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1	How Defendant Characteristics Affect Sentencing and Conviction in the US Kuenzli, Payton 01 January 2018 (has links) This research study analyzes whether or not there is any relationship between sentencing and conviction and certain defendant characteristics in the US legal system. In the midst of a time where the nation is strongly divided politically, the topic is often the center of research projects and discussions in academic journals. Specifically, this research explores the 3 characteristics- race, gender, and socioeconomic status. Within this article, multiple case studies from other journals are cited in which research and experiments have suggested that these factors do have influence on both whether or not a defendant gets convicted or for how long the defendant is sentenced. With these cases in mind, we try to test the theory for ourselves in a survey experiment amongst college students. The survey tests cases with instances of academic dishonesty in university with the defendant characteristics being manipulated for race, gender, and socioeconomic status. However, the results were inconclusive of any sort of link between those characteristics and the "sentencing" in the study. US justice system race gender class discrimination conviction sentencing Civil Law Courts Criminal Law Criminal Procedure Judges Law and Economics Law and Gender Law and Race Legal Writing and Research
2	When Society Becomes the Criminal: An Exploration of Society’s Responsibilities to the Wrongfully Convicted Haselkorn, Amelia A 01 January 2016 (has links) This thesis explores how society can and should compensate those who have been wrongfully convicted after they are exonerated and how we can prevent these mistakes from happening to others in the future. It begins by presenting research on the scope of the problem. Then it suggests possible reforms to the U.S. justice system that would minimize the rate of innocent convictions. Lastly, it takes both a philosophical and political look at what just compensation would entail as well as a variety of state compensation laws. Wrongful conviction Compensation Criminal law Habeas corpus US justice system The Innocence Project Constitutional Law Criminal Law Criminology and Criminal Justice Law and Philosophy Law and Race Other Philosophy Political Theory Public Law and Legal Theory

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How Defendant Characteristics Affect Sentencing and Conviction in the US

When Society Becomes the Criminal: An Exploration of Society’s Responsibilities to the Wrongfully Convicted