Driving Systemic Change to Prevent Domestic Violence Fatalities
The Quattrone Center and the City of San Francisco have released a report recommending policies and procedures to reduce domestic violence-related fatalities.
Ending Mass Incarceration
At Slate, Seema Saifee, Quattrone Center Research Fellow, explores how incarcerated individuals have contributed to the conversation on reducing incarceration and crime.
Leading the Process for Systemic Policing Change
The Quattrone Center has released of the final set of recommendations from a Sentinel Event Review (SER) of incidents during protests following the murder of George Floyd.
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.
Sentinel Event Review of Police Response to 2020 Protests in Seattle
The Wave 2 report continues the work of the Sentinel Event Review (SER) Panel, a group of community members and officers of the Seattle Police Department (SPD) who are conducting an in-depth analysis of the protests that occurred in Seattle in the summer of 2020 in response to the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police.
Quattrone Center’s review of prosecutorial misconduct claims finds a lack of transparency and accountability throughout the Pennsylvania criminal justice system
“Hidden Hazards” details the findings of the Center’s review of 4,644 opinions issued between 2000 and 2016 containing 7,207 separate claims of prosecutorial misconduct. Quattrone researchers found two categories of misconduct responsible for over half of the claims identified in the study: improper withholding of exculpatory evidence by prosecutors and improper comments made by prosecutors during closing arguments.
“In your own words, how certain are you?” Post-identification feedback distorts verbal and numeric expressions of eyewitness confidence
After making a lineup identification, eyewitnesses remember being more confident in their identification and having a better view of the initial crime if they are told they correctly identified the suspect compared to witnesses not given this feedback.
A Formulaic Recitation Will Not Do: Why the Federal Rules Demand More Detail in Criminal Pleading
When a plaintiff files a civil lawsuit in federal court, her complaint must satisfy certain minimum standards. Specifically, under the prevailing understanding of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 8(a), a complaint must plead sufficient factual matter to state a claim to relief that is plausible on its face, rather than mere conclusory statements.
Qualifying Prosecutorial Immunity Through Brady Claims
This article forthcoming in the Iowa Law Review improve incentives for prosecutors to avoid Brady violations and provide redress to victims of prosecutorial misconduct who currently lack access to justice. This works was conducted in conjunction with the UC-Berkeley Civil Justice Research Initiative.