Criminal Justice News And Events
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What Can the American Justice System Learn from European Courts?
Christopher Slobogin offers a package of inquisitorial-based reforms to address weaknesses in America's adversarial criminal justice system Read MoreJun. 26, 2025
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A Better Way to Plea Bargain
Criminal law expert Christopher Slobogin provides a two-step process for restructuring a troubled institution Read MoreJun. 23, 2025
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Lessons Learned from Wrongful Convictions in a Death Penalty State
Criminal law expert Christopher Slobogin exposes issues with the criminal legal system as seen in Florida's handling of capital cases Read MoreApr. 4, 2025
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Vanderbilt Law School Hosts Domestic Violence Prosecution Innovation Day
Prosecutors, researchers, nonprofit leaders, and law students from across the country discuss the future of domestic violence prosecution Read MoreApr. 1, 2025
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How to Reduce the Rate of Pretrial Detention Using AI Without Compromising Public Safety
Christopher Slobogin advocates for risk assessment algorithms to better identify high- and low-risk individuals Read MoreMar. 27, 2025
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Vanderbilt Project on Prosecution Policy Launches “True Bill Talk” Podcast
New podcast from VPOPP delves into the field of criminal prosecution with prosecutors, policy experts, and advocates Read MoreMar. 12, 2025
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Vanderbilt Law School Receives $6.8 Million Gift to Establish an Innocence Clinic
The new clinic will support the exoneration of wrongfully convicted individuals in the state of Tennessee Read MoreMar. 3, 2025
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How to Hold Police and Criminals Accountable
Vanderbilt criminal law professor Christopher Slobogin proposes an alternative to the Exclusionary Rule Read MoreFeb. 28, 2025
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Three Constitutional Arguments for Requiring Taped Interrogations
Criminal law scholar Christopher Slobogin offers three distinct rationales for making interrogations transparent Read MoreFeb. 24, 2025
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Paul Butler Delivers Vanderbilt Law School’s Black History Month Keynote Address
Law professor and legal analyst discussed his recent book Chokehold: Policing Black Men in the Age of Trump Read MoreFeb. 17, 2025