Paul G. Cassell

University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law

Professor of Law

383 S. University Street

Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0730

United States

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1.

What Caused the 2016 Chicago Homicide Spike? An Empirical Examination of the 'ACLU Effect' and the Role of Stop and Frisks in Preventing Gun Violence

2018 U. Ill. L. Rev. 1581, University of Utah College of Law Research Paper No. 252
Number of pages: 106 Posted: 27 Mar 2018 Last Revised: 18 Apr 2019
Paul G. Cassell and Richard Fowles
University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law and University of Utah - College of Social & Behavioral Sciences - Department of Economics
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In Defense of the Death Penalty

IACJ Journal, Summer 2008
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 27 Nov 2012
Paul G. Cassell
University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law
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The Guilty and the "Innocent": An Examination of Alleged Cases of Wrongful Conviction from False Confessions

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The Guilty and the "Innocent": An Examination of Alleged Cases of Wrongful Conviction from False Confessions

Number of pages: 68 Posted: 17 May 1999
Paul G. Cassell
University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law
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The Guilty and the 'Innocent': An Examination of Alleged Cases of Wrongful Conviction from False Confessions

Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, Vol. 22, Spring 1999
Number of pages: 81 Posted: 19 May 1999 Last Revised: 03 Feb 2013
Paul G. Cassell
University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law
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Police Interrogation in the 1990s: An Empirical Study of the Effects of Miranda

UCLA Law Review, Vol. 43, p. 839, 1996
Number of pages: 93 Posted: 19 Aug 2011
Paul G. Cassell and Bret S. Hayman
University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law and affiliation not provided to SSRN
Downloads 748 (33,735)
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victim, crime victim, impact statement, criminal justice, sentencing

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In Defense of Victim Impact Statements

Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law, Vol. 6, No. 611, 2009
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 05 Sep 2009
Paul G. Cassell
University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law
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victim, crime victim, victim impact statement, criminal justice, sentencing, restitution

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Mandatory Minimalism

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Mandatory Minimalism

Cardozo Law Review, Vol. 32, p. 1, 2010
Number of pages: 83 Posted: 09 Oct 2010
Erik Luna and Paul G. Cassell
Washington and Lee University - School of Law and University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law
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Sentencing, Criminal Justice, Mandatory Minimums

Mandatory Minimalism

University of Utah College of Law Research Paper No. 5, Cardozo Law Review, Vol. 32, No. 1, 2010
Number of pages: 84 Posted: 26 Nov 2012
Erik Luna and Paul G. Cassell
Washington and Lee University - School of Law and University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law
Downloads 282 (110,499)
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Victim Impact Statements and Ancillary Harm: The American Perspective

Canadian Criminal Law Review, Vol. 15, p. 149, 2011
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 14 May 2011
Paul G. Cassell and Edna Erez
University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law and University of Illinois at Chicago
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Victim, Crime Victim, Impact Statements, Criminal Justice, Sentencing

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Treating Crime Victims Fairly: Integrating Victims into the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure

Utah Law Review, Forthcoming, U of Utah Legal Studies Paper No. 08-18
Number of pages: 110 Posted: 01 Sep 2008 Last Revised: 03 Feb 2013
Paul G. Cassell
University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law
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Crime Victim's Rights, Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, Crime Victims

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Overstating America's Wrongful Conviction Rate? Reassessing the Conventional Wisdom About the Prevalence of Wrongful Convictions

60 Ariz. L. Rev. 815 (2018), University of Utah College of Law Research Paper No. 291
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 01 Nov 2018 Last Revised: 13 Nov 2018
Paul G. Cassell
University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law
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Still Handcuffing the Cops? A Review of Fifty Years of Empirical Evidence of Miranda's Harmful Effects on Law Enforcement

97 Bost. U.L. Rev. 685 (2017), University of Utah College of Law Research Paper No. 222
Number of pages: 164 Posted: 13 Jul 2017 Last Revised: 19 Aug 2017
Paul G. Cassell and Richard Fowles
University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law and University of Utah - College of Social & Behavioral Sciences - Department of Economics
Downloads 257 (123,088)
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Miranda, police interrogation, police questioning, confessions, clearance rates, confession rates, false confessions

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The Case for Full Restitution for Child Pornography Victims

