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Full-Text Articles in Jurisprudence
On Lenity: What Justice Gorsuch Didn’T Say, Brandon Hasbrouck
On Lenity: What Justice Gorsuch Didn’T Say, Brandon Hasbrouck
Scholarly Articles
This Essay was first published online at 108 Va. L. Rev. Online 239 (2022).
Facially neutral doctrines create racially disparate outcomes. Increasingly, legal academia and mainstream commentators recognize that this is by design. The rise of this colorblind racism in Supreme Court jurisprudence parallels the rise of the War on Drugs as a political response to the Civil Rights Movement. But, to date, no member of the Supreme Court has acknowledged the reality of this majestic inequality of the law. Instead, the Court itself has been complicit in upholding facially neutral doctrines when confronted with the racial disparities they create. …
Antiracist Remedial Approaches In Judge Gregory’S Jurisprudence, Leah M. Litman
Antiracist Remedial Approaches In Judge Gregory’S Jurisprudence, Leah M. Litman
Washington and Lee Law Review
This piece uses the idea of antiracism to highlight parallels between school desegregation cases and cases concerning errors in the criminal justice system. There remain stark, pervasive disparities in both school composition and the criminal justice system. Yet even though judicial remedies are an integral part of rooting out systemic inequality and the vestiges of discrimination, courts have been reticent to use the tools at their disposal to adopt proactive remedial approaches to address these disparities. This piece uses two examples from Judge Roger Gregory’s jurisprudence to illustrate how an antiracist approach to judicial remedies might work.
The Decision Maker Matters: An Empirical Examination Of The Way The Role Of The Judge And The Jury Influence Death Penalty Decision-Making, William J. Bowers, Wanda D. Foglia, Jean E. Giles, Michael E. Antonio
The Decision Maker Matters: An Empirical Examination Of The Way The Role Of The Judge And The Jury Influence Death Penalty Decision-Making, William J. Bowers, Wanda D. Foglia, Jean E. Giles, Michael E. Antonio
Washington and Lee Law Review
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How The Supreme Court Delivers Fire And Ice To State Criminal Justice, Ronald F. Wright
How The Supreme Court Delivers Fire And Ice To State Criminal Justice, Ronald F. Wright
Washington and Lee Law Review
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The Warren Court, Criminal Procedure Reform, And Retributive Punishment, Darryl K. Brown
The Warren Court, Criminal Procedure Reform, And Retributive Punishment, Darryl K. Brown
Washington and Lee Law Review
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