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Stephanos Bibas

University of Pennsylvania Law School

Professor of Law

3501 Sansom Street

Philadelphia, PA 19104

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1.

Plea Bargaining Outside the Shadow of Trial

Harvard Law Review, June 2004
Number of pages: 85 Posted: 23 Nov 2005
Stephanos Bibas
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 1,341 (8,611)
Citation 31

Abstract:

Plea bargain, guilty plea, shadow of trial, Easterbrook, Scott, Stuntz, Alschuler, Schulhofer, negotiation, settlement, dispute resolution, psychology, behavioral law and economics, Kahneman, Tversky

2.

Regulating the Plea-Bargaining Market: From Caveat Emptor to Consumer Protection

California Law Review, Vol. 99, p. 1117, 2011, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 10-33
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 20 Oct 2010 Last Revised: 27 Sep 2011
Stephanos Bibas
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 745 (18,176)

Abstract:

criminal procedure, plea bargain, sentencing, sentence, informed, voluntary, Strickland, Hill v. Lockhart

3.

Bringing Moral Values into a Flawed Plea Bargaining System

Cornell Law Review, Vol. 88, July 2003
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 12 May 2003
Stephanos Bibas
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 500 (40,078)

Abstract:

Plea bargaining, guilty plea, Alford, nolo contendere, no contest, criminal procedure, Alschuler, therapeutic jurisprudence

4.

Originalism and Formalism in Criminal Procedure: The Triumph of Justice Scalia, the Unlikely Friend of Criminal Defendants?

Georgetown Law Journal, Vol. 94, November 2005, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Working Paper No. 06-11
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 29 Jul 2005 Last Revised: 12 May 2009
Stephanos Bibas
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 448 (44,738)
Citation 1

Abstract:

Scalia, Supreme Court, originalism, formalism, constitutional, interpretation, criminal procedure, Blakely, Crawford, Apprendi, Booker, Confrontation Clause, sentencing

5.

Prosecutorial Regulation Versus Prosecutorial Accountability

University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Vol. 157, April 2009, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 08-50
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 09 Dec 2008 Last Revised: 03 Apr 2009
Stephanos Bibas
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 436 (47,059)
Citation 1

Abstract:

Criminal law, Prosecutorial discretion, accountability, management of prosecutors, election, oversight, feedback, open records, publication of prosecutorial data and information

6.

International Idealism Meets Domestic-Criminal-Procedure Realism

Duke Law Journal, Vol. 59, pp. 637, 2010, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 09-10
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 16 Apr 2009 Last Revised: 08 Aug 2010
Stephanos Bibas and William W. Burke-White
University of Pennsylvania Law School and University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 431 (47,170)
Citation 2

Abstract:

Criminal Law and Procedure, International Law, institutional design, retribution, ideology, federalism, international cooperation, plea bargaining, sentencing, adversarial system, inquisitorial system, safeguards, discovery, speedy trial, witness preparation, victims rights, ICC, International Crime

7.

Harmonizing Substantive Criminal Law Values and Criminal Procedure: The Case of Alford and Nolo Contendere Pleas

Cornell Law Review, Vol. 88, No. 6, July 2003
Number of pages: 76 Posted: 09 Dec 2002
Stephanos Bibas
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 400 (48,813)
Citation 7

Abstract:

Criminal procedure, guilty plea, plea bargain, Alford, nolo contendere, no contest, procedural, substantive

8.

Integrating Remorse and Apology into Criminal Procedure

Yale Law Journal, Vol. 114, p. 85, 2004, Cardozo Legal Studies Research Paper No. 89
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 15 Jul 2004 Last Revised: 03 Apr 2009
Stephanos Bibas and Richard A. Bierschbach
University of Pennsylvania Law School and Wayne State University Law School
Downloads 359 (63,399)
Citation 9

Abstract:

9.

Transparency and Participation in Criminal Procedure

New York University Law Review, Vol. 86, p. 911, 2006, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Working Paper No. 06-28, U Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 05-30, U of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 117
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 13 Dec 2005 Last Revised: 03 Apr 2009
Stephanos Bibas
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 339 (66,430)
Citation 14

Abstract:

criminal procedure, criminal justice, prosecutors, police, transparency, participation, punishment, trust, legitimacy, monitoring, agency costs

10.

