The Orange County Register quoted Professor Lawrence Rosenthal in an article about a young Orange County resident’s recent murder charge and his history of unchecked low-level offenses. “Low-level offenders frequently escape meaningful punishment until they kill somebody or do some other horrific act,” said Professor Rosenthal. “The message they get sent is that they’re getting
Professor Ron Steiner’s latest article, “The Rise and Fall of the Miranda Warnings in Popular Culture,” will be published in the Cleveland State Law Review. It follows the observation that Miranda warnings may not be as ubiquitous in popular culture as they were when the U.S. Supreme Court decided Dickerson v. United States in 2000,
A Chapman student team made the final four at the ABA Criminal Justice Trial Advocacy Competition in Chicago. In the invitation-only competition involving 22 teams from around the country, Jess Travis, Jeremy Jass, John Bishop, and Alex Khoury made a strong team.
On December 3, 2010, The Los Angeles Daily Journal published communications director and adjunct professor David Finley’s article, entitled, “California’s Jury Policy Raises Serious Questions about Juror Privacy in the Courtroom.” The front page piece described potential problems with juror privacy, especially in criminal cases with self-represented defendants. Professor Finley’s concerns came to light during
The Boston Globe quoted Professor Katherine Darmer in a piece entitled, “Clemens Indicted For Drug Denials,” about the strength of the perjury charges against ex Red Sox star, Roger Clemens. Professor Darmer, a former federal prosecutor in New York who specialized in public corruption cases, commented that perjury cases can be difficult even when the
Professor Rosenthal has published “Second Thoughts on Damages for Wrongful Convictions” in the Chicago-Kent Law Review as part of a symposium on criminal procedure in which scholars from around the country were invited to give their views on pressing issues in the administration of criminal justice.
Dr. Wolfgang Form of the University of Marburg in Germany spoke at Chapman University School of Law about water boarding and its use in World War II as an interrogation technique on American POW. Dr. Wolfgang is the director of the world’s top research center on war crimes. Read the Orange County Register article here.
Dean Eastman was quote in an article in the Chicago Tribune, entitled “Death penalty: Is 2nd try at lethal injection too cruel?” The article discussed the specific case of Romell Broom, the recipient of 2.5 hours of failed injection execution attempts. Dean Eastman questioned whether the Supreme Court would conclude that the experience rose to
The Journal of Criminal Justice’s symposium on “Specialty Courts in Criminal Justice: Challenges and Opportunities” was the subject of a Los Angeles Daily Journal article entitled, “All Pros, No Cons for Innovative Specialty Courts at Symposium.” The symposium explored the unique challenges and opportunities of “specialty courts” such as drug courts, DUI courts, mental health
Professor Michael Bazyler had a speaking engagement in Germany for the International Research and Documentation Center for War Crimes Trials on the topic of “Litigating Holocaust Restitution Claims in American Courts: Lessons and Legacies.”