The purpose of our study is to quantify race-based disparate impact and differential treatment at the national level and at the level of individual federal judicial districts. We analyze over one-half million sentencing records publicly available from the United States Sentencing Commission database, ...
The federal court system is essentially a three level system; each level derives its judicial power from Article III of the Constitution. The three levels are the US District Courts, US Courts of Appeals, and US Supreme Court. 6.1 US District Courts The US district courts are the general ...
Citizenship Status and Arrest Patterns for Violent and Narcotic-Related Offenses in Federal Judicial Districts along the U.S./Mexico BorderCitizenshipArrestCriminal immigrantGenderMedia reports routinely reference the drug-related violence in Mexico, linking crime in communities along the Southwest U.S. ...
Venue for Offshore Environmental Crimes: The Seaward Limits of the Federal Judicial DistrictsM. Benjamin Cowan
Federal district courts typically draw jury pools from large, multi-county areas; states from smaller judicial districts; and tribes from reservation communities. The three sovereigns, thus, will look to different "communities" from which to draw their jury pools, and that will often result in ...
Citizenship Status and Arrest Patterns for Violent and Narcotic-Related Offenses in Federal Judicial Districts along the U.S./Mexico BorderCitizenshipArrestCriminal immigrantGenderMedia reports routinely reference the drug-related violence in Mexico, linking crime in communities along the Southwest U.S. ...