Criminal Justice
- Alternate Suspects and the Privilege against Self-Incrimination
- From the chair
- An Unprecedented Verdict: Expanding Parental Liability for Children's Violent Crimes
- From the Chair
- FCPA Under Fire: What Companies Need to Consider After Trump's Executive Order
- A Rare Authentication Failure of a Video
- From the Chair
- Sending Exhibits to the Jury Consistent with Due Process
- CJA Payments Delay Deeply Impacting Defense Practice
- From the Chair
- Privilege and Punishment: How Race and Class Matter in Criminal Court
- Book Review
- Title IX, Punishment, and True Justice for All Students
- Parental Liability in the Era of School Shootings
- Fall Institute Highlights
- The Defend Trade Secrets Act Created Opportunities for Trade-Secrets-Based RICO Litigation, but Not Without Costs
- May a Defense Lawyer Cross-Examine a Former Client?
- The Death Penalty in Retreat
- Front of the House, Back of the House: Race and Inequality in the Lives of Restaurant Workers
- Supreme Court Cases of Interest
- Continuing Problems with Dual-Purpose Witnesses
- The Case for Due Process in Campus Sexual Assault Cases
- Check Mates? What a Client's Direct Payment Can Imply About Expert Witness Services
- Slow Motion Video: New Jersey Speaks
- The Ethics of Buying Silence
- The Legalization of Marijuana and Its Impact on Traffic Safety and Impaired Driving
- From the Chair
- From the Chair
- Midyear Meeting
- AI in Court-It's All About "The Process"
- Cyber Sexual Misconduct: The Evolution of Sexual Privacy Laws and Best Practices for Representing Victims
- Does Science Condone "Eye"-dentifications?
- From the Chair
- Gait: How Video of a Criminal Can Acquit or Convict
- Is "Manner of Death" More or Less "Science" Than "Cause of Death"?
- The Legal Profession's Duty to Hold Attorney General Pam Bondi Accountable
- Katz or Dogs? Why the Katz Reasonable Expectation of Privacy Test Is More Applicable to Advancing Technology than a Test Applied to Dog Sniffs
- Achieving Debt-Free Justice: Abolishing Fees and Fines in the Juvenile Justice System
- One Toke over the Line-Marijuana and Driving: Constitutionality of State Zero Tolerance and Per Se Laws
- Annual Meeting Highlights
- Warden Ronald McAndrew: An Unlikely Opponent of Capital Punishment
- From the Chair
- Ethics
- #NoRetreat-The Women in Criminal Justice Task Force Takes the Road Less Traveled to the ABA House of Delegates
- Silent Witness Phone Call Identification
- Frustrated Lawyer Seeks Recognition
- From the Chair
- A Review of On Corruption in America: And What Is at Stake
- Inhuman Reason: Predictive Policing Algorithms and the Fourth Amendment
- A Conversation with Peter Neufeld and Barry Scheck
- A Conviction in Jeopardy: The Mysterious Case Against Scott Peterson
- Your Face Is Killing Me (Actually, It May Kill You)
- Considering Face Value: The Complex Legal Implications of Facial Recognition Technology
- Ethics and the Pretrial Release of Police-Involved-Shooting Videos
- A Hate-Crime-Adjacent-Threats Case: The Prosecutor's Perspective
- Pending Amendments to the Federal Rules of Evidence
- Criminal Justice Section Updates
- Recusal's Own Conflict of Interest
- Recent Reads
- Public Defenders Unwittingly Face the Homelessness Crisis
- Recent Reads
- Conspiracy Evidence: Plausible Connections
- A Key Element to Sustaining the Criminal Legal System
- Book Review
- Unseen Scars: How Racism and Trauma Intersect in the Courtroom
- Courtroom Histrionics in Trial Competency Hearings
- Peer Navigators
- From the Chair
- Are Geofence Warrants Headed for Extinction?
