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Judicial Elections, Public Opinion, And Their Impact On State Criminal Justice Policy, Travis N. Taylor
Judicial Elections, Public Opinion, And Their Impact On State Criminal Justice Policy, Travis N. Taylor
Theses and Dissertations--Political Science
This dissertation explores whether and how the re-election prospects faced by trial court judges in many American states influence criminal justice policy, specifically, state levels of incarceration, as well as the disparity in rates of incarceration for Whites and Blacks. Do states where trial court judges must worry about facing reelection tend to encourage judicial behavior that results in higher incarceration rates? And are levels of incarceration and racial disparities in the states influenced by the proportion of the state publics who want more punitive policies? These are clearly important questions because they speak directly to several normative and empirical …
Taylor V. Hayes: A Case Study In The Use Of The Summary Contempt Power Against The Trial Attorney, W. Eugene Basanta
Taylor V. Hayes: A Case Study In The Use Of The Summary Contempt Power Against The Trial Attorney, W. Eugene Basanta
Kentucky Law Journal
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Financial Screening In Criminal Cases—Impractical And Irrelevant, William H. Fortune
Financial Screening In Criminal Cases—Impractical And Irrelevant, William H. Fortune
Law Faculty Scholarly Articles
In 1970 Chief Justice Burger, commenting on the work of the ABA Advisory Committee, compared the criminal justice system to a three-legged stool, one leg the judge, the second leg the prosecution, and the third leg the defense lawyer: "We concluded very quickly that that third leg in this context was as essential as the third leg of a stool. We have not quite said it ought to be jurisdictional that you have three parts to this enterprise but we have come very, very close to it." It is time to admit the overriding social need for attorney representation and …
Criminal Law--Lawyers--Fees--Attorney's Fees For Indigent Criminal Defendants, David Emerson
Criminal Law--Lawyers--Fees--Attorney's Fees For Indigent Criminal Defendants, David Emerson
Kentucky Law Journal
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