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Introduction: Two Perspectives On Sara Mayeux’S Free Justice, Brooke Simone, Aditya Vedapudi
Introduction: Two Perspectives On Sara Mayeux’S Free Justice, Brooke Simone, Aditya Vedapudi
Michigan Law Review
A Review of Free Justice: A History of the Public Defender in Twentieth-Century America. By Sara Mayeux.
Free-Ing Criminal Justice, Bennett Capers
Free-Ing Criminal Justice, Bennett Capers
Michigan Law Review
A Review of Free Justice: A History of the Public Defender in Twentieth-Century America. By Sara Mayeux
The Color Of Justice, Alexis Hoag
The Color Of Justice, Alexis Hoag
Michigan Law Review
A Review of Free Justice: A History of the Public Defender in Twentieth-Century America. By Sara Mayeux.
More Than Just A Factfinder: The Right To Unanimous Jury Sentencing In Capital Cases, Richa Bijlani
More Than Just A Factfinder: The Right To Unanimous Jury Sentencing In Capital Cases, Richa Bijlani
Michigan Law Review
For some defendants, sentencing may be even more harrowing than a determination of guilt or innocence. Those facing capital punishment have the most to lose at the sentencing phase. The Supreme Court is not ignorant to this reality, finding in Ring v. Arizona that “the Sixth Amendment would be senselessly diminished” if it had no application to death penalty proceedings. Yet under its permissive jurisprudence, the Court has suggested that the Sixth Amendment is satisfied in the death penalty context even if its protections vanish postconviction. This Note argues instead that the Sixth Amendment—specifically the jury right—should protect defendants more …