Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

I. INTRODUCTION In Kyles v. Whitley, (1) the Supreme Court granted certiorari to determine whether police misconduct resulted in an innocent man's conviction and death sentence. Kyles claimed that, contrary to the findings of lower courts, the...

INTRODUCTION In Harns v. Alabama, the United States Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the Alabama capital sentencing scheme.(1) Chief among the provisions of the sentencing scheme is that the jury issues an advisory sentence which...

A wiser course than judicial legislation, I submit, is simply to adopt a literal, reasonable construction of the text that Congress drafted.(1) One of the striking features of the criminal law is the accelerating "federalization" of prosecutions....

I. INTRODUCTION In Schlup v. Delo,(1) the United States Supreme Court addressed Lloyd E. Schlup, Jr.'s petition for the federal writ of habeas corpus. Schlup, an inmate on Missouri's deathrow, presented new evidence indicating that he was actually...

I. INTRODUCTION In Vernonia Sch. Dist. 47J v. Acton,(1) the United States Supreme Court addressed whether a school district could impose random and suspicionless urinalysis drug testing on high school student athletes. The Court held that such...

I. Introduction In United States v. Aguilar,(1) the United States Supreme Court ruled on questions regarding the limits of the Omnibus Clause of 18 U.S.C. [sections] 1503,(2) which prohibits a person from endeavoring to obstruct or impede the...