All Articles tagged violent crime

• Justice Commentaries
  May 28, 2019 EDT
  WHEN A PLEA IS NO BARGAIN AT ALL: COMPARING SENTENCING OUTCOMES FOR MASSACHUSETTS DEFENDANTS IN NON-SEXUAL AND SEXUAL CRIMES
  Annabelle Frazier

  This study addresses gaps in research relating to sexual and violent crime prosecution by following up on Abrams’s conclusion that plea-bargaining does not result in sentence reductions for defendants.

• New York Appeals
  October 12, 2018 EDT
  THE MAYHEM OF WRONGFUL LIBERTY: DOCUMENTING THE CRIMES OF TRUE PERPETRATORS IN CASES OF WRONGFUL INCARCERATION
  Frank R. BaumgartnerAmanda GriggRachelle RamírezJ. Sawyer Lucy

  This paper presents an account of wrongful liberty and a first-of-its-kind documentation of all known crimes of wrongful liberty in a single state, North Carolina.

• General
  May 08, 2009 EDT
  JUDICIAL ACTIVISM AND PROGRESSIVE LEGISLATION: A STEP TOWARDS DECREASING HATE ATTACKS
  Kathleen A. Bantley

  This Article focuses on the impact that judicial decisions and legislative acts increasing the rights of gays and lesbians have on “hate crimes.”