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CommentaryVol. 99 · Iss. 3
Lowball Rural Defense
Abstract Focus on the deleterious effects of the privatization of functions in both the criminal adjudicative system and criminal legal system has increased on…
Maybell Romero -
CommentaryVol. 95 · Iss. 1
Case Refusal: A Right for the Public Defender but Not a Remedy for the Defendant
Various arguments have been made to explain why public defenders continue to handle excessive caseloads: a lack of independence, organizational culture, or ethical blindness…
John P. Gross -
NoteVol. 91 · Iss. 5
A Change in the Environment of Plea Bargaining: Using the Inspiration of Administrative Procedural Safeguards Like NEPA to Add Process Protections
Plea bargaining has evolved into the most prominent way criminal justice is administered in the United States today, even though it is met with…
Jared R. Jedick -
ArticleVol. 97 · Iss. 1
Racial Antagonism, Sexual Betrayal, Graft, and More: Rethinking and Remedying the Universe of Defense Counsel Failings
Is a defendant entitled to a new trial when his counsel has repeatedly spouted ugly racial stereotypes and used racial epithets in referring to…
Sheri Lynn Johnson -
NoteVol. 98 · Iss. 5
“Extraordinary and Compelling” Circumstances: Revisiting the Role of Compassionate Release in the Federal Criminal Justice System in the Wake of the First Step Act
This Note considers the constitutional implications and policy concerns arising from the updated compassionate release mechanism. Part I of this Note traces the statutory development of…
Siobhan O'Carroll -
ArticleVol. 98 · Iss. 1
The Court and the Suspect: Human Frailty, the Calculating Criminal, and the Penitent in the Interrogation Room
With each new Supreme Court opinion, Miranda v. Arizona increasingly resembles an aging film star, making a major splash when first coming onto the…
Scott E. Sundby -
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
The Trouble with Transfers: An Analysis of the Referral of Uwinkindi to the Republic of Rwanda for Trial
This Note will provide a brief overview of the Rwandan genocide, the U.N.’s establishment of the Tribunal, and efforts to bring the Tribunal to…
Jennifer Wren Morris -
ArticleVol. 89 · Iss. 3
Arbitrary Death: An Empirical Study of Mitigation
The Supreme Court has long viewed mitigation evidence as key to saving the death penalty from constitutional challenge. Mitigation evidence about a capital defendant’s…
Emily Hughes