The title of this post is the title of this new commentary authored by David Kennedy that was one of my very favorite reads this week. The piece is mostly about police reform
and is quite lengthy, but its worth the time (and even a re-read). Among the many virtues of the piece is the reminder that if — I fear I should say when — [...]
are here. The usual disclaimers apply. Rank Paper Downloads 1. Brief on Behalf of Former Federal Prosecutors and High-Ranking Department of Justice Officials in United States
v. Flynn Andrew Manuel Crespo Harvard Law School Date Posted: 12 Jun 2020 486... [...]
As detailed via this official statement from the White House, this evening "President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Grant of Clemency commuting the unjust sentence of
Roger Stone, Jr." Here is more from the statement: Roger Stone is a victim of the Russia Hoax that the Left and its allies in the media perpetuated for years in [...]
Last month, as noted here, Attorney General William Barr directed the federal Bureau of Prisons to schedule the executions of four federal death-row inmates for this summer.
As of this writing, according to this DPIC page, the federal executions scheduled for Monday, July 13 (of Daniel Lewis Lee) and Friday, July 17 (of Dustin Lee Honken) [...]
William S. Laufer and Robert Hughes (University of Pennsylvania - Legal Studies Department and Legal Studies and Business Ethics Department, The Wharton School) have posted
Justice Undone (American Criminal Law Review, Vol. 58) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: There... [...]
The question in the title of this post is my response to this recent lengthy Atlantic commentary by Barbara Bradley Hagerty headlined "Releasing People From Prison Is Easier
Said Than Done: As the pandemic threatens the lives of those behind bars, the country must confront a system that has never had rehabilitation as its priority." [...]
Heather Pickerell has posted How To Assess Whether Your District Attorney Is A Bona Fide Progressive Prosecutor (Harvard Law & Policy Review, Vol. 15, No. 1, 2020) on SSRN.
Here is the abstract: This article serves as a surgeon general’s... [...]
Via this webpage overview and this key findings document, the group Harm Reduction International has assembled some interesting information about how countries around the world
have been approaching decarceration efforts in response to the coronavirus. Here are excepts of the overview and key findings: Harm Reduction International monitored [...]
I just came across this great collection of articles under the title "New Developments in Public Defense Research," which appears in the July 2020, issue of the journal Criminal
Justice Policy Review. The volume includes seven original papers and an introduction on a range of topics related to public defenders and public defense. The whole [...]
As reported in this new AP piece, "President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer and fixer, Michael Cohen, was returned to federal prison Thursday, weeks after his early
release to serve the remainder of his sentence at home because of the coronavirus pandemic, the federal Bureau of Prisons said." Here is more: In a statement to [...]
