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Judicial Fact-Finding At Sentencing, Stephanos Bibas
Judicial Fact-Finding At Sentencing, Stephanos Bibas
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This encyclopedia entry summarizes the pendulum-swings that led the Supreme Court in Apprendi v. New Jersey, Blakely v. Washington, and United States v. Booker to limit judges' ability to find facts at sentencing. Paradoxically, the much-criticized Federal Sentencing Guidelines have survived; a line of cases that began as an effort to restore juries' role has turned into a guarantor of judicial discretion; and the doctrine has quickly moved far from its Sixth Amendment roots to a policy balancing test. The Court could instead have pursued a different, more fruitful path. The Court did not have to force sentencing factors into …
Exacerbating Injustice, Stephanos Bibas
Exacerbating Injustice, Stephanos Bibas
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This brief essay responds to Josh Bowers' argument that criminal procedure should openly allow innocent defendants to plead guilty as a legal fiction. Though most scholars emphasize the few but salient serious felony cases, Bowers is right to refocus attention on misdemeanors and violations, which are far more numerous. And though the phrase wrongful convictions conjures up images of punishing upstanding citizens, Bowers is also right to emphasize that recidivists are far more likely to suffer wrongful suspicion and conviction. Bowers' mistake is to treat the criminal justice system as simply a means of satisfying defendants' preferences and choices. This …
Torture And The Biopolitics Of Race, Dorothy E. Roberts
Torture And The Biopolitics Of Race, Dorothy E. Roberts
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Thoroughly Modern: Sir James Fitzjames Stephen On Criminal Responsibility, Stephen J. Morse
Thoroughly Modern: Sir James Fitzjames Stephen On Criminal Responsibility, Stephen J. Morse
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A Closing Keynote: A Comment On Mass Incarceration In The United States, David Rudovsky
A Closing Keynote: A Comment On Mass Incarceration In The United States, David Rudovsky
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Constructing A Criminal Justice System Free Of Racial Bias: An Abolitionist Framework, Dorothy E. Roberts
Constructing A Criminal Justice System Free Of Racial Bias: An Abolitionist Framework, Dorothy E. Roberts
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