Entries tagged with “Brandon Garrett”
Policy Issues
Prosecutorial Accountability
,Jun 29, 2023
Prosecutorial Misconduct and Brady Claims Closely Examined in Forthcoming Article
A forthcoming law review article tackles big questions about prosecutorial misconduct. The Brady Database focuses on the principle stated in the 1963 U.S. Supreme Court case Brady v. Maryland: that the government’s withholding of evidence that is material to the determination of either guilt or punishment of a criminal defendant violates the defendant’s constitutional right to due process. While the article focuses on Brady claims in criminal law generally, these claims…
Policy Issues
Arbitrariness
,Race
,Apr 14, 2023
LAW REVIEWS — Collection of Articles on the Death Penalty from Leading Scholars
The following law review articles by several key death penalty researchers were recently published in 107 Cornell Law Review, No. 6, September, 2022. They cover a variety of issues, such as the interplay between race and capital punishment, the history of the death penalty, the federal death penalty, sentencing trends, and the federal court’s role in capital…