- Implied Consent Laws: More Than Meets the Eye
- Data Can Inform Criminal Justice Policy and Keep Communities Safe
- Surreptitious Recordings of Forensic Mental Health Evaluations: "Speak Up, Doctor"
- Professor Charles J. Ogletree Jr.: A Humble Civil Rights Defender and Public Theologian
- Lawyers (in Training) in a Criminologists Court: The Consortium Explores a Multidisciplinary Approach
- Recent Reads
- The Costs of Incarcerating the Elderly
- Do You Want to Know a Secret? Key Variations in State Grand Jury Secrecy Rules and What They Mean for Criminal Defendants
- Sandra Day O'Connor
- Security as a Superstition: The Constitution as a Potential Ritual
- Book Review
- Recent Highlights from the Criminal Justice Section
- Can the "Criminally Insane" Commit a Crime? The Supreme Court and Kahler v. Kansas
- Debunking Five Myths About Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
- Trend in Public Defense: Unionization
- Your State Has a Constitution. Why Not Use It?
- Fourteen Principles and a Path Forward for Plea Bargaining Reform
- Conviction Review Today: The Role of Prosecutors
- Seeking Justice and Solutions in the Opioid Epidemic-The Prosecutor's Role
- The Potential Forfeiture of Attorneys Fees-A Minefield for Defense Attorneys
- The Many Legacies of Sandra Day O'Connor
- Redefining Bias in Criminal Justice
- Underestimate Me. Please
- Winning a Public Corruption Jury Trial Against All Odds
- Recent Reads
- A Husband-and-Wife Espionage Case: The Prosecutor's Perspective
- Potential Collateral Consequences for a Noncitizen with a State Criminal Conviction
- Emerging Adult Justice: America's Recent Attempts to Apply Research to Policies and Practices
- A Crisis Behind Bars: Legal Issues Impacting Transgender People in Prisons
- When Do Misleading Statements Cross the Disciplinary Line?
- Bye-Bye, Res Gestae
- Public Defenders Face New Struggles Amid Changing Political Landscape
- Circumstantial Authentication of Video Evidence
- Whose Side Are You On? Counsel Wants to Know Why Doctors Are Tempering Their Opinions
- Supreme Court Cases of Interest
- Martinez Remains Alive after Shinn v. Ramirez
- Supreme Court Cases of Interest
- Forensic Report Writing and Collateral Records: Hostage Crisis or Due Diligence?
- Bail Fund Co-Optation and the Purpose of Cash Bail
- The Hon. Arthur L. Burnett Sr.- A Conversation with a Legendary Eyewitness to the Civil Rights Movement
- Recent Reads
- From the Chair
- Well, the Times, They Are A-Changin'
- Understanding Prosecutor-Initiated Resentencing: How and Why Prosecutors Are Using a New Tool to Expand Justice
- Preliminary Questions When Assessing Ethical Issues for Criminal Defense Attorneys
- The Evolving Landscape of Sealing and Expungement Statutes
- In Defense of Prosecutors: The ABA Task Force on Prosecutorial Independence
- Clemency in 2024
- In Pursuit of Racial Justice: Strategies to Combat Implicit Racial Bias in the Military Justice System
- Read the Label: What Are the Doctors Really Calling Your Client?
- Forms over Substance? When Criminal Defendants Sign Case-Related Documents
- Advocacy and the Age-Related Mental Health Issues of the Older Client
- Prosecutorial Workload: The Hidden Crisis in Criminal Justice
- Algorithmic Collusion and Criminal Antitrust: A Snapshot of the Current Landscape and Key Compliance Considerations
- Creating a Just Response for Survivors of Trafficking
- The Tyranny Is Not New: Autocratic Legalism's Enduring Grip on the Criminal Legal System
- "What's the Score of the Game before It Starts?" What to Do When Opposing Counsel Asks What Tests Your Expert Will Use
- What Price Victory? Deciding Whether to Raise Competency to Stand Trial
- Brave, Bold, Booked, and Balanced
- Ethical Responsibilities of Standby Counsel
- State AGs Seek to Join Areas of Traditional Federal Enforcement and Companies Seek to Mitigate Resulting Risks
- Expanding the Federal Role in Public Defense-A Question of Priorities
- Just Wait until Your Father Gets Home: The "Interested Adult" and Juvenile Interrogations
- The Ethics of Bring-Your-Own-Case Advocacy Training
- Improper Golden Rule Argument
- Fall Meeting Highlights
- Prosecutor Data: Where Is It Now and Where Is It Going?
