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The Race Factor And Trial By Jury, Kenneth Conboy
The Race Factor And Trial By Jury, Kenneth Conboy
Fordham Urban Law Journal
The institution of trial by jury in criminal cases, one of the great achievements in the history of civilization and a principal foundation of our federal constitutional order, is to day under challenge by two different by interrelated developments in American courtrooms. The first is the development of a broad national imperative to eliminate all aspects of racism in American legal, political, and social life. The second is the heightened scrutiny that electronic media presence is applying to the jury system. This essay explores the utility and fairness of the American trial jury and its premise as a democratic and …
Urban Criminal Justice: No Fairer Than The Larger Society, Joanne Page
Urban Criminal Justice: No Fairer Than The Larger Society, Joanne Page
Fordham Urban Law Journal
This Essay reflects the author's personal perspective on the fairness of the criminal justice system. She argues that the key to assessing the fairness of the system is to examine it, not in isolation, but within a larger social context. The criminal justice system is part of the larger society, shares its values and is shaped by its allocation of resources. The criminal justice system is consistent with the values of that larger society: It treats the lives of poor people and people of color as being of inferior worth, skewing its intervention toward control and punishment rather than toward …
Redlining: Remedies For Victims Of Urban Disinvestment, Edward W. Larkin
Redlining: Remedies For Victims Of Urban Disinvestment, Edward W. Larkin
Fordham Urban Law Journal
This note discusses the practice of redlining, sometimes referred to as "urban disinvestment," which involves the refusal by lending institutions to provide home mortgage loans or home improvement loans to certain geographical areas or the inclusion of particularly burdensome terms or conditions on the loans. The note analyzes the possible effects of redlining, such as neighborhood deterioration, decline of communities, and the deprivation of the benefits of homeownership, especially as these effects pertain to minority groups. The note then examines the legal alternatives open to victims of redlining, including sections of the Civil Rights Acts of 1866, 1964, and 1968, …