SAGE Journal Articles

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Article 1: Kevin G. Buckler The Newsworthiness of U.S. Supreme Court Criminal Procedure Cases (1994–2010 Terms): Assessing the Effects of Case Salience and Case Complexity Across Elite and Populace Press Criminal Justice Review 2014 39: 140-159

Discuss: 

  1. Do controversial cases deserve being so intensely publicized?
  2. Does the media obsession with controversial cases have the ability to influence future cases that come to the US Supreme Court docket? 

Article 2: Spohn, C., & Sample, L. L. (2008). The dangerous drug offender in federal court: Intersections of race, ethnicity, and culpability. Crime & Delinquency.

Discuss: 

  1. Should stereotypes of being a dangerous federal drug offender influence sentence length in Federal Court?
  2. What does the author say is a concern guiding judicial decision making and why is it problematic?