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The Meaning Of A Misdemeanor In A Post-Ferguson World: Evaluating The Reliability Of Prior Conviction Evidence, John D. King
The Meaning Of A Misdemeanor In A Post-Ferguson World: Evaluating The Reliability Of Prior Conviction Evidence, John D. King
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Despite evidence that America’s low-level courts are overburdened, unreliable, and structurally biased, sentencing judges continue to uncritically consider a defendant’s criminal history in fashioning an appropriate punishment. Misdemeanor courts lack many of the procedural safeguards that are thought to ensure accuracy and reliability. As with other stages of the criminal justice system, people of color and poor people are disproportionately burdened with the inaccuracies of the misdemeanor system.
This Article examines instances in which sentencing courts have looked behind the mere fact of a prior conviction and assessed whether that prior conviction offered any meaningful insight for the subsequent sentence. …
Anti-Justice, Melanie D. Wilson
Anti-Justice, Melanie D. Wilson
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This Article contends that, despite their unique, ethical duty to “seek justice,” prosecutors regularly fail to fulfill this ethical norm when removed from the traditional, adversarial courtroom setting. Examples abound. For instance, in 2013, Edward Snowden leaked classified information revealing a government-operated surveillance program known as PRISM. That program allows the federal government to collect metadata from phone companies and email accounts and to monitor phone conversations. Until recently, prosecutors relied on some of this covertly acquired intelligence to build criminal cases against American citizens without informing the accused. In failing to notify defendants, prosecutors violated the explicit statutory directives …
Dna – Intimate Information Or Trash For Public Consumption?, Melanie D. Wilson
Dna – Intimate Information Or Trash For Public Consumption?, Melanie D. Wilson
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“Surreptitious sampling” may be police officers’ trump card in cracking otherwise unsolvable crimes as serious as murder, arson and rape. Law enforcement officers engage in surreptitious sampling when they covertly collect DNAsamples from unsuspecting people, who inadvertently leave behind hair, skin cells, saliva or other biological materials.Surreptitious sampling is a terrific crime-resolution tool. It allows diligent law enforcement officers to collect proof-positive evidence of guilt or innocence without the hassle of obtaining a warrant and absent probable cause or reasonable suspicion to believe that the contributor of the biological evidence committed a crime. Provided an officer has the energy and …
A Return To The Grand Jury To Promote A Zen Zeal In Prosecutors, Melanie D. Wilson
A Return To The Grand Jury To Promote A Zen Zeal In Prosecutors, Melanie D. Wilson
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DNA evidence has freed at least 209 convicted people. Sometimes DNA evidence exonerates a person. Other times, it does not. When it does not exonerate, a prosecutor must decide whether to persist in further prosecution of the defendant. I propose a fresh, but simple, solution for prosecutors who face such choices. To protect the interests of defendants and victims, and to assuage society’s need for fair and accurate outcomes, prosecutors should represent these cases to a grand jury. The grand jury is an easily convened neutral party that can dispassionately evaluate the evidence, old and new, and determine whether a …
The Preservation Obligation: Regulating And Sanctioning Pre-Litigation Spoliation In Federal Court, A. Benjamin Spencer
The Preservation Obligation: Regulating And Sanctioning Pre-Litigation Spoliation In Federal Court, A. Benjamin Spencer
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The issue of discovery misconduct, specifically as it pertains to the pre-litigation duty to preserve and sanctions for spoliation, has garnered much attention in the wake of decisions by two prominent jurists whose voices carry great weight in this area. In Pension Committee of University of Montreal Pension Plan v. Bank of America Securities, Judge Shira Scheindlin - of the Zubulake e-discovery cases - penned a scholarly and thorough opinion setting forth her views regarding the triggering of the duty to preserve potentially relevant information pending litigation and the standards for determining the appropriate sanctions for various breaches of that …
A Non-Romantic View Of Expert Testimony, Lewis H. Larue, David S. Caudill
A Non-Romantic View Of Expert Testimony, Lewis H. Larue, David S. Caudill
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The Daubert trilogy as a whole deflects attention away from abstract identifications of scientific validity (including the demarcation controversy aimed at rooting out allegedly junk science from the courtroom), and toward the application of expertise to the particular case at hand. That emphasis on application is reflected as well in post-trilogy scholarship, wherein we see three patterns or contours that both help quiet the debates and provide useful guidance to judges and lawyers. First, there is a pragmatic recognition, in various forms, that the focus should be on how science is being used rather than on science in the abstract. …