George Washington Law Review, Forthcoming, University of Utah College of Law Research Paper No. 27
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 04 May 2013 Last Revised: 19 Nov 2013
Paul G. Cassell, James R. Marsh and Jeremy Christiansen
University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law, Marsh Law Firm PLLC and Independent
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Crime Victims' Rights

Academy for Justice: A Report on Scholarship and Criminal Justice Reform, Forthcoming, University of Utah College of Law Research Paper No. 224
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 25 Aug 2017 Last Revised: 16 Oct 2017
Paul G. Cassell
University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law
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Victims, Crime Victims, Crime Victims' Rights, Marsy's Law, Dr. Henry Nicholas, Constitutional Amendment, Presidents Task Force on Victims of Crime

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Barbarians at the Gates? A Reply to the Critics of the Victims' Rights Amendment

Utah Law Review, 1999
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 15 Sep 1999
Paul G. Cassell
University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law
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The Statute that Time Forgot: 18 U.S.C. ? 3501 and the Overhauling of Miranda

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The Statute that Time Forgot: 18 U.S.C. ? 3501 and the Overhauling of Miranda

Number of pages: 77 Posted: 02 Nov 1999
Paul G. Cassell
University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law
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The Statute that Time Forgot: 18 U.S.C. ? 3501 and the Overhauling of Miranda

Iowa Law Review, Vol. 85, November 1999
Posted: 03 Nov 1999
Paul G. Cassell
University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law

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Too Severe?: A Defense of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines (And a Critique of Federal Mandatory Minimums)

Stanford Law Review, Vol. 56, p. 1017, 2004
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 15 Jul 2011
Paul G. Cassell
University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law
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Victim, Crime Victim, Impact Statement, Criminal Justice, Sentencing

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Miranda’s Social Costs: An Empirical Reassessment

Northwestern University Law Review, Vol. 90, No. 2, 1996
Number of pages: 113 Posted: 19 Aug 2011
Paul G. Cassell
University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law
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Victim, Crime Victim, Impact Statement, Criminal Justice, Sentencing

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Crime Victims’ Rights During Criminal Investigations? Applying the Crime Victims’ Rights Act Before Criminal Charges Are Filed

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, Forthcoming, University of Utah College of Law Research Paper No. 26
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 10 May 2013 Last Revised: 04 Jun 2013
Paul G. Cassell and Nathanael Mitchell
University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law and University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law
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Freeing the Guilty without Protecting the Innocent: Some Skeptical Observations on Proposed 'Innocence' Procedures

University of Utah College of Law Research Paper No. 10
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 26 Nov 2012 Last Revised: 26 Mar 2013
Paul G. Cassell
University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law
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The Victims' Rights Amendment: A Sympathetic, Clause-by-Clause Analysis

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 26 Nov 2012
Paul G. Cassell
University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law
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Protecting Crime Victims in Federal Appellate Courts: The Need to Broadly Construe the Crime Victims' Rights Act's Mandamus Provisions

Denver University Law Review, Vol. 87, 2010
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 04 Jun 2010
Paul G. Cassell
University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law
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Victim, Crime Victim, Impact Statement, Criminal Justice, Sentencing

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The Crime Victim's Right to Attend the Trial: The Reascendant National Consensus

Lewis & Clark Law Review, Vol. 9, p. 481, 2005, U of Utah Legal Studies Paper No. 05-33
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 29 Nov 2005
Douglas Evan Beloof and Paul G. Cassell
Lewis and Clark Law School and University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law
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Gamble v. U.S.: Brief of Amici Curiae Law Professors in Support of Petitioner

University of Utah College of Law Research Paper No. 280
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 10 Sep 2018 Last Revised: 11 Sep 2018
Stuart Banner and Paul G. Cassell
UCLA School of Law and University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law
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Dual Sovereignty, Double Jeopardy, Constitution

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Full Restitution for Child Pornography Victims: The Supreme Court's Paroline Decision and the Need for a Congressional Response

Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law, 2015, University of Utah College of Law Research Paper No. 149
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 07 Jan 2016 Last Revised: 14 Jun 2017
Paul G. Cassell and James R. Marsh
University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law and Marsh Law Firm PLLC
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The New Amy, Vicky, and Andy Act: A Positive Step Towards Full Restitution for Child Pornography Victims

