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Muhammad Sarahne

University of Pennsylvania

SJD Candidate

Philadelphia, PA

United States

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

7

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Scholarly Papers (7)

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Standing Back and Standing Down: Citizen Non-Cooperation and Police Non-Intervention as Causes of Justice Failure and Crime

Hofstra Law Review, Vol. 51, p. 923, 2023, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 23-07
Number of pages: 85 Posted: 01 Mar 2023 Last Revised: 09 Nov 2023
Paul H. Robinson, Jeffrey Seaman and Muhammad Sarahne
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, University of Pennsylvania - Carey Law School and University of Pennsylvania
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Criminal justice policy, law enforcement, police-community relations, civilian oversight, justice failures, witness intimidation, stop snitching, defund the police movement, Ferguson effect

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Our Troubling Failures in Catching Criminals: Rethinking Legal Limits on Crime Investigation

U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 23-03, Case Western Reserve Law Review, Vol. 74, p. 693, 2024
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 15 Feb 2023 Last Revised: 12 May 2025
Paul H. Robinson, Jeffrey Seaman and Muhammad Sarahne
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, University of Pennsylvania - Carey Law School and University of Pennsylvania
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Criminal justice policy, constitutional law, investigation, evidence, privacy, forensic science, justice failure, search & seizure, interrogation, Miranda, ambush defenses, surveillance, algorithmic facial recognition, DNA databases, public opinion

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The Opposite of Punishment: Imagining a Path to Public Redemption

Rutgers University Law Review, Vol. 73, p. 1, 2020, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 19-27
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 19 Jun 2019 Last Revised: 10 May 2021
Paul H. Robinson and Muhammad Sarahne
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School and University of Pennsylvania
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Criminal justice, reintegration, prisoner reentry, retributivism, collateral consequences, restorative justice, pardon, clemency, apology, confession, amends, atonement, repentant, remorse, deserved punishment, empirical desert, self-punishment, expungement, transitional justice, jury sentencing

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Confronting Failures of Justice: Getting Away with Murder and Rape

Confronting Failures of Justice: Getting Away with Murder and Rape, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Forthcoming, September 2024, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 24-36
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 15 Jul 2024
Paul H. Robinson, Jeffrey Seaman and Muhammad Sarahne
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, University of Pennsylvania - Carey Law School and University of Pennsylvania
Downloads 300 (254,893)

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justice failures, avoiding injustice, three strikes, sentencing guidelines, sex offenders, progressive prosecutors, stop and frisk, prostitution, retail theft, hard drugs, plea bargaining, gun control, alcohol prohibition, criminal law codification, restorative justice, safe injection sites, domestic violence

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Rethinking the Balance of Interests in Non-Exculpatory Defenses

U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 23-02, Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, Vol. 114, p. 1, 2024
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 09 Feb 2023 Last Revised: 12 May 2025
Paul H. Robinson, Jeffrey Seaman and Muhammad Sarahne
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, University of Pennsylvania - Carey Law School and University of Pennsylvania
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Criminal justice policy, law & philosophy, justification & excuse defenses, personal & social interests & costs, justice failures, statutes of limitations, double jeopardy, legality principle, strict construction, non-exculpatory defenses, diplomatic immunity, executive & legislative immunity

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After the Crime: Rewarding Offenders’ Positive Post-Offense Conduct

24 New Crim. L. Rev. 367 (2021), U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 19-30
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 08 Aug 2019 Last Revised: 26 Apr 2023
Paul H. Robinson and Muhammad Sarahne
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School and University of Pennsylvania
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criminal justice, desert, punishment, blameworthiness proportionality, positive post-offense behavior, offender’s subsequent conduct, reinforcement of societal norms, good deed, sentencing, collateral consequences, debt-paid, reform, redemption, remorse, treatment, responsible offender, reward

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How Criminal Code Drafting Form Can Restrain Prosecutorial and Legislative Excesses: Consolidated Offense Drafting

Harvard Journal on Legislation, Vol. 58, P. 69, 2021, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 20-01
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 29 Dec 2019 Last Revised: 12 Mar 2021
Paul H. Robinson, Matthew Kussmaul and Muhammad Sarahne
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, Ballard Spahr LLP and University of Pennsylvania
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Criminal justice policy, code reform, legislative drafting, law & politics, overlapping offenses, offense grading, sentencing guidelines, prosecutorial & judicial discretion, plea bargaining, Model Penal Code, criminal law codification, multiple offense limitations