Associate Dean for Research, and Professor of Law @ Rutgers Law School. Teaching criminal law, criminal procedure, evidence. Writing about plea bargaining.
Joined June 2014
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Today, after almost 4 yrs of study, the @ABACJS Plea Bargain Task Force launched its report. As the author of the report, I'm thrilled to see it out in the world. Plea bargaining IS the criminal system. Fixing it is imperative. #FixthePlea. americanbar.org/groups/crimi…
Exciting new work by @katie_eyer!
1/X Title IX in the Age of Textualism (forthcoming Ohio State L. J.) is now up on SSRN: ssrn.com/abstract=4941559. I use Title IX as a point of departure for exploring the qs that cts will grapple w/ in our changed interp environment of ↑ fidelity to statutory text, and ↓ admin deference.
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And if you want to read our original article to which she responds, you can find it here:
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Hey everyone! Check out this new piece by @TheaBJohnson responding to my work with @jjprescott2009 in the @IowaLawReview. She has some great insights into what likely motivates so-called “fictional” plea-bargaining, even in potentially pernicious sex offense cases.
Check out this Iowa Law Review Online piece, The “Why” and the “Should” of Plea Bargaining in Sex Crimes Cases: A Response to Collusive Prosecution by Thea Johnson. You can read this Response Piece here: ilr.law.uiowa.edu/news/2024/…
My latest in the Iowa Law Review Online. In response to Collusive Prosecution by McJunkin and Prescott, I ask whether we need to know *why* prosecutors make deals in sex crimes cases to figure out whether they *should* do so:
Check out this Iowa Law Review Online piece, The “Why” and the “Should” of Plea Bargaining in Sex Crimes Cases: A Response to Collusive Prosecution by Thea Johnson. You can read this Response Piece here: ilr.law.uiowa.edu/news/2024/…
Terrific post in the @LPEblog by my colleague @KathrynSabbeth about the focus on efficiency in eviction courts. The "benefits" of efficiency usually flow in one direction:
Today, @KathrynSabbeth explains how a one-sided concern for efficiency in eviction courts serves to maximize profit for landlords, while sacrificing time, money, and justice for tenants.
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New Book Alert! With fellow editors @TheaBJohnson and @covProf, the book examines modern plea bargaining and the 14 Principles crafted by the @ABACJS Plea Bargaining Task Force to create a path forward. @ShopABA #CostofPleaBargains #FixthePlea
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I've been off of twitter for a long while, but this felt like a good reason to log back on. Happy to announce our **new book**: The Cost of Bargains, edited by me, @LucianDervan and @covProf.
New Book Alert! With fellow editors @TheaBJohnson and @covProf, the book examines modern plea bargaining and the 14 Principles crafted by the @ABACJS Plea Bargaining Task Force to create a path forward. @ShopABA #CostofPleaBargains #FixthePlea
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Seema Saifee is also an Assistant Professor at #RutgersLaw doing important wrongful conviction work.
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Former @innocence staff attorney Seema Saifee will be moderating a dialogue on Jocelyn Simonson's new book Radical Acts of Justice: How Ordinary People are Dismantling Mass Incarceration TODAY at 5.30pm ET. Registration is free: penncareylaw.cventevents.com…
Agreed! subscribe to keep great writing alive. My favorites are @NYMag & @nybooks. Also, almost every university has a lit review. This tweet by @RLSWrites has inspired me to subscribe to Rutgers’ @RaritanQR. And shout out to the @ND_Quarterly which published my first story ever
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TODAY: Join us remotely or in person to discuss @j_simonson’s Radical Acts of Justice and the movements that are dismantling carceral & policing systems—and reimagining the meaning of safety & justice.
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#RutgersLaw Prof. @TheaBJohnson explains that while sanctions against waiting too long to share constitutionally mandated evidence is rare, it does send a clear message:
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Can confirm that being a Grey Fellow is an amazing opportunity. Happy to talk to anyone who is thinking of applying.
Come join us as a Grey fellow. Learn more here.
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The Virginia Law Review Online Essay Contest is now live on our website! Submissions are due by Jan. 2 at 11:59 pm. We look forward to receiving your pieces. Please check out the website for additional info. virginialawreview.org/announ…
I was a senior in high school and saw a notice on a NYC street lamp asking for extras for MTV's Upright Citizens Brigade. I got into a stranger's van and drove to a warehouse in NJ (kids are dumb!). But it was real. I sat on a couch with Amy Poehler and she was amazing.
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1--Markus Lanieux was arrested in 2008 after running from a traffic stop in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. He was charged with aggravated flight from an officer, which carries a max sentence of 2 years.
So how did he end up sentenced to life without parole?
My husband is in a band, @bedecentnyc. They’re playing at Otto’s Shruken Head in NYC next week on 9/8 and their debut EP is here. If you’re in NYC, come out to hear him play. It’s not a midlife crisis, I swear.
Our debut EP is here, Having a Laugh is streaming everywhere! Feel free to pick it up on Bandcamp on this holiest of holidays & come celebrate our release in ONE WEEK (9/8) at Otto's Shrunken Head
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Interested in being a public defender? Want to have low case loads and close supervision? If you do apply to be an E. Barrett Prettyman fellow here- law.georgetown.edu/experient…
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Excited to share this forthcoming essay in @WisLRev, coauthored with my amazing colleague, Rick Su.
It addresses a number of tricky issues raised by the state backlash against progressive prosecutors.
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In this month's @PsychToday post, @TalleyBettens summarizes our recent paper with @AllisonRedlich and @rjdifava examining the impact of evidence type on plea decision-making:
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.@innocence_nj does it again! The team of #RutgersLaw Prof. Laura Cohen & students in her Criminal and Youth Justice Clinic, Attorney @LauraNirider, and Prof. @SDrizin of @NorthwesternLaw helped exonerate a Queens man jailed for nearly 29 yrs. for murder: go.rutgers.edu/NJIPVictory