Federal Sentencing Reporter, Feb. 2019, Vol. 31, Issue 3, Forthcoming, University of Utah College of Law Research Paper No. 296
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 18 Jan 2019 Last Revised: 02 Feb 2019
Paul G. Cassell and James R. Marsh
University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law and Marsh Law Firm PLLC
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Child Pornography Crimes, Restitution

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Handcuffing the Cops? A Thirty Year Perspective on Miranda’s Effects on Law Enforcement

Stanford Law Review, Vol. 50, p. 1055, April 1998
Number of pages: 91 Posted: 13 May 2011
Paul G. Cassell and Richard Fowles
University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law and University of Utah - College of Social & Behavioral Sciences - Department of Economics
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Victim, Crime Victim, Impact Statements, Criminal Justice, Sentencing

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Protecting the Innocent from False Confessions and Lost Confessions – And from Miranda

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, Vol. 88, No. 2, 1998
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 19 Aug 2011
Paul G. Cassell
University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law
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victim, crime victim, impact statement, criminal justice, sentencing

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Recognizing Victims in the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure: Proposed Amendments in Light of the Crime Victims’ Rights Act

Brigham Young University Law Review, 2005
Number of pages: 91 Posted: 13 May 2011
Paul G. Cassell
University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law
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victim, crime victim, impact statement, criminal justice, sentencing

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Point/Counterpoint on the Miranda Decision: Should It Be Replaced or Retained?

Utah Bar Journal Vol. 31 No. 5 (2018), University of Utah College of Law Research Paper No. 287
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 18 Sep 2018 Last Revised: 27 Sep 2018
Paul G. Cassell and Amos N. Guiora
University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law and University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law
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Miranda, Miranda v. Arizona, Police interrogation, Police questioning, Videotaping police, Clearance rates, Chief Justice Warren

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Bucklew v. Precythe : Brief of Arizona Voice for Crime Victims, Inc., and Melissa Sanders as Amici Curiae in Support of Respondents

University of Utah College of Law Research Paper No. 279
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 24 Aug 2018 Last Revised: 11 Sep 2018
Paul G. Cassell, Allyson N. Ho, Daniel Nowicki and Daniel Chen
University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
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Capital Punishment, Crime Victims Rights, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Death Penalty

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Can We Protect the Innocent without Freeing the Guilty? Thoughts on Innocence Reforms That Avoid Harmful Tradeoffs

Wrongful Convictions and the DNA Revolution: Twenty-Five Years of Freeing the Innocent (ed. Daniel Medwed), Cambridge University Press (2017), University of Utah College of Law Research Paper No. 225
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 21 Sep 2017 Last Revised: 17 Oct 2017
Paul G. Cassell
University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law
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innocence, wrongful convictions, tradeoffs, false confessions, exclusionary rule

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The Crime Victim's Expanding Role in a System of Public Prosecution: A Response to the Critics of the Crime Victims' Rights Act

Northwestern University Law Review Colloquy, Vol. 105, No. 164, 2010, University of Utah College of Law Research Paper No. 28
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 28 Nov 2012 Last Revised: 05 Jun 2013
Paul G. Cassell and Steven Joffee
University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law and University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law
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All Benefits, No Costs: The Grand Illusion of Miranda’s Defenders

Northwestern University Law Review, Vol. 90, No. 3, 1996
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 19 Aug 2011
Paul G. Cassell
University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law
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Victim, Crime Victim, Impact Statement, Criminal Justice, Sentencing

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Tradeoffs Between Wrongful Convictions and Wrongful Acquittals: Understanding and Avoiding the Risks

Seton Hall Law Review, Forthcoming, University of Utah College of Law Research Paper No. 278
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 15 Aug 2018 Last Revised: 11 Sep 2018
Paul G. Cassell
University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law
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Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Acquittal, Burden of Proof, Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice Reform

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What’s Wrong with Democracy? A Critique of ‘The Supreme Court and the Politics of Death’

Virginia Law Review In Brief, Vol. 94, pp. 65-74, 2008
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 13 May 2011
Paul G. Cassell and Joshua Marquis
University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law and Clatsop County District Attorney's Office
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Victim, Crime Victim, Impact Statements, Criminal Justice, Sentencing

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State of Arizona v. Guy James Goodman: On Petition for a Writ of Certiorari to the Arizona Supreme Court