- The Differences Between Appointed and Retained Counsel in Criminal Cases
- Hey Alexa... I Take the Fifth
- Heavy Purse: A Law Student's Reflection on the CJS Women in Criminal Justice Task Force's NYC Listening Session
- Amicus Curiae Briefs in Criminal Trial Courts?
- Supreme Court Cases of Interest
- From the Chair
- Supreme Court Cases of Interest
- From the Chair
- (Un)Verified Expert Conclusions
- Shedding Light on the United States Pretrial Services Agency's Pretrial Risk Assessment Tool
- Let the Sunshine in: Open the Doors to Closed Juvenile Sessions
- Renewed Interest in Prosecutor Term Limits
- Overview of the International Guiding Statement on Alternatives to Solitary Confinement
- Military Justice Reform: The Current State of Affairs
- Clearing the Path to Wellness for Black Women Leaders in the Criminal Legal System
- Trial Tactics
- Using the Clean Slate Clearinghouse to Inform Criminal Record Clearance
- Strategic Choices and the Judicial Estoppel Doctrine
- From Sweetie to Sisterhood: A Public Defender's Listening Session Reflection
- An Unusual Use of Character Evidence
- When Warriors Become Healers: Collaborative Defense Is Improving Outcomes for Public Defender Clients, but Can It Also Strengthen a Trial Practice?
- Similar Motive and Former Testimony
- Think of a Viking-At Your Risk
- America's Continuing Experiment with Lethal Injection Executions
- Public Defenders Face Scrutiny for Their Speech. Is It Worth It?
- On Washing Your Hands after Autopsies and Other Radical Notions
- Judicial Recusal and the Duty to Disclose
- Supreme Court Cases of Interest
- From the chair
- From the Chair
- Yates Report
- Internal Investigations Best Practices and Lessons Learned from the Sally Yates Report on Allegations of Abuse in Women's Professional Soccer
- From the Chair
- Protecting the Plea Bargaining Process against Judicial Breaches
- From the Chair
- Supreme Court Cases of Interest
- A Canary in the Coal Mine: Juvenile Records and the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act
- Usual Cruelty: The Complicity of Lawyers in the Criminal Injustice System
- Understanding the Alford Plea
- Sticks and Stones, Slings and Arrows: When Experts Break Each Other's Bones While Making Outrageous Fortunes
- Book Review
- The "Unclear" Right to Expert Assistance
- London White Collar Crime Institute
- Supreme Court Cases of Interest
- Supreme Court Cases of Interest
- Recent DOJ Guidance on Corporate Compliance: What Does That Mean for You?
- Public Defense Reform Continues to Be a Political Wedge Issue
- DOJ, PCAST, and Science
- Algorithmic Collusion
- Recent Section Highlights
- Congress Must Act to Protect Federal Public Defense
- Steps to Uncovering Bias: Talking with Prospective Jurors about Racism
- Practical Steps for Conducting a Corporate Internal Investigation (UK)
- Antitrust Enforcement in Government Procurement: Enforcement Trends at the Five-Year Anniversary of the Antitrust Division's Procurement Collusion Strike Force
- Ethics Penalties for Trump's "Stop the Steal" Lawyers
- The Critical Role of Public Defenders in a Post-Dobbs v. Jackson World
- Dobbs
- Witch Hunt-Buzzwords, Not a Defense
- Words Count—Except Maybe in Forensic Testimony
- Reckoning with the Past Is the Only Way to Achieve a Just Society
- Observing the Forensic Mental Health Examination: When Is Three a Crowd?
- Obligations When Receiving Flat Fees and Other Fees Paid in Advance
- Recent Reads
- Gatekeeping Unreliable Forensic Evidence in Cases of Pregnancy Outcome Criminalization: Good Fences Make Good Neighbors