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The Trial As Text: Allegory, Myth And Symbol In The Adversarial Criminal Process - A Critique Of The Role Of The Public Defender And A Proposal For Reform, Kenneth B. Nunn
UF Law Faculty Publications
A position of Federal Defender General should be created to enhance the public image of public defenders. Currently the adversarial system tends to favor prosecutors, making it hard for criminal defendants to obtain a fair trial. Semiotic theory shows how the criminal justice system reflects broader social discourse concerning crime. The defendants' rights are given symbolic representation but are not considered seriously. Criminals are set apart from the rest of society and regarded as undeserving of truly fair representation. The trial can be seen as an allegory demonstrating the guilt of the defendant.
Reporter’S Draft For The Working Group On Principles To Use When Considering The Federalization Of Criminal Law, Sara Sun Beale
Reporter’S Draft For The Working Group On Principles To Use When Considering The Federalization Of Criminal Law, Sara Sun Beale
Faculty Scholarship
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Too Many And Yet Too Few: New Principles To Define The Proper Limits For Federal Criminal Jurisdiction, Sara Sun Beale
Too Many And Yet Too Few: New Principles To Define The Proper Limits For Federal Criminal Jurisdiction, Sara Sun Beale
Faculty Scholarship
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A Holistic Approach To Criminal Justice Scholarship, William T. Pizzi
A Holistic Approach To Criminal Justice Scholarship, William T. Pizzi
Publications
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Shaping Today's Forfeiture Law: A Conversation With Senator Mcclellan, G. Robert Blakey
Shaping Today's Forfeiture Law: A Conversation With Senator Mcclellan, G. Robert Blakey
Journal Articles
In any society, the government's ability to interfere with life, liberty or property is always open for full discussion. In this conversation, Professor Blakey discusses property in the context of organized and white-collar crime, in addition to criminal forfeiture, and frames his discussion around his work with Senator John McClellan on drafting the Organized Crime Control Act.
Imagery And Adjudication In The Criminal Law: The Relationship Between Images Of Criminal Defendants And Ideologies Of Criminal Law In Southern Antebellum And Modern Appellate Decisions, Bernard Harcourt
Faculty Scholarship
Criminal law opinions often project a distinct image of the accused. Sometimes, she is cast in a sympathetic light and may appear vulnerable or impressionable: a single mother, whose husband has died, struggling to raise her two, loving children; an impoverished, nineteen-year-old African-American with a fifth-grade education, "mentally dull and 'slow to learn;'" or a defenseless "obedient servant," protecting himself from an "adversary armed with a deadly weapon." On other occasions, the defendant may appear threatening, savage or even diabolical: a cold-blooded recidivist that escapes from a prison workcrew, brutally stabs, rapes and murders a woman, and returns for a …