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Performance Oversight Hearing For The Metropolitan Police Department , February 17, 2022, Katherine S. Broderick

D.C. Council Testimony

Statement of the District Task Force on Jails and Justice Before the Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety of the Council of the District of Columbia. Performance Oversight Hearing for the Metropolitan Police Department. February 17, 2022.

Hope V. Harris: Brief Of Amici Curiae Current And Former Prosecutors And Department Of Justice Officials In Support Of Petitioner, Barbara Mcquade

Appellate Briefs

Amici are 45 current and former federal, state, and local prosecutors, state attorneys general, and Department of Justice officials with experience prosecuting and establishing policies for prosecuting serious crimes. Amici recognize that humane conditions of incarceration are important to the community’s trust in the fairness of the criminal justice system and, in turn, to individuals’ willingness to report crimes, act as witnesses, and serve as fair and impartial jurors. As stewards of public safety, amici also have an interest in ensuring that incarcerated people—the vast majority of whom are eventually released—are given the opportunity to rejoin society successfully and refrain …

Social And Legal Need For Using Ict In Combating Corruption, Mavlonov Akmalkhoja Yusupovich

ProAcademy

The article examines the social and legal necessity of using information and communication technologies in the fight against corruption, its relevance, current trends, problems in our national legislation and ways to solve them. A review of the theoretical foundations and practice of using information and communication technologies in combating corruption is made. The results of studying the influence of information and communication technologies on the level of corruption in the countries are presented. It is shown that countries with high "anti-corruption" ratings also occupy high places in international ratings for the implementation of information and communication technologies with a level …

Some Aspects Of Prosecutor’ S Activity In Uzbekistan: Scientific Approaches And Functioning Mechanisms, Parikova Gulchekhrabonu

ProAcademy

Article consists of two parts: first, expression of different concepts of prosecutor’ s supervision with analysis, and functioning of prosecution office in Uzbekistan implementing supervision over execution of laws in the territory of the State as one of the main directions of the prosecution office; second, participation in court proceedings.

In the first part conceptual provisions given by legal scholars and the role of prosecutor’ s supervision, as well as legal features of this function carried out by Prosecution Office of Uzbekistan are considered.

It is known that prosecutor is an official who occupies an important and specific place in …

Prosecutorial Supervision Over The Observance Of The Rights Of Minors, Ahmedov Farhod Xusanovich

ProAcademy

The article considers the prosecutor's supervision over the investigation of crimes in the field of information technology. In addition, it was concluded that the participation of the prosecutor in the civil process is effective, but not fully. It is necessary to expand the powers of the prosecutor to apply to the courts and intervene in the process to give an opinion, the legal grounds for the participation of the prosecutor in the consideration and resolution of civil cases on the protection of the rights and legitimate interests of minors, and also to provide the prosecutor with the right to participate …

Rights And Legitimate Interests Of The Victim From The Perspective Of The Concept Of Criminal Procedure Of The Republic Of Uzbekistan: Problems And Ways To Solve Them, Bazarova Dildora Bakhadirovna

ProAcademy

The article deals with the issues of ensuring the rights and legitimate interests of victims in the law of criminal procedure of the Republic of Uzbekistan. The author notes that the rights and legitimate interests of victims in comparison with suspects and accused persons are largely limited and not provided for by law, the very concept of the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Republic of Uzbekistan is aimed at ensuring the speedy disclosure of the criminal case, a fair consideration of the case and ensuring that the innocent person is not brought to justice, as well as the rights …

White Supremacy’S Police Siege On The United States Capitol, Vida B. Johnson

Brooklyn Law Review

On January 6, 2021, law enforcement failed the people and the institutions it was supposed to protect. This article explores how white supremacy and far-right extremism in policing contributed to the insurrection at the Capitol. Police officers enabled the siege of the Capitol, participated in the attack, and failed to take seriously the threat posed by white supremacists and other far-right groups. The debacle is emblematic of the myriad problems in law enforcement that people of color, scholars, and those in the defund and abolitionist movements have been warning about for years. Police complicity in the attack on the Capitol …

