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Prosecutorial Discretion
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NoteVol. 97 · Iss. 3
Littering for $500: How Does Judicial Estoppel Solve the Problems that Factually Baseless Pleas Pose to the Double Jeopardy Clause?
A factually baseless plea is one entered by a defendant for an offense that the defense, prosecution, and judge know that the defendant did…
Rob Mangone -
NoteVol. 97 · Iss. 3
Statutory Speedy Trial Period Calculations for Dismissed and Refiled Charges: A Case Study of Colorado’s Approach
Colorado’s current approach of allowing the speedy trial period to restart creates too large a loophole in the state’s statutory right to a speedy…
Marie Zoglo -
ArticleVol. 98 · Iss. 4
Police Prosecutions and Punitive Instincts
This Article makes two contributions to the fields of policing and criminal legal scholarship. First, it sounds a cautionary note about the use of individual prosecutions…
Kate Levine -
NoteVol. 98 · Iss. 1
Lies Behind Bars: An Analysis of the Problematic Reliance on Jailhouse Informant Testimony in the Criminal Justice System and a Texas-Sized Attempt to Address the Issue
The advent of DNA technology in the late 1980s led to a wave of exonerations in the United States, shedding light on major problems…
Luke G. Allen -
NoteVol. 90 · Iss. 2
Avoiding an “Unavoidably Imperfect Situation”: Searching for Strategies to Divert Mentally Ill People Out of Immigration Removal Proceedings
Recent efforts to better protect mentally ill individuals in removal proceedings have focused on increasing procedural safeguards, such as providing free attorneys, releasing medical…
Molly Bowen -
ArticleVol. 98 · Iss. 1
Compassionate Homicide
Ample psychological studies demonstrate that emotions provide reasons for action and are powerful drivers of a host of behaviors, including criminal acts. Studies further…
Michal Buchhandler-Raphael -
ArticleVol. 89 · Iss. 6
Rebellious State Crimmigration Enforcement and the Foreign Affairs Power
The propriety of a new breed of state laws interfering in immigration enforcement is pending before the Supreme Court and the lower courts. These…
Mary Fan -
NoteVol. 89 · Iss. 1
Bringing RICO to the Ring: Can the Anti-Mafia Weapon Target Dogfighters?
Dog Number 118 had no front lips. Her nose was torn and lopsided. Her crooked, broken teeth stood out without protection, constantly exposed to…
Matthew C. Heger