Law360 Article on How COVID Has Affected Policing And Incarceration

Pauline Toboulidis | April 7, 2021 | Policing

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected every aspect of the criminal justice system, leading to some positive changes, some missed opportunities and several lessons to be learned, according to criminal justice experts. The Law360 Access to Justice article “How COVID Has...

COVID-19 and the Ruralization of U.S. Criminal Court Systems

Pamela Metzger and Greg Guggenmos | February 4, 2021 | Sentencing

This article was originally published by The University of Chicago Law Review Online. The following is the introduction. Footnotes have been omitted.  The COVID-19 pandemic is imposing typically rural practice constraints on the United States’ urban and suburban...

Law360 Article on Prosecution’s Role in Correcting Wrongful Convictions

Lauren Klosinski | June 8, 2020 | Sentencing

The article “Mo. Exoneration Bid Tests Limits Of Prosecutorial Power” tells the story of Lamar Johnson, who was convicted of murder in Missouri in 1995. However, both Johnson and St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner agree he did not actually commit the...

The Prison Reform Bill’s Implementation Will Be Tricky

Brandon Garrett | January 4, 2019 | Sentencing

Recent Slate article by Brandon L. Garrett discusses the implementation of The First Step Act, the federal prison reform bill recently signed into law by President Donald Trump. The statute embraced two main types of interventions designed to reduce federal reliance...

Judicious Imprisonment: Does Current Sentencing for Non-Violent Offenses Promote Political Legitimacy?

Gregory Jay Hall | October 25, 2018 | Sentencing

Abstract Starting August 21, 2018, Americans incarcerated across the United States have been striking back — non-violently. Inmates with jobs are protesting slave-like wages through worker strikes and sit-ins. Inmates also call for an end to racial disparities and an...