The question in the title of this post is prompted by this Los Angeles Times piece headlined "Kim Kardashian West flexes her prison-reform muscle, taking on death-penalty case."
Here are excerpts: Kim Kardashian West is flexing her criminal justice reform muscles for perhaps the last time before President Trump leaves office, asking that [...]
Albert W. Alschuler (University of Chicago Law School) has posted The Corruption of the Pardon Power: What are the Limits? on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Although our government
is said to be one of checks and balances, the President’s... [...]
Muhammad Kamaldeen Imam-Tamim (University of Ilorin, Faculty of Law, Department of Islamic Law) has posted A Comparative Analysis of Criminal Procedural Systems Under Shari’ah
and Common Law on SSRN. Here is the abstract: The work is a comparative analysis of... [...]
The title of this post is the headline of this new New York Times piece. Here are excerpts: They live in crowded conditions, sharing bathrooms and eating facilities
where social distancing is impossible. They have high rates of asthma, diabetes and heart disease. Many struggle with mental illness. [...]
Long-time readers may recall that I have always been intrigued by the (often overlooked) social science research that suggests lead exposure levels may better account for variations
in crime rates than just about any other single variable. In an number of older posts (linked below), I flagged some articles on this topic, and I have always been [...]
Benjamin Levin (University of Colorado Law School) has posted Decarceration and Default Mental States (Arizona State Law Journal, Forthcoming) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
This Essay, presented at “Guilty Minds: A Virtual Conference on Mens Rea and Criminal Justice... [...]
A day before the calendar makes it official, the Supreme Court starts its December argument sitting this morning. Two cases being heard this week are interesting criminal matters,
and here are the basics thanks to SCOTUSblog: Van Buren v. United States (Nov. 30): Whether a person who is authorized to access information on a computer for certain [...]
John R. Lott and Rujun Wang (US Department of Justice and Crime Prevention Research Center) have posted Concealed Carry Permit Holders Across the United States: 2020 (Report
from the Crime Prevention Research Center, 2020) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:... [...]
Eesha Shrotriya and Shantanu Pachauri (Independent and National Law University, Delhi, Students) have posted A Proposal for a Model Witness Protection Programme: Need and Legal
Ramification (NALSAR Student Law Review, 2020) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: In the criminal... [...]
Right after the election, I blogged a bit (here and here) about some criminal justice reform recommendations from the Biden-Sanders Unity Task Force (available here pp.
56-62). And last week, as explained here, I decided to start a series of posts to spotlight and amplify some recommendations from the CJUTF that ought to be of [...]
