Fewer Stays, Fewer Days
In 2019, the Harvard Law Review published a quantitative study by researchers from the RAND Corporation and the Law School’s Quattrone Center entitled “The Effects of Holistic Defense on Criminal Justice Outcomes.”
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On, Not Off: Utility Affordability
Customer assistance programs (CAPs), as well as other regulatory measures mandated by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission that reflect the goals of universal service, are intended to maintain the affordability of essential gas and electricity service for low-income Pennsylvanians.
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It’s Time to Right the Wrong
Pennsylvania does not compensate innocent persons who are exonerated after being convicted and incarcerated for crimes they did not commit. This video makes the case for a compensation statute for exonerees.
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Only “Good Victims” Need Apply: “Tales of the Grim Sleeper” and Poor Black Women in Crack Culture
The story of a serial killer who took advantage of crack culture to prey on black women can tell us much about what is wrong with the notion of “the good victim.”
“Last Day of Freedom”: Bill Babbitt’s Struggle with the Stigma of Being the Brother of a Murderer
How does a brother cope with the shame, guilt, regret, and anger of being the relative of a mentally-ill ex-Marine who committed a murder, but should not have been executed for it?
Prison Portraits: Photographic Self-Representation in an Image Desert
As the Docs Program undertakes visual work on behalf of lifers incarcerated for decades because they are ineligible for parole, we confront a ban on photographing and filming in prisons. Prison Portraits may be useful in providing not only a way to deal with the ban, but also an argument why it is wrong.
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Only “Good Victims” Need Apply: “Tales of the Grim Sleeper” and Poor Black Women in Crack Culture
The story of a serial killer who took advantage of crack culture to prey on black women can tell us much about what is wrong with the notion of “the good victim.”
Learn More“Last Day of Freedom”: Bill Babbitt’s Struggle with the Stigma of Being the Brother of a Murderer
How does a brother cope with the shame, guilt, regret, and anger of being the relative of a mentally-ill ex-Marine who committed a murder, but should not have been executed for it?
Learn MorePrison Portraits: Photographic Self-Representation in an Image Desert
As the Docs Program undertakes visual work on behalf of lifers incarcerated for decades because they are ineligible for parole, we confront a ban on photographing and filming in prisons. Prison Portraits may be useful in providing not only a way to deal with the ban, but also an argument why it is wrong.
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Regina Austin
Tel: 215.898.5185
William A. Schnader Professor
Director, Penn Program on Documentaries & the Law
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
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Philadelphia, PA 19104-6204
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