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- Title
REFORMING PRIOR CONVICTION IMPEACHMENT.
- Authors
Roberts, Anna; Simon-Kerr, Julia
- Abstract
The article focuses on rationales for changing the general approach to prior conviction impeachment in the U.S. It mentions menu of reform proposals, ranging from eliminating impeachment with prior convictions to less comprehensive modifications. It also mentions prior conviction impeachment deters defendants from offering valuable testimony and steers them away from trial and impeachment compounds the racial bias of the criminal system.
- Subjects
IMPEACHMENTS; ADMINISTRATIVE responsibility; ALTERNATIVE convictions (Law); DEFENDANTS; LEGAL testimony; RACISM
- Publication
Fordham Urban Law Journal, 2023, Vol 50, Issue 3, p377
- ISSN
0199-4646
- Publication type
Article