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Affirmative Action And The Criminal Law, Paul Butler
Affirmative Action And The Criminal Law, Paul Butler
University of Colorado Law Review
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Criminal Law In Crisis, Benjamin Levin
Criminal Law In Crisis, Benjamin Levin
University of Colorado Law Review Forum
In this Essay, I offer a brief account of how the COVID-19 pandemic lays bare the realities and structural flaws of the carceral state. I provide two primary examples or illustrations, but they are not meant to serve as an exhaustive list. Rather, by highlighting these issues, problems, or (perhaps) features, I mean to suggest that this moment of crisis should serve not just as an opportunity to marshal resources to address the pandemic, but also as a chance to address the harsh realities of the U.S. criminal system. Further, my claim isn’t that criminal law is in some way …