Triaging Appointed-Counsel Funding and Pro Se Access to Justice

University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Vol. 160, pp. 967, 2012, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 11-36, University of Tennessee Legal Studies Research Paper No. 157
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 30 Aug 2011 Last Revised: 12 Apr 2012
Benjamin H. Barton and Stephanos Bibas
University of Tennessee College of Law and University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 334 (56,045)
Citation 1

Abstract:

Right to counsel, appointed counsel, civil Gideon, pro se litigants, pro persona, pro per, sustainable court reform, civil procedure, child support proceedings, cost-effective courts, formality and delay, resource constraints

11.

The Right to Remain Silent Helps Only the Guilty

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 29 Aug 2002
Stephanos Bibas
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 331 (70,001)
Citation 3

Abstract:

Seidmann, Stein, criminal procedure, right to remain silent, Fifth Amendment, privilege against self-incrimination, Miranda, innocent, interrogation, questioning

12.

The Story of Brady v. Maryland: From Adversarial Gamesmanship Toward the Search for Innocence?

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE STORIES, Carol Steiker, ed., 2005, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Working Paper No. 06-08
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 29 Jul 2005
Stephanos Bibas
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 320 (70,232)

Abstract:

criminal procedure, Brady, adversarial, inquisitorial, innocence, prosecutor, exculpatory, impeachment, Giglio

13.

The Psychology of Hindsight and After-the-Fact Review of Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

Utah Law Review, March 2004
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 21 Dec 2003 Last Revised: 12 May 2009
Stephanos Bibas
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 318 (64,801)
Citation 6

Abstract:

Strickland, ineffective assistance, Sixth Amendment, psychology, hindsight, inevitable, defense counsel, appointed counsel, public defender, funding

14.

The Sixth Amendment and Criminal Sentencing

Cardozo Law Review, 2008, U of Texas Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 135, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 08-20
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 14 Mar 2008 Last Revised: 07 Apr 2010
Stephanos Bibas and Susan R. Klein
University of Pennsylvania Law School and University of Texas School of Law
Downloads 289 (78,870)

Abstract:

15.

The Blakely Earthquake Exposes the Procedure/Substance Fault Line

Downloads 267 ( 95,219)

The Blakely Earthquake Exposes the Procedure/Substance Fault Line

U Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 05-01
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 21 Jan 2005
Stephanos Bibas
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 181 (139,680)

Abstract:

Apprendi, Blakely, determinate sentencing, sentencing guidelines, criminal procedure, sentencing

The Blakely Earthquake Exposes the Procedure/Substance Fault Line

Federal Sentencing Reporter, Vol. 17, No. 4, April 2005
Number of pages: 3 Posted: 31 May 2005
Stephanos Bibas
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 86 (249,815)

Abstract:

Apprendi, Blakely, Booker, criminal procedure, Due Process Clause, Sixth Amendment, reasonable doubt, jury trial

16.

The Real-World Shift in Criminal Procedure

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, Winter 2003
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 03 Dec 2002
Stephanos Bibas
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 253 (95,929)
Citation 3

Abstract:

criminal procedure, casebook, Ronald Wright, Marc Miller, Debra Livingston, Joseph Hoffman, William Stuntz, Ronald Allen, teaching methods

17.

Engaging Capital Emotions

Northwestern University Law Review, Vol. 102, P. 355, 2008, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 08-21, Ohio State Public Law Working Paper No. 113
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 31 May 2008 Last Revised: 20 Aug 2014
Douglas A. Berman and Stephanos Bibas
Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law and University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 238 (99,892)

Abstract:

death penalty, capital punishment, emotions, Kennedy v. Louisiana, Eighth Amendment, child rape, innocence, wrongful conviction, exoneration, deterrence, justice, mercy

18.

The Feeney Amendment and the Continuing Rise of Prosecutorial Power to Plea Bargain

Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology, Vol. 94, Winter 2004
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 21 Dec 2003
Stephanos Bibas
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 226 (106,410)
Citation 5

Abstract:

Feeney, Protect Act, sentencing, guidelines, Sentencing Commission, departures, Congress, criminal procedure, judges, prosecutors

19.

