Misdemeanor Appeals

This is an interesting article on oversight of misdemeanor arrests.

Abstract

Misdemeanor cases affect far more people than felony cases, outnumbering felony cases by more than three to one. Yet very little empirical information exists on many aspects of misdemeanor prosecutions. This Article provides the first quantitative look at appellate review in misdemeanor cases, nationwide. It uses data drawn from a random sample of direct criminal appeals decided by every state appellate court in the nation, unpublished aggregate data on misdemeanor trial court cases provided by the Court Statistics Project, and published state court statistics.

King, Nancy J. and Heise, Michael, Misdemeanor Appeals (February 15, 2019). Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 19-14. Available at SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3351217

Grits for Breakfast: Podcast: Ranking the greatest American prison songs, a crowd-sourced exoneration out of Tyler, and other stories

Grits for Breakfast: Podcast: Ranking the greatest American prison songs, a crowd-sourced exoneration out of Tyler, and other stories
— Read on gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2019/08/podcast-ranking-greatest-american.html

Did Arizona Send an Innocent Man to Death Row?

What Happened to Rachel Gray 5 part series.

Death sentence A 4-year-old girl was killed in Tucson. Before the medical examiner had even determined a cause of death, Barry Jones became the sole suspect.
— Read on theintercept.com/2017/10/23/barry-jones-arizona-death-row-rachel-gray/

The Case for Mass Incarceration

This is a 1992 report when Mr. Barr was Attorney General. www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/Digitization/139583NCJRS.pdf

Attorney General William P. Barr Delivers Remarks at the Grand Lodge Fraternal Order of Police’s 64th National Biennial Conference | OPA | Department of Justice

Attorney General William P. Barr Delivers Remarks at the Grand Lodge Fraternal Order of Police’s 64th National Biennial Conference | OPA | Department of Justice
— Read on www.justice.gov/opa/speech/attorney-general-william-p-barr-delivers-remarks-grand-lodge-fraternal-order-polices-64th

Learning to Build Police-Community Trust | Urban Institute

New publication from the Urban Institute.

Learning to Build Police-Community Trust | Urban Institute
— Read on www.urban.org/research/publication/learning-build-police-community-trust

Get a .pdf version of the report HERE

How America talks about police violence five years after Michael Brown – Vox

Brown’s death made America more aware of police violence. But police reform is still a work in progress.
— Read on www.vox.com/identities/2019/8/9/20798921/michael-brown-ferguson-uprising-police-violence-reform

Trade secrets vs. due process | Modern Policing

This article discusses the conflict that arises when evidence against a defendant is rooted in privately developed technology or software. Examples include probabilistic DNA typing, algorithms, breathalyzers, and stingray cell-site simulators. Defense efforts to challenge the validity of evidence derived from these technologies are often stymied by refusals to reveal key details about how they…
— Read on gcordner.wordpress.com/2019/08/05/trade-secrets-vs-due-process/

SF Homeless Project: 24 hours inside the city’s crisis

One day, one city, no relief: To capture San Francisco’s homeless crisis, we sent dozens of journalists onto the streets for 24 hours straight. Here’s what they found.
— Read on projects.sfchronicle.com/sf-homeless/24-hours-homelessness/