder led to arrests and a global racial reckoning because it depicted the reality of police encounters for people of color. Although technological advancements have led to positive developments for civilian safety (e.g., body cameras and in-car videos), data collection consistency and accountability …
Supply And Demand: Navigating Emergency Regulatory Developments In The Fight Against Opioid Use Disorder, Eva Bogdewic
Supply And Demand: Navigating Emergency Regulatory Developments In The Fight Against Opioid Use Disorder, Eva Bogdewic
Upper Level Writing Requirement Research Papers
No abstract provided.
Symposium: Expanding Compassion Beyond The Covid-19 Pandemic, Jenny Roberts
Symposium: Expanding Compassion Beyond The Covid-19 Pandemic, Jenny Roberts
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals
Compassionate relief matters. It matters so that courts may account for tragically unforeseeable events, as when an illness or disability renders proper care impossible while a defendant remains incarcerated, or when family tragedy leaves an inmate the sole caretaker for an incapacitated partner or minor children. It matters too, as present circumstances make clear, when public-health calamities threaten inmates with literal death sentences. It matters even when no crisis looms, but simply when continued incarceration would be "greater than necessary" to achieve the ends of justice.
Facial Recognition And The Fourth Amendment, Andrew Ferguson
Facial Recognition And The Fourth Amendment, Andrew Ferguson
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals
Facial recognition offers a totalizing new surveillance power. Police now have the capability to monitor, track, and identify faces through networked surveillance cameras and datasets of billions of images. Whether identifying a particular suspect from a still photo, or identifying every person who walks past a digital camera, the privacy and security impacts of facial recognition are profound and troubling.
This Article explores the constitutional design problem at the heart of facial recognition surveillance systems. One might hope that the Fourth Amendment – designed to restrain police power and enacted to limit governmental overreach – would have something to say …