The Machinery of Criminal Justice

THE MACHINERY OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE, S. Bibas, Oxford University Press, 2012, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 12-16
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 25 Feb 2012
Stephanos Bibas
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 225 (83,003)
Citation 1

Abstract:

Criminal law and procedure, American criminal justice system, sentencing, plea bargain, guilty plea, negotiation, settlement, dispute resolution, right to trial, jury, efficiency, fifth amendment, sixth amendment, constitutional law, fairness, procedural justice

20.

Policing Politics at Sentencing

Northwestern University Law Review, Vol. 103, pp. 1371, 2009, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 08-37, Northwestern Public Law Research Paper No. 08-29
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 07 Mar 2008 Last Revised: 12 Nov 2009
Stephanos Bibas, Max M. Schanzenbach and Emerson H. Tiller
University of Pennsylvania Law School, Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law and Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law
Downloads 205 (111,615)

Abstract:

criminal law and procedure, sentencing, guidelines, discretion

21.

Making Sentencing Sensible

Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law, Vol. 4, 2006, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Working Paper No. 06-42
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 26 Oct 2006
Douglas A. Berman and Stephanos Bibas
Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law and University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 187 (116,086)

Abstract:

Criminal Law and Procedure, Sentencing, Guidelines, Experimentation

22.

Rewarding Prosecutors for Performance

Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law, Vol. 6, pp. 441, 2009, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 08-51
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 12 Dec 2008 Last Revised: 19 Apr 2009
Stephanos Bibas
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 177 (117,126)
Citation 1

Abstract:

Criminal law, prosecutorial discretion, prosecutorial incentives, accountability, management of prosecutors, conviction rates, oversight, feedback, victims, peers, compensation, promotion, bonuses, contingency fees

23.

The Rehnquist Court's Fifth Amendment Incrementalism

74 Geo. Wash. L. Rev. 1078 (2006).
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 20 Oct 2005 Last Revised: 03 Apr 2009
Stephanos Bibas
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 176 (127,377)

Abstract:

criminal procedure, fifth amendment, Rehnquist Court, self-incrimination, Miranda, exclusionary rule

24.

Pleas' Progress

Michigan Law Review, Vol. 102, 2004
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 21 Oct 2004
Stephanos Bibas
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 163 (142,535)

Abstract:

Plea bargains, bargaining, plea, fisher, criminal procedure, legal history

25.

The Heart Has its Value: The Death Penalty's Justifiable Persistence

Douglas A. Berman and Stephanos Bibas, "The Heart Has Its Value: The Death Penalty's Justifiable Persistence," in Robinson, Ferzan & Garvey, eds., Criminal Law Conversations, 2009, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 08-35, Ohio State Public Law Working Paper No. 114
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 07 Aug 2008 Last Revised: 10 Apr 2009
Douglas A. Berman and Stephanos Bibas
Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law and University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 150 (156,650)

Abstract:

criminal justice, criminal procedure, capital punishment, death penalty, emotion, capital emotions

26.

White-Collar Plea Bargaining and Sentencing after Booker

William and Mary Law Review, Vol. 47, p. 721, 2005, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 09-03
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 19 Feb 2009 Last Revised: 12 May 2009
Stephanos Bibas
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 148 (146,276)

Abstract:

Criminal sentences, Federal Sentencing Guidelines, white collar crime, plea bargaining, Apprendi, Blakely, Booker, Sarbanes-Oxley

27.

Judicial Fact-Finding and Sentence Enhancements in a World of Guilty Pleas

Yale Law Journal, Vol. 110, P. 1097, May 2001
Number of pages: 89 Posted: 17 Jan 2002
Stephanos Bibas
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 129 (171,322)
Citation 15

Abstract:

Apprendi, guilty pleas, plea bargaining, sentencing, Sentencing Guidelines

28.

Constitutionally Tailoring Punishment

Michigan Law Review, Vol. 112, No. 3, 2013, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 13-17, Cardozo Legal Studies Research Paper No. 402
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 09 Jul 2013 Last Revised: 09 Jul 2014
Richard A. Bierschbach and Stephanos Bibas
Wayne State University Law School and University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 128 (147,830)

Abstract:

Sixth Amendment, Eighth Amendment, sentencing, plea bargaining, punishment, individualization, parole, juries, prosecutorial discretion, proportionality, separation of powers, checks and balances, Graham, Miller, Apprendi, Woodson, Lockett, capital punishment

29.