The Use Of Information Technology In The Activities Of Law Enforcement Agencies: A Comparative Legal Analysis, Islamov Muzaffar Rasulovich

ProAcademy

The article considers the use of information technologies in the activities of law enforcement agencies: a comparative legal analysis with such countries as Germany, the USA, Korea, the Russian Federation. The global development of world civilization at the present stage of development of all areas and directions of human activity is determined, first of all, by the effectiveness of its information support. The economic, financial and political life of states, their prosperity and security largely depend on this. The activities of law enforcement agencies are associated with the processing of large volumes of various information, which, in modern conditions, requires …

Adree Edmo, The Eighth Amendment, And Abolition: Evaluating The Fight For Gender-Affirming Care In Prisons, Mike Greene

William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice

This Comment argues that the Eighth Amendment litigation strategy to secure gender confirmation surgery for incarcerated transgender people is a non-abolitionist “reformist” reform that expands the criminal punishment system that perpetuates state violence against transgender people. This Comment proposes an abolitionist framework as a transformative approach to evaluating criminal punishment system reforms and securing gender-affirming care for transgender people, incarcerated or otherwise. This Comment then proposes two abolitionist steps towards trans justice, health, and liberation.

This Comment will first provide background on gender-affirming medical care, current medical standards for assessing gender-affirming care, and the standards that courts use to evaluate …

Imposing A Daily Burden On Thousands Of Innocent Citizens: The Supreme Court Unnecessarily Limited Motorists' Fourth Amendment Rights In Kansas V. Glover, George M. Dery

William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice

This Article analyzes Kansas v. Glover, in which the Supreme Court ruled that an officer could stop a vehicle owned by a person having a revoked license on the assumption that the owner was currently driving the vehicle. This work examines the concerns created by Glover’s ruling. This Article asserts that, in creating its new rule enabling police to stop a motorist without first confirming his or her identity, the Court based its holding on the existence of two facts, thus effectively changing its traditional “totality of the circumstances” analysis for reasonable suspicion to a categorical rule. Further, …

Critical Legal Studies And The Police, Nirej Sekhon

Cardozo Law Review

Constitutional police regulation is a complex tangle of substantive rights, remedies, and procedural rules. Together, they appear to scaffold a cohesive system of police restraint. Legal scholars tend to focus criticism on specific rules, impelled by faith that the system can be made to serve its core purpose: protecting civilians against police overreach and abuse. Drawing on critical legal studies, this Article contends that constitutional police regulation is incapable of realizing its putative purpose. Constitutional police regulation frames policing as a series of isolated, individual police-civilian encounters. This is compounded by the unpredictable interpretive interplay between substantive, remedial, and procedural …

Statement Of The District Task Force On Jails And Justice. Before The Committee On The Judiciary And Public Safety Of The Council Of The District Of Columbia, Katherine S. Broderick

D.C. Council Testimony

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Chemical Weapons And Their Unforeseen Impact On Health And The Environment, Alexandra Chen

Seattle Journal of Technology, Environmental, & Innovation Law

The May 2020 police murder of George Floyd catalyzed a racial reckoning in the United States that saw millions of people take to the streets to protest police brutality against people of color. In following months, law enforcement used massive amounts of "less-lethal" chemical weapons against protesters in cities across the country. Despite widespread use of chemical weapons by police agencies and mounting evidence of related environmental and health harms, the federal government does not regulate the use nor the manufacture of chemical weapons. Chemical weapons contain toxic ingredients such as hexavalent chromium, lead salts, and methylene chloride, which are …

Modern Law Enforcement Training Based On Four Classic Psychological Experiments, Mkay Bonner, Mark S. Johnson

Contemporary Southern Psychology

Psychology as a discipline is alive and well. Psychology is so much more than just therapy or research with rats. Psychological science is applied to real life in a myriad of ways every day. One excellent example is the use of four classic psychological experiments as a foundation for the Active Bystandership for Law Enforcement (ABLE) training curriculum. This contemporary police training program seeks to reduce harm and improve the national law enforcement culture. The four classic psychological science experiments that are used in this evidence-informed curriculum include Diffusion of Responsibility from Darley and Latane’, the Seminary Experiment from Darley …

