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Nohwere, Peter A. Alces, Robert M. Sapolsky
Nohwere, Peter A. Alces, Robert M. Sapolsky
William & Mary Law Review
Imagine the frustration of Samuel Butler’s protagonist, Higgs, with the strange society he encounters in Erewhon:
"Was there nothing which I could say to make them feel that the constitution of a person’s body was a thing over which he or she had had at any rate no initial control whatever, while the mind was a perfectly different thing, and capable of being created anew and directed according to the pleasure of its possessor? Could I never bring them to see that while habits of mind and character were entirely independent of initial mental force and early education, the body …
Corrections For Racial Disparities In Law Enforcement, Christopher L. Griffin Jr., Frank A. Sloan, Lindsey M. Eldred
Corrections For Racial Disparities In Law Enforcement, Christopher L. Griffin Jr., Frank A. Sloan, Lindsey M. Eldred
William & Mary Law Review
Much empirical analysis has documented racial disparities at the beginning and end stages of criminal cases. However, our understanding about the perpetuation of—and even corrections for—differential outcomes in the process remains less than complete. This Article provides a comprehensive examination of criminal dispositions using all DWI cases in North Carolina from 2001 to 2011, focusing on several major decision points in the process. Starting with pretrial hearings and culminating in sentencing results, we track differences in outcomes by race and gender. Before sentencing, significant gaps emerge in the severity of pretrial release conditions that disadvantage black and Hispanic defendants. Yet …
Introductory Remarks: Criminal Law Panel, Cynthia V. Ward
Introductory Remarks: Criminal Law Panel, Cynthia V. Ward
William & Mary Law Review
No abstract provided.
Virginia's Capital Jurors, Stephen P. Garvey, Paul Marcus
Virginia's Capital Jurors, Stephen P. Garvey, Paul Marcus
William & Mary Law Review
No abstract provided.
A Return To The "Bright Line Rule" Of Miranda, Paul Marcus
A Return To The "Bright Line Rule" Of Miranda, Paul Marcus
William & Mary Law Review
No abstract provided.