Using Plea Procedures to Combat Denial and Minimization

JUDGING IN A THERAPEUTIC KEY, Bruce J. Winick & David B. Wexler, eds., 2003
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 18 Dec 2003
Stephanos Bibas
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 127 (164,692)

Abstract:

Alford, nolo contendere, no contest, plea, guilty plea, plea bargain, Alschuler, criminal, criminal procedure, sex offender, sex offense

30.

Political Versus Administrative Justice

Criminal Law Conversations, 2009, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 08-24
Number of pages: 3 Posted: 11 Jun 2008 Last Revised: 13 Apr 2009
Stephanos Bibas
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 126 (178,366)

Abstract:

criminal justice, criminal procedure, mercy, pardon, forgiveness, clemency, parole, prosecutors, rule of law, discretion, prosecutors

31.

Blakely's Federal Aftermath

Federal Sentencing Reporter, Vol. 16, No. 5, June 2004
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 05 Aug 2004
Stephanos Bibas
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 122 (183,789)

Abstract:

Blakely, Supreme Court, criminal procedure, sentencing, Apprendi, Sixth Amendment, Fifth Amendment, jury, crime, Sentencing Guidelines

32.

Incompetent Plea Bargaining and Extrajudicial Reforms

Harvard Law Review, Vol. 126, p. 150, 2012, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 13-12
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 24 May 2013
Stephanos Bibas
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 112 (139,087)

Abstract:

Constitutional law, criminal law and procedure, Sixth Amendment, plea bargaining, sentencing, criminal charging decisions, prosecutorial incentives, ineffective assistance of counsel, Missouri v. Frye, Lafler v. Cooper

33.

Apprendi's Perverse Effects on Guilty Pleas Under the Guidelines

Federal Sentencing Reporter, Vol. 13, No. 6, March/April 2001
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 08 Dec 2001
Stephanos Bibas
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 107 (208,499)

Abstract:

Apprendi, guilty plea, plea bargain, sentencing, Sentencing Guidelines, criminal law, criminal procedure

34.

Reforming the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines after Blakely

U Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 04-01
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 13 Dec 2004
Stephanos Bibas
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 106 (211,257)

Abstract:

Apprendi, Blakely, determinate sentencing, sentencing guidelines, criminal procedure, sentencing

35.

Restoration but also More Justice

CRIMINAL LAW CONVERSATIONS, Paul H. Robinson, Kimberly Ferzan, & Stephen P. Garvey, eds., 2009, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 09-06
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 26 Feb 2009 Last Revised: 10 Apr 2009
Stephanos Bibas
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 105 (191,951)

Abstract:

Criminal sentences, restorative justice, punishment, deterrence, incapacitation, crime victims

36.

Judicial Fact-Finding at Sentencing

Encyclopedia of the Supreme Court of the United States, Macmillan Library Reference, Forthcoming, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research No. 09-05
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 26 Feb 2009
Stephanos Bibas
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 98 (215,555)

Abstract:

Criminal sentences, Federal Sentencing Guidelines, maximum sentences, juries, Apprendi, Blakely, Booker, Sixth Amendment, judicial discretion

37.

Invasions of Conscience and Faked Apologies

U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 08-25, in Criminal Law Conversations, 2009
Number of pages: 3 Posted: 11 Jun 2008 Last Revised: 10 Apr 2009
Stephanos Bibas
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 95 (214,093)

Abstract:

Remorse, apology, forgiveness, mercy, clemency, pardon, parole, sentencing, criminal procedure, criminal justice

38.

Bulk Misdemeanor Justice

Southern California Law Review Postscript, Vol. 85, p. 101, 2013, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 13-14
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 05 Jun 2013
Stephanos Bibas
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 91 (186,042)

Abstract:

criminal procedure, prosecutorial discretion, criminal charging decisions, plea bargaining, police discretion, adversarial and inquisitorial models, professionalization, accountability, resource constraints, prosecutorial incentives, police incentives, Alexandra Natapoff

39.

Notice-and-Comment Sentencing

Minnesota Law Review, Vol. 97, No. 1, 2012, Cardozo Legal Studies Research Paper No. 373, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 12-41
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 08 Oct 2012 Last Revised: 29 Nov 2012
Richard A. Bierschbach and Stephanos Bibas
Wayne State University Law School and University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 89 (187,201)

Abstract:

sentencing, plea bargaining, guidelines, participation, prosecutorial discretion, sentencing commissions, administrative law, notice and comment

40.

