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Take Our Quiz About Constitutional Law, Judith L. Ritter

Judith L Ritter

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After The Hurricane: The Legacy Of The Rubin Carter Case, Judith Ritter

Judith L Ritter

Rubin “Hurricane” Carter died in the spring of 2014 at the age of seventy-six. He was a top middleweight boxing contender in the early 1960s, twice convicted of a triple homicide, but then freed by a federal court in 1985 after he served nineteen years in prison. This article recalls his life, the homicide trials and the constitutional issues that led to his release. The article makes the point that had Rubin Carter’s federal habeas corpus petition been adjudicated under current law, he would have remained behind bars. Congress enacted the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act in 1996. The …

Your Lips Are Moving...But The Words Aren't Clear: Dissecting The Presumption That Jurors Understand Instructions, Judith L. Ritter

Judith L Ritter

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The Voice Of Reason—Why Recent Judicial Interpretations Of The Antiterrorism And Effective Death Penalty Act’S Restrictions On Habeas Corpus Are Wrong, Judith L. Ritter

Judith L Ritter

By filing a petition for a federal writ of habeas corpus, a prisoner initiates a legal proceeding collateral to the direct appeals process. Federal statutes set forth the procedure and parameters of habeas corpus review. The Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA) first signed into law by President Clinton in 1996, included significant cut-backs in the availability of federal writs of habeas corpus. This was by congressional design. Yet, despite the dire predictions, for most of the first decade of AEDPA’s reign, the door to habeas relief remained open. More recently, however, the Supreme Court reinterpreted a key portion …

Growin’ Up: An Assessment Of Adult Self-Image In Clinical Law Students, Judith Ritter

Judith L Ritter

My thesis is that a majority of law students do not view themselves as adult professionals. When upper-class law students participate in live-client clinical programs, their lack of an adult self-image presents a barrier to effectiveness.

This article draws upon theories of psychological and moral development to explore the ingredients of being an adult and having an adult self-image. It examines the obstacles to development confronted by contemporary law students. The article explains the ways in which having an adult self-image is so important to the success of the student lawyer and how lacking an adult self-image can diminish the …

Death Penalty Cases Impose Singular Burden, Judith L. Ritter, Ross Kleinstuber

Judith L Ritter

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Widener Law Criminal Defense Clinic: Twelve Years Of Making A Difference, Judith L. Ritter

Judith L Ritter

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Criminal Trials Of Co-Defendants: The United States Supreme Court Clarifies The Rules, Judith Ritter

Judith L Ritter

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The X Files: Joint Trials, Redacted Confessions And Thirty Years Of Sidestepping Bruton, Judith L. Ritter

Judith L Ritter

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