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A Pink Cadillac, An Iq Of 63, And A Fourteen-Year-Old From South Carolina: Why I Can No Longer Support The Death Penalty, Mark Earley Sr. Mar 2015

A Pink Cadillac, An Iq Of 63, And A Fourteen-Year-Old From South Carolina: Why I Can No Longer Support The Death Penalty, Mark Earley Sr.

University of Richmond Law Review

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Harmless Error In Federal Habeas Corpus After Brecht V. Abrahamson, John H. Blume, Stephen P. Garvey Dec 2014

Harmless Error In Federal Habeas Corpus After Brecht V. Abrahamson, John H. Blume, Stephen P. Garvey

John H. Blume

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Taking Mistakes Seriously, Paul J. Larkin Jr. Jan 2013

Taking Mistakes Seriously, Paul J. Larkin Jr.

Paul J Larkin Jr.

There are two very different mistake doctrines in the law. The common law doctrine that ignorance of the law is no excuse gives no weight to reasonable, good faith mistakes insofar as criminal liability is concerned. By contrast, three related lines of decisions—the reasonable mistake exception to the exclusionary rule, the qualified immunity doctrine, and the harmless error doctrine—express great willingness to overlook reasonable, good faith mistakes that police officers, prosecutors, and judges make. That discrimination between private parties and government officials is unwarranted. There is no good reason to treat private parties systematically worse than public officials in this …


Harmless Error In Federal Habeas Corpus After Brecht V. Abrahamson, John H. Blume, Stephen P. Garvey Oct 1993

Harmless Error In Federal Habeas Corpus After Brecht V. Abrahamson, John H. Blume, Stephen P. Garvey

William & Mary Law Review

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