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The Misplaced Trust In The Doj's Expertise On Criminal Justice Policy, Shon Hopwood Apr 2020

The Misplaced Trust In The Doj's Expertise On Criminal Justice Policy, Shon Hopwood

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As should be clear, this is less a book review and more an in-depth exploration of a key point Professor Barkow makes in Prisoners of Politics as applied to the federal criminal justice system. Sure, we need expertise in order to make data-driven criminal justice policy decisions--as Barkow puts it, “[t]he key is to create and foster an institutional framework that prioritizes data” and “expertise” so as to “create incentives for key decisionmakers to be accountable for real results” (pp. 14-15). But in creating reforms, the kindof expertise is also important. Many federal policymakers currently view the DOJ and …


The Doj Risks Killing The Golden Goose Through Computer Associates/Singleton Theories Of Obstruction, Julie R. O'Sullivan Jan 2008

The Doj Risks Killing The Golden Goose Through Computer Associates/Singleton Theories Of Obstruction, Julie R. O'Sullivan

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The DOJ, through its corporate criminal charging policy, puts a premium on corporate cooperation with prosecutors. The "partnership" that the DOJ's cooperation policy demands of corporations is extremely valuable. But the DOJ threatens to kill its own golden goose by bringing a spate of high-profile prosecutions of corporate executives (Sanjay Kumar, Stephen Richards, and Greg Singleton) for obstruction of an "official proceeding" premised on their lies to the corporation's own counsel.