Criminal Justice Ethics articles from June 1995

Criminal Justice Ethics archives from June 1995

Toward a rational gun policy.(Editorial)
June 22, 1995... Dangerous and abusive uses of firearms have reached epidemic proportions in America. In 1992, gun deaths out-numbered motor vehicle deaths in nine states--including New York--and the District of Columbia. The number of states in which death by...

A policy perspective. (New Jersey)(Megan's Law: Community Notification of the Release of Sex Offenders)
June 22, 1995... On July 29, 1994, Jesse Temmendequas invited seven-year-old Megan Kanka into his home to see his puppy. Once inside, Timmendequas forced Megan into his room, strangled her with a belt, and sexually assaulted her. She died from asphyxiation. Only...

A view from the front line. (New Jersey)(Megan's Law: Community Notification of the Release of Sex Offenders)
June 22, 1995... Try as I might, I have not been able to cast these ruminations in anything remotely resembling scholarly objectivity; the package of legislation known as "Megan's Law" strikes too close to home. Since 1976, I have served as a member of the...

The legal issues. (New Jersey)(Megan's Law: Community Notification of the Release of Sex Offenders)
June 22, 1995... In late 1994 the New Jersey legislature, in response to a public uproar following the death of four young girls who were molested, then killed, by sex offenders, enacted a package of interrelated sex offender statutes, the most important three of...

Prosecutorial ethics under the Reno Rule: authorized by law? (no-contact rule not applying to federal prosecutors)
June 22, 1995... In some future case challenging attorney conduct in the course of a state-court trial, we may need to define with greater precision the weight to be given to recognized canons of ethics... (1) Since at least 1908, state ethics rules have...

The perpetrator as person: theological reflections on the just war tradition and the use of force by police.
June 22, 1995... Introduction Since the end of the Cold War, much of the attention of citizens and politicians in the United States has swiveled inward upon other issues of life and death, in particular the crime and violence on their own streets. Cries for...

With Justice for Some: Victims' Rights in Criminal Trials.
June 22, 1995... In his quaint but underrated essay "The Criminal Trial," the wry legal realist Thurman Arnold inquires why the criminal trial has always been so compelling a cultural form in American history. He surmises that our culture is beset by conflicting...