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May 06, 2021 The Marshall Project

They Are Terminally Ill. States Want to Execute Them Anyway.

Areas of Study: Criminal Justice
Topics: Bernard E. Harcourt; Columbia Center for Contemporary Critical Thought; Centers and Programs

Featured Faculty: Bernard E. Harcourt Isidor and Seville Sulzbacher Professor of Law

May 01, 2021 Vox

Why They’re Not Saying Ma’khia Bryant’s Name

Areas of Study: Criminal Justice; Family, Gender, and Sexuality
Topics: Kimberle W. Crenshaw; Center for Intersectionality and Social Policy Studies; Centers and Programs

Featured Faculty: Kimberle W. Crenshaw Isidor and Seville Sulzbacher Professor of Law

April 15, 2021 The New York Times

Police Officers Shouldn’t Be the Ones to Enforce Traffic Laws

Areas of Study: Constitutional Law; Criminal Justice; Legal History
Topics: Sarah A. Seo

Featured Faculty: Sarah A. Seo Michael I. Sovern Professor of Law

March 29, 2021 Clifford Chance

Center for Institutional and Social Change Wins 2021 Racial Justice Award From Clifford Chance

Areas of Study: Constitutional Law; Criminal Justice; Leadership; Social Justice and Human Rights
Topics: Susan Sturm; Centers and Programs; Center for Institutional and Social Change

Featured Faculty: Susan P. Sturm George M. Jaffin Professor of Law and Social Responsibility

March 26, 2021 Courthouse News Service

Historic California Supreme Court Bail Ruling Leaves Pretrial Detention Question Unanswered

Areas of Study: Constitutional Law; Criminal Justice; Social Justice and Human Rights
Topics: Kellen R. Funk

Featured Faculty: Kellen R. Funk Michael E. Patterson Professor of Law

March 11, 2021 USA Today

Breonna Taylor and Hundreds of Black Women Have Died at the Hands of Police. The Movement to Say Their Names Is Growing.

Areas of Study: Criminal Justice; Social Justice and Human Rights
Topics: Kimberle W. Crenshaw

Featured Faculty: Kimberle W. Crenshaw Isidor and Seville Sulzbacher Professor of Law

March 11, 2021 The Connecticut Mirror

Connecticut’s Sole Supermax Prison Is Closing. What’s Next for Those Who Used to Be on Death Row?

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Areas of Study: Criminal Justice
Topics: Brett Dignam; Clinics; Challenging the Consequences of Mass Incarceration Clinic

Featured Faculty: Brett Dignam Clinical Professor Emerita of Law

March 03, 2021 The Texas Tribune

Harris County Got Rid of Cash Bail for Many People Accused of Minor Crimes. GOP Lawmakers Want to Walk That Back.

Areas of Study: Constitutional Law; Criminal Justice
Topics: Kellen R. Funk

Featured Faculty: Kellen R. Funk Michael E. Patterson Professor of Law

February 11, 2021 Science Magazine

Landmark Study of 7,000 Chicago Police Shows Nonwhite Officers Make Fewer Stops, Use Less Force

Areas of Study: Constitutional Law; Criminal Justice
Topics: Jeffrey A. Fagan

Featured Faculty: Jeffrey A. Fagan Isidor and Seville Sulzbacher Professor of Law

January 07, 2021 The Daily Appeal

‘Hand of One, Hand of All’: 50 Years for a Teen Who Didn’t Pull the Trigger

Areas of Study: Constitutional Law; Criminal Justice
Topics: Elizabeth Scott

Featured Faculty: Elizabeth Scott Harold R. Medina Professor Emerita of Procedural Jurisprudence