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Buck v. Bell: The Supreme Court’s Reckoning with Race and Capital Punishment

by Joseph Payne | Mar 20, 2017 | Blog Posts, Uncategorized

Chijindu Obiofuma, Columbia Law School Class of 2018 This past week, the Supreme Court handed down their decision Buck v. Davis[1]. Although, for many in the circles of social justice and capital reform, the decision was uncontroversial, it was by no means inevitable....

Staffer blog: Fundamental Fairness in Criminal Convictions Through Incorporation of the Sixth Amendment

by Joseph Payne | Mar 3, 2017 | Blog Posts, Uncategorized

Patricia Okonta, Columbia Law School Class of 2018 Just over a week ago, a public defender asked a judge in Louisiana’s Orleans Parish to strike down a provision of the state’s constitution that allows for non-unanimous jury verdicts to result in felony...

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