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Comparison To Criminal Sanctions In The Constitutional Review Of Punitive Damages, Colleen P. Murphy Nov 2004

Comparison To Criminal Sanctions In The Constitutional Review Of Punitive Damages, Colleen P. Murphy

Law Faculty Scholarship

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Function Over Formalism: A Provisional Theory Of The Constitutional Law Of Crime And Punishment, Frank O. Bowman Iii Oct 2004

Function Over Formalism: A Provisional Theory Of The Constitutional Law Of Crime And Punishment, Frank O. Bowman Iii

Faculty Publications

This Article is, in effect, the second half of the author's argument against the Supreme Court's interpretation of the Sixth Amendment in Blakely v. Washington. The first half appeared in "Train Wreck? Or Can the Federal Sentencing System Be Saved? A Plea for Rapid Reversal of Blakely v. Washington," 41 American Criminal Law Review 217 (2004), and made a pragmatic, consequentialist argument against the Blakely result. This Article takes the next step of providing an alternative constitutional model of criminal sentencing to that offered by Justice Scalia in Blakely. The model emphasizes that a good constitutional model should pay particular …


A Process Right Due? Examining Whether A Capital Defendant Has A Due Process Right To A Jury Selection Expert, Steven C. Serio Jun 2004

A Process Right Due? Examining Whether A Capital Defendant Has A Due Process Right To A Jury Selection Expert, Steven C. Serio

American University Law Review

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Constitutional Interpretation And Coercive Interrogation After Chavez V. Martinez, John T. Parry Mar 2004

Constitutional Interpretation And Coercive Interrogation After Chavez V. Martinez, John T. Parry

ExpressO

Using the Supreme Court's decision last Term in Chavez v. Martinez as a launching pad, this article reveals and addresses fundamental tensions in constitutional interpretation, the law of interrogation, and civil rights litigation. First, this article highlights the importance of remedies to the definition of constitutional rights, which compels us to jettison the idea of prophylactic rules and accept Congress's role in constitutional interpretation. Armed with these insights, the article next considers the law of coercive interrogation. I explain why the privilege against self-incrimination is more than a trial right, and I redefine the central holding of Miranda to take …


Due Process Denied: Judicial Coercion In The Plea Bargaining Process, Richard Klein Jan 2004

Due Process Denied: Judicial Coercion In The Plea Bargaining Process, Richard Klein

Scholarly Works

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A Double Due Process Denial: The Crime Of Providing Material Support Or Resources To Designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations, Randolph N. Jonakait Jan 2004

A Double Due Process Denial: The Crime Of Providing Material Support Or Resources To Designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations, Randolph N. Jonakait

Articles & Chapters

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