Brandon Garrett, Travis Seale-Carlisle, Karima Modjadidi and Kristen Renberg | November 12, 2020 | Sentencing
Brandon L. Garrett, Travis Seale-Carlisle, Karima Modjadidi, and Kristen Renberg of Duke University School of Law have posted “Life Without Parole Sentencing in North Carolina” (North Carolina Law Review, Forthcoming) on SSRN. Here’s the abstract:What explains the...
Margaret Love and David Schlussel | October 23, 2020 | Sentencing
We are pleased to release a new report describing the present landscape of laws in the United States aimed at restoring rights and opportunities after an arrest or conviction. This report, titled The Many Roads to Reintegration, is an update and refresh of our...
Student Training & Education in Public Service (STEPS) | October 6, 2020 | Sentencing
Facts:2.3 million prisoners: That is how many Americans are currently incarcerated, but that’s’ not the whole picture. Americans “go to jail” 10.6 million times a year.#1 in the world: With only 5% of the world’s population, America holds ¼ of the world’s incarcerated...
Andrew Sheeler | February 4, 2020 | Children and the Law, Sentencing
This article was originally published by The Sacramento Bee on Jan. 28, 2020. The following is an excerpt. A California lawmaker argues that 18- and 19-year-olds aren’t mature enough to do prison time if they break the law, and so she has submitted a bill that would...
The Third Circuit Task Force on Eyewitness Identifications | January 21, 2020 | Policing
The following is from The Introduction, Part A of the Identification Report. This Report was originally published by the Temple Law Review (citations omitted). I. INTRODUCTIONA. Preface: The Creation, Composition, and Purview of the Task Force The Third Circuit Task...
