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Videotaping Interrogations in Pennsylvania
The Quattrone Center has released “Videotaping Interrogations in Pennsylvania,” the first study to review Pennsylvania interrogation practices.
Quattrone Center Research Fellow Alumnus Charles Eric Hintz published in Seton Hall Law Review: “The Plain Error of Cause and Prejudice”
Recent scholarship has largely ignored the 1982 Supreme Court decisions of United States v. Frady and Engle v. Isaac, that rejected plain error’s applicability to procedural default in federal habeas corpus proceedings—i.e., to claims that should have been, but were not, timely presented at a pre-federal habeas stage. This Article presents the argument that it must now be rethought—especially as we mark the fortieth anniversary of these decisions this year.
Decarceration’s Inside Partners
This Article examines a hidden phenomenon in criminal punishment.
Texas Bail Reform Reduced Jail Time and Crime, New Study Says
Ending cash payments for most low-level offenses is working for Greater Houston, research shows.
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Through its emphasis on data-driven, systemic solutions, the Law School’s Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice has become a national leader in reform efforts.
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The Quattrone Center’s Systems Approach
John F. Hollway C’92, Executive Director of the Quattrone Center, discusses the Center being a world-class policy hub for researching, debating, and framing solutions to the system’s most crucial problems.
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