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Due Process Versus Data Processing: An Analysis Of Computerized Criminal History Information Systems, Donald L. Doernberg
Due Process Versus Data Processing: An Analysis Of Computerized Criminal History Information Systems, Donald L. Doernberg
Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications
Based on their empirical study of New York's computerized criminal history information system and on their national surveys of similar systems, Professors Doernberg and Zeigler conclude that current regulations governing the dispersion of criminal history information are grossly inadequate. Although information drawn from computerized criminal history files is often inaccurate, incomplete, or inappropriate, that information is routinely used by criminal justice officials and judges to make decisions affecting defendants'liberty. The authors argue that this practice is unconstitutional and suggest ways to regulate criminal history information suystems that would protect a defendant's right not to be deprived of liberty without due …
Harmless Error: Constitutional Sneak Thief, Steven H. Goldberg
Harmless Error: Constitutional Sneak Thief, Steven H. Goldberg
Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications
"Harmless constitutional error" is among the most insidious of legal doctrines. Since its promulgation by the United States Supreme Court in Chapman v. California, it has determined as many criminal appeals as have some of the more well-known and hotly debated decisions of the 1960s. Despite the frequency of its use in determining criminal appeals-possibly as high as ten percent of all criminal appeals during the last thirteen years it has received comparatively little critical attention. The reason for the inattention? It's a sneak thief. Its appearance does not raise apprehension, and its application does not leave concentrated areas of …