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Justice Commentaries
DEATH, BUT IS IT MURDER? THE ROLE OF STEREOTYPES AND CULTURAL PERCEPTIONS IN THE WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS OF WOMEN
Andrea L. LewisSara L. Sommervold
This article promotes further study of the wrongful convictions of women and make policy recommendations to reduce those wrongful convictions.
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THE POTENTIAL IMPACTOF RAPE CULTURE ON JUROR DECISION MAKING: IMPLICATIONS FOR WRONGFUL ACQUITTALS IN SEXUAL ASSAULT TRIALS
Meagen M. HildebrandCynthia J. Najdowski
This article discusses the concept of rape culture and explains the psychological process by which rape culture might influence juror decision making in sexual assault trials.
This essay introduces the six articles that follow in this collection and assesses what they say about the contemporary state of research in public defense generally.
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THE ABA “TEN PRINCIPLES OF A PUBLIC DEFENSE DELIVERY SYSTEM”: HOW CLOSE ARE WE TO BEING ABLE TO PUT THEM INTO PRACTICE?
Caroline S. Cooper
This essay recounts public defense providers assessing both their ability to adhere to the Ten Principles as well as the day-to-day impediments they are dealing with.
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THE MEASURE OF GOOD LAWYERING: EVALUATING HOLISTIC DEFENSE IN PRACTICE
Cynthia G. LeeBrian J. OstromMatthew Kleiman
This article seeks to reconcile the competing definitions of holistic defense and to develop a unified framework for empirically evaluating holistic defense.