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Full-Text Articles in Law and Race
Slaves As Plaintiffs, Alfred L. Brophy
Slaves As Plaintiffs, Alfred L. Brophy
Michigan Law Review
Review of Redemption Songs: Suing for Freedom Before Dred Scott by Lea VanderVelde.
The Racist Algorithm?, Anupam Chander
The Racist Algorithm?, Anupam Chander
Michigan Law Review
Review of The Black Box Society: The Secret Algorithms That Control Money and Information by Frank Pasquale.
Bail Nullification, Jocelyn Simonson
Bail Nullification, Jocelyn Simonson
Michigan Law Review
This Article explores the possibility of community nullification beyond the jury by analyzing the growing and unstudied phenomenon of community bail funds, which post bail for strangers based on broader beliefs regarding the overuse of pretrial detention. When a community bail fund posts bail, it can serve the function of nullifying a judge’s determination that a certain amount of the defendant’s personal or family money was necessary to ensure public safety and prevent flight. This growing practice—what this Article calls “bail nullification”—is powerful because it exposes publicly what many within the system already know to be true: that although bail …