Apprendi in the States: The Virtues of Federalism as a Structural Limit on Errors

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, Vol. 93, No. 4, October 2003
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 14 Aug 2003
Stephanos Bibas
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 84 (234,022)
Citation 2

Abstract:

Apprendi, federalism, reasonable doubt, jury trial, state courts

41.

Regulating Local Variations in Federal Sentencing

Stanford Law Review, Vol. 58, p. 137, 2005, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Working Paper No. 06-09
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 02 Aug 2005 Last Revised: 03 Apr 2009
Stephanos Bibas
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 81 (245,886)
Citation 2

Abstract:

criminal procedure, federal sentencing, Sentencing Guidelines, fast-track, structured sentencing, sentencing guidelines, disparity, uniformity, equality

42.

How Long? A Close Supreme Court Decision Trades Decades of Sentencing Reform for a Confusing Future

Legal Times, Vol. XXVII, No. 27, July 5, 2004
Number of pages: 3 Posted: 05 Aug 2004
Stephanos Bibas
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 74 (262,952)

Abstract:

Apprendi, Blakely, Supreme Court, criminal procedure, sentencing, jury, Fifth Amendment, Sixth Amendment, Sentencing Guidelines

43.

Criminal (In)Justice and Democracy in America

Harvard Law Review Forum, Vol. 122, p. 134, 2013, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 13-15
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 05 Jun 2013
Stephanos Bibas
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 69 (198,029)

Abstract:

criminal law and procedure, equity in punishment, sentencing guidelines, democracy, localism, equality, professionalization, agency costs, public opinion, lay participation in criminal justice, community policing and prosecution, Nicola Lacey

44.

Justice Kennedy's Sixth Amendment Pragmatism

McGeorge Law Review, Vol. 44, Pg. 211, 2013, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 13-11
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 25 May 2013
Stephanos Bibas
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 69 (237,270)

Abstract:

Justice Anthony Kennedy, Supreme Court of the United States, Sixth Amendment, right to counsel, confrontation clause, right to trial by jury, constitutional interpretation, originalism, practical federalism, plea bargaining, sentencing

45.

Above the Fray: Supreme Court Should Let Judges Keep a Hand in Who Gets Executed

Legal Times, Vol. 25, No. 5, February 4, 2002
Number of pages: 2 Posted: 11 Feb 2002
Stephanos Bibas
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 60 (293,631)

Abstract:

Apprendi, Ring, death penalty, capital punishment, race, sentencing, jury, criminal procedure

46.

How Apprendi Affects Institutional Allocations of Power

Iowa Law Review, Vol. 86, January 2002
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 07 Dec 2001
Stephanos Bibas
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 60 (291,320)
Citation 2

Abstract:

Apprendi, guilty plea, plea bargain, sentencing, Sentencing Guidelines, criminal law, criminal procedure

47.

Shrinking Gideon and Expanding Alternatives to Lawyers

Washington and Lee Law Review, Vol. 70, p. 1287, 2013, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 13-13
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 28 May 2013
Stephanos Bibas
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 58 (247,750)

Abstract:

Gideon v. Wainwright, Sixth Amendment, constitutional law, criminal procedure, right to counsel, cost and delivery of legal services, legal profession, legal aid, alternative dispute resolution, appointed counsel, sustainable court reform, pro se litigation, resource constraints, Turner v. Rogers

48.

Exacerbating Injustice

University of Pennsylvania Law Review PENNumbra, Vol. 157, p. 53, November 2008, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 09-09
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 19 Mar 2009
Stephanos Bibas
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 41 (325,119)

Abstract:

Criminal sentences, justice system, plea bargaining, legal fiction, recidivists, wrongful conviction, convicting the innocent, utilitarianism, guilty plea, innocent defendants, innocence, criminal procedure

49.

Taming Negotiated Justice

Yale Law Journal Online, Vol. 122, Pg. 35, 2012, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 13-10
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 23 May 2013
Stephanos Bibas
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 38 (300,888)

Abstract:

Justice Antonin Scalia, criminal law and procedure, plea bargaining, Sixth Amendment, ineffective assistance of counsel, prosecutorial discretion, Supreme Court of the United States, sentencing guidelines

50.

