It has now become common, at least among progressive criminal justice scholars, to argue
that the criminal justice system could be fixed-or at least greatly improved-if we simply …

This Article makes two contributions to the fields of policing and criminal legal scholarship.
First, it sounds a cautionary note about the use of individual prosecutions to remedy police …

Police officers regularly serve as government witnesses in criminal cases. In recent years,
they have also increasingly found themselves as defendants facing criminal charges, civil …

As President Trump seeks to undermine the investigation into his campaign's ties to Russia,
it is hard to ignore echoes of the Nixon Administration. When Trump fired FBI director James …

American prosecutors are conventionally understood as having two different roles. They
seek conviction and punishment as adversary advocates, and they also ensure the system's …

Generations of scholars have failed to arrive at a unifying theory of prosecution, one that
explains the complex role that prosecutors play in our democratic system. This Article draws …

Prosecutors' discretionary decisions have enormous impact on individuals and communities.
Often, prosecutors exercise their vast power and discretion in questionable ways. This …

Despite a growing body of literature documenting work stress among employees in various
fields, there is a dearth of research that explicitly assesses the impact of different aspects of …

Prosecutors regard themselves as public servants who fight crime and increase community
safety on behalf of their constituents. But prosecutors do not only seek to protect those they …

We understand that excessive misdemeanor arrests and convictions disrupt family dynamics
and social networks, limit or preclude access to quality jobs, and prevent otherwise eligible …