Post-Trilogy Science In The Courtroom, Part Ii: What Are The Judges Still Doing?, David S. Caudill, Lewis H. Larue
Post-Trilogy Science In The Courtroom, Part Ii: What Are The Judges Still Doing?, David S. Caudill, Lewis H. Larue
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Why Judges Applying The Daubert Trilogy Need To Know About The Social, Institutional, And Rhetorical -- And Not Just The Methodological Aspects Of Science, Lewis H. Larue, David S. Caudill
Why Judges Applying The Daubert Trilogy Need To Know About The Social, Institutional, And Rhetorical -- And Not Just The Methodological Aspects Of Science, Lewis H. Larue, David S. Caudill
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In response to the claim that many judges are deficient in their understanding of scientific methodology, this Article identifies in recent cases (i) a pragmatic perspective on the part of federal appellate judges when they reverse trial judges who tend to idealize science (i.e., who do not appreciate the local and practical goals and limitations of science), and (ii) an educational model of judicial gatekeeping that results in reversal of trial judges who defer to the social authority of science (i.e., who mistake authority for reliability). Next, this Article observes that courts (in the cases it analyzes) are not interested …
Treating Physicians As Expert Witnesses In Compensation Systems: The Public Health Connection, Brian C. Murchison
Treating Physicians As Expert Witnesses In Compensation Systems: The Public Health Connection, Brian C. Murchison
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Post-Trilogy Science In The Courtroom: What Are The Judges Doing?, Lewis H. Larue, David S. Caudill
Post-Trilogy Science In The Courtroom: What Are The Judges Doing?, Lewis H. Larue, David S. Caudill
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Stories Versus Theories At The Cardozo Evidence Conference: It's Just Another Metaphor To Me, Lewis H. Larue
Stories Versus Theories At The Cardozo Evidence Conference: It's Just Another Metaphor To Me, Lewis H. Larue
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Johnson V. Transportation Agency, Santa Clara County, California, Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Johnson V. Transportation Agency, Santa Clara County, California, Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Supreme Court Case Files
No abstract provided.
United States V. Leon, Lewis F. Powell Jr.
United States V. Leon, Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Supreme Court Case Files
No abstract provided.
Bose Corp. V. Consumers Union Of United States, Inc., Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Bose Corp. V. Consumers Union Of United States, Inc., Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Supreme Court Case Files
No abstract provided.
United States V. Havens, Lewis F. Powell Jr.
United States V. Havens, Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Supreme Court Case Files
No abstract provided.
United States V. Payner, Lewis F. Powell Jr.
United States V. Payner, Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Supreme Court Case Files
No abstract provided.
North Carolina V. Butler, Lewis F. Powell Jr.
North Carolina V. Butler, Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Supreme Court Case Files
No abstract provided.
Parker V. Randolph, Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Parker V. Randolph, Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Supreme Court Case Files
No abstract provided.
Commonwealth Of Massachusetts V. White, Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Commonwealth Of Massachusetts V. White, Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Supreme Court Case Files
No abstract provided.
United States V. Ceccolini, Lewis F. Powell Jr.
United States V. Ceccolini, Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Supreme Court Case Files
No abstract provided.
Stanton V. Stanton, Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Stanton V. Stanton, Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Supreme Court Case Files
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Oregon V. Hass, Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Corning Glass Works V. Brennan, Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Corning Glass Works V. Brennan, Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Supreme Court Case Files
No abstract provided.
Vlandis V. Kline, Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Georgia V. United States, Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Georgia V. United States, Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Supreme Court Case Files
No abstract provided.
United States V. Dionisio, Lewis Powell Jr.
United States V. Dionisio, Lewis Powell Jr.
Supreme Court Case Files
No abstract provided.
Schneble V. Florida, Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Schneble V. Florida, Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Supreme Court Case Files
No abstract provided.