The conventional narrative relates that the Civil Rights Movement demanded an end to racial discrimination in the criminal justice system, and that the Supreme Court responded with an array of constitutional protections that form the basis of our modern system of criminal procedure. But curiously, ...
MARYLANDLAWREVIEWVOLUME722013NUMBER3©CopyrightMarylandLawReview2013ArticlesFUNDAMENTALUNFAIRNESS:INREGAULTANDTHEROADNOTTAKENROBINWALKERSTERLING*ABSTRACTThedataareshockingandfamiliar.Agrosslydisproportionatenumberofyouthinthejuvenilejusticesystemarechildrenofcolor,andblackyouth,atonlysixteenpercentofthepopulation,arethe...
2) Implicit bias in bond and bail setting in district courts. 3) The importation of racial and gender bias from other professions into the legal system by expert witness testimony. Over two days, the symposium will seek to address the major themes of procedural injustice and bias, and is ac...