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Victimhood In Our Neighborhood: Terrorist Crime, Taliban Guilt, And The Asymmetries Of The International Legal Order, Mark A. Drumbl Jan 2002

Victimhood In Our Neighborhood: Terrorist Crime, Taliban Guilt, And The Asymmetries Of The International Legal Order, Mark A. Drumbl

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This Article posits that the September 11 attacks constitute nonisolated warlike attacks undertaken against a sovereign state by individuals from other states operating through a non-state actor with some command and political structure. This means that the attacks contain elements common to both armed attacks and criminal attacks. The international community largely has characterized the attacks as armed attacks. This characterization evokes a legal basis for the use of force initiated by the United States and United Kingdom against Afghanistan on October 7, 2001. Notwithstanding the successes of the military campaign and the need for containment of terrorist activity, this …


"Collateral Damage": No Re-Entry For Drug Offenders, Nora V. Demleitner Jan 2002

"Collateral Damage": No Re-Entry For Drug Offenders, Nora V. Demleitner

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First Peoples, First Principles: The Sentencing Commission's Obligation To Reject False Images Of Criminal Offenders, Nora V. Demleitner Jan 2002

First Peoples, First Principles: The Sentencing Commission's Obligation To Reject False Images Of Criminal Offenders, Nora V. Demleitner

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Driven by public concern about sex offenses, in recent years Congress has repeatedly enhanced the penalties for federal sex offenders. In doing so, it has responded to the predominant portrayal of sex offenders as inhuman predators, and heeded the demand of victims rights groups for longer sentences. However, it has failed to consider the special make-up of the sex offender population sentenced in federal court. While only a small number of all sex offenders are sentenced in federal court, over half of them are Native Americans. The culpability and future risk of many Native American sex offenders, however, differs dramatically …


The Death Penalty In The United States: Following The European Lead, Nora V. Demleitner Jan 2002

The Death Penalty In The United States: Following The European Lead, Nora V. Demleitner

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Immigration Threats And Rewards: Effective Law Enforcement Tools In The "War" On Terrorism?, Nora V. Demleitner Jan 2002

Immigration Threats And Rewards: Effective Law Enforcement Tools In The "War" On Terrorism?, Nora V. Demleitner

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Judging The 11 September Terrorist Attack, Mark A. Drumbl Jan 2002

Judging The 11 September Terrorist Attack, Mark A. Drumbl

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