Criminalizing China
Criminalizing China The Department of Justice launched the China Initiative in November 2018 to counter national security threats emanating from the People’s Republic of China (PRC). By June 2020, the…
Unshackling Plea Bargaining from Racial Bias
Unshackling Plea Bargaining from Racial Bias “History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, if faced with courage, need not be lived again.” Dr. Maya Angelou When an African American…
Progressive Prosecution in a Pandemic
Progressive Prosecution in a Pandemic Read the syndicated article here
Prosecutors and their State and Local Polities
Prosecutors and their State and Local Polities Prosecutors routinely decline to file charges in individual cases; sometimes they also announce general policies about declinations that apply prospectively to entire categories…
Rural Spaces, Communities of Color, and the Progressive Prosecutor
Rural Spaces, Communities of Color, and the Progressive Prosecutor The concept of the progressive prosecutor has captured the attention of many newspapers, media outlets, district attorney candidates, legal scholars, and…
Race, Reform, & Progressive Prosecution
Race, Reform, & Progressive Prosecution The progressive prosecution movement is one of the most recent efforts to reform the United States criminal justice system. In this Article, I analyze two…
When Prosecutors Politick: Progressive Law Enforcers Then and Now
When Prosecutors Politick: Progressive Law Enforcers Then and Now A new and recognizable group of reform-minded prosecutors has assumed the mantle of progressive prosecution. The term is hard to define…
Expanding the Reach of Progressive Prosecution
Expanding the Reach of Progressive Prosecution Read the syndicated article here
Federal Detention and “Wild Facts” During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Federal Detention and “Wild Facts” During the COVID-19 Pandemic Read the syndicated article here
Retroactive Legality: Marijuana Convictions and Restorative Justice in an Era of Criminal Justice Reform
Retroactive Legality: Marijuana Convictions and Restorative Justice in an Era of Criminal Justice Reform The last decade has seen the beginning of a new era in United States criminal justice…
Can You See and Hear Us, Ms. Smith?: Protecting Defendants’ Right to Effective Assistance of Counsel When Using Audio and Video Conferencing in Judicial Proceedings
Can You See and Hear Us, Ms. Smith?: Protecting Defendants’ Right to Effective Assistance of Counsel When Using Audio and Video Conferencing in Judicial Proceedings As new technology is developed…
STEPping into the “Wrong” Neighborhood: A Critique of the People v. Albillar’s Expansion of California Penal Code Section 186.22(a) and a Call to Reexamine the Treatment of Gang Affiliation
STEPping into the “Wrong” Neighborhood: A Critique of the People v. Albillar’s Expansion of California Penal Code Section (a) and a Call to Reexamine the Treatment of Gang Affiliation Since…