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Wrongful Incarceration
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Sentencing Law and Policy
“Bar None? Prisoners’ Rights in the Modern Age”
Main November 1, 2015"Bar None? Prisoners' Rights in the Modern Age"The title of this post is the title of this notable paper by Daniel Medwed available via SSRN. Here is…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Lots of good (old and new) media analysis of modern crime and punishment
Main October 27, 2015Lots of good (old and new) media analysis of modern crime and punishmentI am on the road much of the next few weeks, and it often seems…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Lots and lots of good reads fromThe Atlantic,Reason, andSlate
Main October 1, 2015Lots and lots of good reads from The Atlantic, Reason, and SlateBusy times on a number of fronts has prevented me from highlighting a number of recent…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Why is it so Hard for Wrongfully Convicted Women to Get Justice?
By Tracy Thomas
Why is it so Hard for Wrongfully Convicted Women to Get Justice?During their nearly 30 combined years at the Center on Wrongful Convictions at Northwestern University Law School, the two lawyers have…
Legal Profession Blog
Battle Joined In North Carolina Litigation
An answer denying any ethical misconduct has been filed in the second of two cases brought against a North Carolina attorney in connection with her successful efforts to free an…
Sentencing Law and Policy
New talk of abolishing the death penalty in Ohio spurred by pro-life conservative
Main July 16, 2015New talk of abolishing the death penalty in Ohio spurred by pro-life conservativeAs reported in this local piece, headlined "Renewed Effort Underway To Abolish Ohio's Death Penalty,"…
The Faculty Lounge
The Origins of the Innocence Project
Eric S. Lander, a scientist on the Human Genome Project and professor at Harvard, gave a moving speech on The Moth Radio Hour's segment on "Why I teach" this past…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Notable new study on 56 failed capital cases in North Carolina over past 25 years
Main June 22, 2015Notable new study on 56 failed capital cases in North Carolina over past 25 years As detailed in this local article, headlined "Report: NC prosecutors sometimes push…
Legal Profession Blog
Attorney’s Efforts Free Innocent Man; State Bar Files Ethics Charges Over Water Bottle
The North Carolina State Bar's war on criminal defense counsel continues with these charges filed against the Executive Director and legal counsel to the North Carolina Center for Actual Innocence in Durham.The…
Legislation Law Prof Blog
Two new articles on factors that influence the enactment of model laws
By COWS
This post was written by Nate Ela, of COWSTo wrap up this week’s posts on the model law as a mode of governance, let’s look at a couple recent articles…