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A View From The States: Evidence-Based Public Safety Legislation, Juliene James, Lauren-Brooke Eisen, Ram Subramanian Jan 2012

A View From The States: Evidence-Based Public Safety Legislation, Juliene James, Lauren-Brooke Eisen, Ram Subramanian

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

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Child Witnesses And The Confrontation Clause, Thomas D. Lyon, Julia A. Dente Jan 2012

Child Witnesses And The Confrontation Clause, Thomas D. Lyon, Julia A. Dente

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

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Two Models Of The Prison: Accidental Humanity And Hypermasculinity In The L.A. County Jail, Sharon Dolovich Jan 2012

Two Models Of The Prison: Accidental Humanity And Hypermasculinity In The L.A. County Jail, Sharon Dolovich

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

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Prosecutorial Training Wheels: Ginsburg's Connick V. Thompson Dissent And The Training Imperative, Timothy Fry Jan 2012

Prosecutorial Training Wheels: Ginsburg's Connick V. Thompson Dissent And The Training Imperative, Timothy Fry

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

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Capital Punishment And Race: Racial Culture Of The South, Jerry Joubert Jan 2012

Capital Punishment And Race: Racial Culture Of The South, Jerry Joubert

Undergraduate Review

There are currently 34 states with the death penalty and 16 states without the death penalty in the United States. According to the most recent report from the Death Penalty Information Center, there have been 1276 executions in the United States since 1976. In the year 2011 alone, there were 42 executions. This was 4 executions less than the previous year. Among the 1276 total executions in the United States since 1976, 1048 have taken place in the South. There are approximately 3,251 inmates on death row. African-Americans represent 42% of these inmates (Death Penalty Information Center, 2011). This statistic …

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The Hidden Costs Of Habeas Delay, Marc D. Falkoff Jan 2012

The Hidden Costs Of Habeas Delay, Marc D. Falkoff

University of Colorado Law Review

Because habeas petitioners seek a court order for liberty rather than compensation, judges have a duty to decide habeas petitions promptly. But increasingly, the federal courts have fallen behind on their heavy habeas dockets, and many petitions-some of which are meritorious-remain undecided for years. First, this Article makes the normative and historical argument that speed must be, and always has been, central to the function of habeas. Second, it analyzes newly compiled Administrative Office of the United States Courts data on more than 200,000 habeas petitions and demonstrates empirically for the first time that there is a widespread and growing …

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Administering Justice: Removing Statutory Barriers To Reentry, Joy Radice Jan 2012

Administering Justice: Removing Statutory Barriers To Reentry, Joy Radice

University of Colorado Law Review

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The Prisoners' Property Dilemma: The Proper Approach To Determine Prisoners' Protected Property Interests After Sandin And Castle Rock, Corbin R. Kennelly Jan 2012

The Prisoners' Property Dilemma: The Proper Approach To Determine Prisoners' Protected Property Interests After Sandin And Castle Rock, Corbin R. Kennelly

Georgia Law Review

The Proper approach to determine when prisoners have
property interests protected by the Due Process Clause is
currently uncertain. The Supreme Court addressed
prisoners' liberty interests in Sandin v. Conner, but lower
courts have split over whether to apply the Sandin test to
prisoners' property interests. Further complicating
matters, the Supreme Court recently addressed property
interests generally in Town of Castle Rock v. Gonzales.
There, the Court seemed to add additional hurdles to the
finding of protected property interests: A statute must
clearly indicate that it gives rise to an entitlement; the
entitlement must have an ascertainable monetary value;
and, …

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