Rita v. United States Leaves More Open than it Answers

Federal Sentencing Reporter, Vol. 20, No. 28, October 2007, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 09-04
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 25 Feb 2009
Stephanos Bibas
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 35 (355,771)
Citation 1

Abstract:

Criminal sentences, Federal Sentencing Guidelines, maximum sentences, juries, Sentencing Reform Act, Apprendi, Blakely, Booker, Sixth Amendment

51.

Sacrificing Quality for Quantity: Better Focusing Prosecutors' Scarce Resources

Northwestern University Law Review Colloquy, Vol. 106, Pg. 138, 2011, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 13-8
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 22 May 2013
Stephanos Bibas
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 34 (355,771)

Abstract:

American criminal justice system, overcriminalization, funding, prosecutorial discretion, prosecutorial incentives, criminal charging decisions, management of prosecutors, Adam Gershowitz

52.

The Duties of Non-Judicial Actors in Ensuring Competent Negotiation

Duquesne University Law Review, Vol. 51, p. 625, 2013, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 13-16
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 07 Jun 2013
Stephanos Bibas
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 32 (339,941)

Abstract:

criminal procedure, plea bargaining, legal errors and omissions, ineffective assistance of counsel, outcome of bargaining and trials, ex post review by judges, ex ante impact of Lafler v. Cooper and Missouri v. Frye, evidence-based medicine, medical errors, systemic design, checklists, judicial role

Abstract:

Immigration law, constitutional law, criminal law & procedure, Sixth Amendment, effective assistance of counsel, citizenship, mandatory deportation, guilty plea, aggravated felony

54.

The Pitfalls of Professionalized Prosecution: A Response to Josh Bowers's 'Legal Guilt, Normative Innocence, and the Equitable Decision Not to Prosecute'

Columbia Law Review Sidebar, Vol. 111, Pg. 14, 2011, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 13-9
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 23 May 2013
Stephanos Bibas
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 15 (413,733)

Abstract:

criminal law and procedure, American criminal justice system, prosecutorial discretion, criminal justice policy, punishment, sentencing, Josh Bowers

55.

Rationing Criminal Justice

Michigan Law Review, Vol. 116, No. 2 (2017, Forthcoming), Cardozo Legal Studies Research Paper No. 512, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 17-10
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 01 Mar 2017
Richard A. Bierschbach and Stephanos Bibas
Wayne State University Law School and University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 0 (190,703)

Abstract:

Punishment, sentencing, policing, externalities, criminal justice, criminal law, criminal procedure, prosecutors, prisons, parole, regulation, regulatory budgets, state and local government, cost-benefit analysis, cap and trade, taxing, devolution, localism, distributive justice

56.

Justice Scalia's Originalism and Formalism: The Rule of Criminal Law as a Law of Rules

Special Report No. 186, Aug 2016, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 16-32
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 02 Sep 2016
Stephanos Bibas
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 0 (135,532)

Abstract:

Supreme Court of the United States, SCOTUS, Justice Antonin Scalia, Jurisprudence, Constitutional Law, Fourth Amendment, Sixth Amendment, Eighth Amendment, Legal Theory, Methodology, Interpretation, Confrontation Clause, Jury Trials, Search and Seizure, Death Penalty, Lenity, Notice, Rule of Law

57.

What's Wrong With Sentencing Equality?

Virginia Law Review, Vol. 102, P. 1447, 2016, Cardozo Legal Studies Research Paper No. 492, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 16-25
Number of pages: 76 Posted: 11 Aug 2016 Last Revised: 06 Oct 2016
Richard A. Bierschbach and Stephanos Bibas
Wayne State University Law School and University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 0 (132,872)

Abstract:

Sentencing, punishment, equality, checks and balances, localism, criminal law, criminal procedure, restorative justice, Realignment, sentencing guidelines

58.

Designing Plea Bargaining from the Ground Up: Accuracy and Fairness Without Trials as Backstops

William & Mary Law Review, Vol. 57, P. 1055, 2016, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 16-6
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 07 May 2016
Stephanos Bibas
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 0 (69,283)

Abstract:

Criminal procedure, adversarial and inquisitorial process, prosecutors, criminal defense, transparency, procedural justice, legitimacy, Alford plea, colloquy, allocution

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