University of Utah College of Law Research Paper No. 288
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 30 Oct 2018 Last Revised: 13 Nov 2018
Allyson N. Ho, Paul G. Cassell, Bradley Hubbard, Cristina M. Squiers, Elizabeth A. Kiernan and Steven J. Twist
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law, University of Chicago - Law School, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP and Services Group of America
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The Paths Not Taken: The Supreme Court's Failures in Dickerson

Michigan Law Review, Vol. 99, 2001
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 15 Jul 2011
Paul G. Cassell
University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law
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Victim, Crime Victim, Impact Statements, Criminal Justice, Sentencing

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Crime Shouldn’t Pay: A Proposal to Create an Effective and Constitutional Federal Anti-Profiting Statute

Federal Sentencing Reporter, Vol. 19, No. 2, December 2006
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 19 Aug 2011 Last Revised: 03 Feb 2013
Paul G. Cassell
University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law
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victim, crime victim, impact statement, criminal justice, sentencing

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In Re: Petition for Appointment of a Prosecutor Pro Tempore by Jane Doe 1, Jane Doe 2, Jane Doe 3, and Jane Doe 4 : Petition for Appointment of Prosecutor Pro Tempore

University of Utah College of Law Research Paper No. 289
Number of pages: 175 Posted: 24 Oct 2018 Last Revised: 13 Nov 2018
Paul G. Cassell, Heidi Nestel, Bethany Warr, Margaret Garvin, Gregory Ferbrache and Aaron H. Smith
University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law, Utah Crime Victims' Legal Clinic, Utah Crime Victims' Legal Clinic, Defense Advisory Committee on Investigation, Prosecution, and Defense or Sexual Assault in the Armed Forces (DAC-IPAD), Ferbrache Law, PLLC and Strong & Hanni
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Evidence of Repeated Acts of Rape and Child Molestation: Reforming Utah Law to Permit the Propensity Inference

Utah Law Review, 1998
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 15 Jul 2011
Paul G. Cassell and Evan S. Strassberg
University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Victim, Crime Victim, Impact Statements, Criminal Justice, Sentencing

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Jurisdiction-Specific Wrongful Conviction Rate Estimates: The North Carolina and Utah Examples

60 Ariz. L. Rev. 891 (2018), University of Utah College of Law Research Paper No. 290
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 01 Nov 2018 Last Revised: 13 Nov 2018
Paul G. Cassell
University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law
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Protecting Taxpayers and Crime Victims: The Case for Restricting Utah's Preliminary Hearings to Felony Offenses

Utah Law Review, Vol. 2011, No. 4, 2011
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 21 Nov 2012
Paul G. Cassell and Thomas Goodwin
University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law and University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law
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James Kraig Kahler v. State of Kansas: On Writ of Certiorari to the Supreme Court of the State of Kansas

University of Utah College of Law Research Paper No. 323
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 21 Aug 2019 Last Revised: 13 Sep 2019
Steven J. Twist, Paul G. Cassell, Allyson N. Ho, Bradley Hubbard and John Ehrett
Services Group of America, University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, University of Chicago - Law School and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
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Kahler v. Kansas, insanity defense, crime victims’ rights

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State of Montana v. Ronald Dwight Tipton: On Petition for a Writ of Certiorari to the Supreme Court of the State of Montana

University of Utah College of Law Research Paper No. 294
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 14 Nov 2018 Last Revised: 28 Mar 2019
Marci A. Hamilton, Paul G. Cassell and Leslie C. Griffin
Cardozo Law School, University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law and University of Nevada, Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law
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Statues of Limitations, DNA Evidence, Child Sex Abuse, Ex Post Facto Clause

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U.S. v. Briggs: Brief of Members of Congress As Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner

University of Utah College of Law Research Paper No. 345
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 15 Jan 2020 Last Revised: 16 Jan 2020
Paul G. Cassell, John Ehrett, Allyson N. Ho, Bradley Hubbard, Philip Axt, Joseph Barakat and Thomas Molloy
University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, University of Chicago - Law School, Associate Attorney, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP and Gibson Dunn
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The Statute that Time Forgot: 18 U.S.C. § 3501 and the Overhauling of Miranda

Iowa Law Review, Vol. 85, No. 1, October 1999
Posted: 29 Apr 2003
Paul G. Cassell
University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law

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