Model law proposes automatic expungement of non-conviction records
In recent decades, criminal records have become widely available as a result of digitized records systems and a new commerce in background screening and data aggregation.
View ArticleMaking Drunk Sex a Crime: Why a New Push to ‘Close a Loophole’ Would Actually...
As part of this year’s state of the state agenda, Gov. Cuomo announced sweeping changes to the criminal laws governing intoxicated sex. He has not characterized these reforms as radical but as merely...
View ArticleJudges’ Insight into the Task of Sentencing
Members of the judiciary recently shared their thoughts on the challenge of sentencing in an article for The National Law Journal.
View ArticleBeyond Bail
This Article argues that the reduction or eradication of money bail alone has not and will not ensure a fair and unbiased system of pretrial detention, nor will it ensure that poor and marginal...
View ArticleProsecutors and Mass Incarceration
It has long been postulated that America’s mass incarceration phenomenon is driven by increased drug arrests, draconian sentencing, and the growth of a prison industry. Yet among the major...
View ArticleArizona Supreme Court Rejects Eighth Amendment Claims by Juvenile Offenders...
On Friday, [Oct. 9] the Supreme Court of Arizona handed down a unanimous rejection of claims by multiple juvenile offenders subject to de facto life sentences for multiple sentences in Arizona v....
View ArticleLife Without Parole Sentencing in North Carolina
What explains the puzzle of life without parole (LWOP) sentencing in the United States? In the past two decades, LWOP sentences have reached record highs, with over 50,000 prisoners serving LWOP. Yet...
View ArticleNew NJ Criminal Justice Data Law Could Spur Reforms Elsewhere
On Nov. 9, Gov. Phil Murphy signed into law a bill calling on New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal to set up a program to collect and record data on defendants age 18 or older. The data...
View ArticleThe Death Penalty and the Misleading Concept of ‘Closure’
Susan A. Bandes of DePaul University College of Law published "The Death Penalty and the Misleading Concept of ‘Closure’" on The Crime Report.
View ArticleUsing the Corporate Prosecution and Sentencing Model for Individuals: The...
This essay explores the different approaches the Department of Justice and Sentencing Commission have taken to individual and corporate defendants and explain why aspects of the corporate model should...
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