The title of this post is the title of this notable new empirical paper authored by Scott Phillips and Justin Marceau now available via SSRN. Here is its abstract: Through
original quantitative research we show that persons convicted of killing a white victim and sentenced to death are more likely to be executed than persons convicted [...]
are here. The usual disclaimers apply. Rank Paper Downloads 1. How to Fix Legal Scholarmush Adam J. Kolber Brooklyn Law School Date Posted: 16 Jul 2019 130 2. Public Perceptions
of Plea Bargaining Thea Johnson University of Maine School of... [...]
Last fall, the Washington Supreme Court showed its willingness to strike down various extreme sentences when it concluded the state's death penalty administration was so arbitrary
as to be violative of the state constitution, and soon thereafter in a distinct ruling decided to categorically bar the imposition of a juvenile life without parole [...]
are here. The usual disclaimers apply. Rank Paper Downloads 1. Measuring Algorithmic Fairness Deborah Hellman University of Virginia School of Law Date Posted: 16 Jul 2019
317 2. Confirmation Bias and Other Systemic Causes of Wrongful Convictions: A Sentinel Events... [...]
As reported here, this week started with Attorney General William Barr announcing the appointment Dr. Kathleen Hawk Sawyer as the Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons
and Dr. Thomas R. Kane as the Deputy Director. Perhaps unsurprisingly, this development has prompted some folks to share advice on how federal prison system could [...]
Tyrone Kirchengast (The University of Sydney Law School) has posted Enforceable Rights for Victims of Crime in Adversarial Justice (Revista de Victimologia / Journal of Victimology,
3, 11-42) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: The response to calls for the... [...]
As reported in this AP piece, "Gary Ray Bowles, a serial killer who preyed on older gay men during an eight-month spree that left six dead, was executed by lethal injection
Thursday at Florida State Prison." Here is more: Bowles received the death penalty for the November 1994 murder of Walter Hinton in Jacksonville Beach. [...]
Andrew Dyer (The University of Sydney Law School) has posted Mistakes That Negate Apparent Consent (Criminal Law Journal, 43, 2019, pp. 159 - 179) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
This article argues that there is a need for the... [...]
A helpful reader made sure I saw the notable concurring opinion of Sixth Circuit Justice Stranch at the end of a panel opinion rejecting a capital defendant's habeas appeal
in Pike v. Gross, No. 16-5854 (6th Cir. Aug. 22, 2019) (available here). Here are the first and last paragraph of Judge Stranch's opinion, which highlight who readers [...]
Claudia M. Landeo and Kathryn E. Spier (University of Alberta - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Law School - Faculty) have posted Optimal Law Enforcement with
Ordered Leniency (The Journal of Law and Economics, Forthcoming) on SSRN. Here... [...]
