The title of this post is the title of this notable new article now available via SSRN authored by Sandra Mayson and Megan Stevenson. Here is its abstract: Recent scholarship
has underlined the importance of criminal misdemeanor law enforcement, including the impact of public-order policing on communities of color, the collateral consequences [...]
Issue summaries are from ScotusBlog, which also links to papers: Tuesday Rehaif v. U.S.: Whether the “knowingly” provision of 18 U.S.C. § 924(a)(2) applies to both the
possession and status elements of a § 922(g) crime, or whether it applies... [...]
are here. The usual disclaimers apply. Rank Paper Downloads 1. Evaluating the Impacts of Eliminating Prosecutorial Requests for Cash Bail Aurelie Ouss and Megan T. Stevenson
University of Pennsylvania and George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School, Faculty Date... [...]
The New York Times magazine has this week's must read under the headline "Is Prison Necessary? Ruth Wilson Gilmore Might Change Your Mind." The piece is a profile of a noted
prison abolitionist along with a broader discussion of prison history and prison abolitionism. I heartily recommend the terrific lengthy piece in full, and here [...]
Alex Kornya, Danica Rodarmel, Brian Highsmith, Mel Gonzalez and Ted Mermin (Iowa Legal Aid, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights, National Consumer Law Center, Make the Road
New York and University of California, Berkeley - School of Law) have posted Crimsumerism:... [...]
Matthew Caulfield and William S. Laufer (University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School and University of Pennsylvania - Legal Studies Department) have posted The Promise of
Corporate Character Theory (Iowa Law Review, Vol. 103, 2018) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:... [...]
Oren Gazal-Ayal and Julian V. Roberts (University of Haifa - Faculty of Law and University of Oxford - Centre for Criminology) have posted Foreword: Alternatives to Imprisonment
- Recent International Developments (Law and Contemporary Problems, Vol. 82, No. 1, 2019)... [...]
Shawn Fields (Campbell University - Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law) has posted Weaponized Racial Fear (Tulane Law Review, Forthcoming) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Irrational
fear of people of color has shaped the American criminal justice system since... [...]
Nevine Emmanuel and Oren Gazal-Ayal (University of Haifa, Faculty of Law and University of Haifa - Faculty of Law) have posted Suspended Sentences and Service Labor in Israel
– From Alternatives to Imprisonment to Net Widening (Law and Contemporary Problems,... [...]
The title of this post is the title of this interesting new empirical paper now on SSRN authored by David Abrams, Roberto Galbiati, Emeric Henry and Arnaud Philippe. Here is
its abstract: In this paper, we show that sentencing norms vary widely even across geographically close units. By examining North Carolina's unique judicial rotation [...]
