American Criminal Law Review articles from September 1999

American Criminal Law Review archives from September 1999

Egelhoff again.(criminal intent)
September 22, 1999... "I was pretty out of it... I was there, but I really wasn't there." Louis Ceparano of Elk Creek, West Virginia, about his role in dousing a black companion with gasoline, setting him afire, and beheading him, after a night of...

Mandatory minimums in drug sentencing: a valuable weapon in the war on drugs or a handcuff on judicial discretion?(Panel Discussion)
September 22, 1999... Judge Stanley Sporkin v. Congressman Asa Hutchinson Moderated by Ms. Cokie Roberts March 2, 1999 Georgetown University Law Center CHRISTOPHER ANZIDEI: On behalf of the American Criminal Law Review I'd like to welcome you to...

Breaking out of "custody": a feminist voice in constitutional criminal procedure.
September 22, 1999... I. INTRODUCTION Voluminous literature has been written in an attempt to understand and construe the law of constitutional criminal procedure in general and the Fifth Amendment's privilege against self-incrimination in particular. This...

Stranger and nonstranger rape: one crime, one penalty.(response to article by Susan Estrich, Yale Law Journal, vol. 95, p. 1087, 1986)
September 22, 1999... I. INTRODUCTION In her article, Rape, Susan Estrich identifies two types of rape: "traditional" rape (a violent rape committed by a stranger) and "nontraditional" rape (a less violent rape committed by an acquaintance of the victim).(1)...

Alien defendants in criminal proceedings: justice shrugs.
September 22, 1999... I. INTRODUCTION The representation of an alien defendant in criminal proceedings poses difficult challenges for the defense attorney. At every stage, the defender must guard against prejudice from cultural differences, mistakes and...

Guided to injustice? The effect of the Sentencing Guidelines on indigent defendants and public defense.
September 22, 1999... "The effect of all system is apt to be petrification of the subject systematized."(1) I. INTRODUCTION A popular prison joke among inmates is that no one really committed the crime they are serving time for; they are there because their...