Crisis Deescalation: A Brief Review And Variations On A Model, Mkay Bonner, Mark S. Johnson

Contemporary Southern Psychology

The demand for changes in police responses to crises are loud and compelling. One such recommended change is from a Warrior mindset to a Guardian mindset. The emphasis in the Guardian philosophy is on law enforcement officers (LEOs) as protectors instead of fighters. This mindset emphasizes deescalation instead of the use of force whenever possible. Several deescalation courses existed but more have been created recently. This recent increase has been due, in part, to profiteers wanting to benefit from the change in philosophy and training. A brief history starting with the legend in deescalation, Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) Training, is …

How To Get Away With Murder: When A White Male Police Officer Kills A Young Black Person, Mitchell F. Crusto

Washington and Lee Law Review Online

Systemic racism in policing allows police officers, in particular white men, to continue to perpetuate the violent killings of Black people. This violence is not accidental. Rather it is intentional and allowed to continue due to a failure by the Supreme Court to hold police officers accountable. This Article explains how the doctrines of qualified immunity, willful intent, and objective reasonableness, as condoned by the Court, allow police officers to “get away with murder.”

Improvement Of Departmental Control Of Competent Authorities In The Field Of Juveniles, As An Important Factor In Increasing The Efficiency Of Prosecutorial Supervision Of Execution Of The Laws In This Area, Ibragimov Diyorbek Shuxrat O’G’Li

ProAcademy

The article provides a comprehensive critical analysis of the activities of the competent authorities to ensure the rights and legitimate interests of juveniles in our country. Also, by using practical examples, it was identified problems and shortcomings of departmental control activities of these responsible bodies. In addition, it theoretically analyzes the similarities and differences between “departmental supervision” and “prosecutorial supervision” in the field of juveniles. At the same time, cases of violations of the law, which are allowed by the competent authorities in this area, revealed in the course of inspections carried out by the prosecutor's offices, are described on …

Building Leaders In Policing: Using Leadership Characteristics And Attributes To Develop First-Line Supervisors And Line Officers, Brad Stewart

Education Projects

Organizational effectiveness and legitimacy in policing are largely based on public perception witnessed predominantly through interactions with line officers and first-line supervisors. The demand for highly effective first-line supervisors falls short as agencies are ill-equipped to provide leader development. This mixed methods study examined the characteristics and attributes of first-line supervisors as perceived by line officers in the Asheboro, North Carolina Police Department. Specifically, it sought to answer the following questions: (a) Which dominant characteristics and attributes are perceived by police officers to be associated with leader efficacy; (b) Which of the perceived characteristics and attributes contribute to the development …

Who Can Protect Black Protest?, Brandon Hasbrouck

Scholarly Articles

Police violence both as the cause of and response to the racial justice protests following George Floyd’s murder called fresh attention to the need for legal remedies to hold police officers accountable. In addition to the well-publicized issue of qualified immunity, the differential regimes for asserting civil rights claims against state and federal agents for constitutional rights violations create a further barrier to relief. Courts have only recognized damages as a remedy for such abuses in limited contexts against federal employees under the Bivens framework. The history of Black protest movements reveals the violent responses police have to such challenges …

The Common Prosecutor, Melanie D. Wilson

Scholarly Articles

This symposium piece stems from the Loyola University of Chicago Law Journal’s Criminal Justice Symposium and my engagement with a panel of experts discussing wrongful convictions, pleas, and sentencing. The essay focuses on the role of prosecutors and contends that the system will improve only when more law school graduates of every race, religion, gender identity, background, ideology, ability, sexual orientation, and other characteristics serve as prosecutors. We have witnessed the rise of the “progressive prosecutor.” Now, we need to add more “common prosecutors.”

The homogeneity of prosecutors is well known and well documented. For example, as of October 2020, …