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Solving The Lawyer Problem In Criminal Cases, George C. Thomas Iii
Solving The Lawyer Problem In Criminal Cases, George C. Thomas Iii
Rutgers Law School (Newark) Faculty Papers
We are learning that the vaunted American adversarial system too often fails to protect innocent defendants. Part of the problem is that indigent criminal defenders, in many parts of the country, are overburdened to the point that they cannot always provide an adequate adversarial testing of the State’s case. Part of the problem is the emotional burn out that many defenders experience. A less well known part of the problem is that the very nature of the adversarial mentality too often causes prosecutors to cut corners and thus threaten innocent defendants. “Solving the Lawyer Problem in Criminal Cases,” a 9,000 …
All In The Family: The Influence Of Social Networks On Dispute Processing, Manuel A. Gómez
All In The Family: The Influence Of Social Networks On Dispute Processing, Manuel A. Gómez
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Forgiveness In Criminal Procedure, Stephanos Bibas
Forgiveness In Criminal Procedure, Stephanos Bibas
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Though forgiveness and mercy matter greatly in social life, they play fairly small roles in criminal procedure. Criminal procedure is dominated by the state, whose interests in deterring, incapacitating, and inflicting retribution leave little room for mercy. An alternative system, however, would focus more on the needs of human participants. Victim-offender mediation, sentencing discounts, and other mechanisms could encourage offenders to express remorse, victims to forgive, and communities to reintegrate and employ offenders. All of these actors could then better heal, reconcile, and get on with their lives. Forgiveness and mercy are not panaceas: not all offenders and victims would …
Miranda And The Media: Tracing The Cultural Evolution Of A Constitutional Revolution, Russell D. Covey
Miranda And The Media: Tracing The Cultural Evolution Of A Constitutional Revolution, Russell D. Covey
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This article explores the depiction of interrogation in film and television from the 1940s to the present, and contrasts that imagery with the Supreme Court's interrogation jurisprudence over the same time frame. Although my treatment of the subject is necessarily only fragmentary (a comprehensive review of either topic would fill many volumes), this article hazards a few tentative hypotheses.