Russell D. Covey

Georgia State University College of Law

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P.O. Box 4037

Atlanta, GA 30302-4037

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Mass Exoneration Data and the Causes of Wrongful Convictions

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 08 Jul 2011 Last Revised: 22 Aug 2011
Russell D. Covey
Georgia State University College of Law
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Wrongful convictions, guilty pleas, plea bargaining, mass exonerations, police, police corruption

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Police Misconduct as a Cause of Wrongful Convictions

Washington University Law Review, Vol. 90, 2013, Georgia State University College of Law, Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2013-26
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 05 Nov 2013 Last Revised: 18 Dec 2013
Russell D. Covey
Georgia State University College of Law
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criminal procedure, police, wrongful convictions, exoneration, Rampart, Tulia, innocence, eyewitnesses, forensic evidence, jailhouse informants, false confessions, criminal law, perjury, police corruption

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Temporary Insanity: The Strange Life and Times of the Perfect Defense

Boston University Law Review, Vol. 91, 2011, Georgia State University College of Law, Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2011-22
Number of pages: 73 Posted: 22 Oct 2011 Last Revised: 25 Oct 2011
Russell D. Covey
Georgia State University College of Law
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criminal law, mental health, insanity, defenses, insanity defense, nullification doctrine, mental illness, excuse defenses, temporary insanity, equitable doctrine

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Fixed Justice: Reforming Plea Bargaining With Plea-Based Ceilings

Tulane Law Review, Vol. 82, No. 4, 2007, Georgia State University College of Law, Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2008-06
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 25 Oct 2007 Last Revised: 31 Oct 2008
Russell D. Covey
Georgia State University College of Law
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criminal procedure, plea bargaining, criminal justice

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Reconsidering the Relationship between Cognitive Psychology and Plea Bargaining

Marquette Law Review, Vol. 91, No. 1, 2007
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 01 Nov 2007
Russell D. Covey
Georgia State University College of Law
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Law and psychology, plea bargaining cognitive psychology, criminal procedure

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Death in Prison: The Right Death Penalty Compromise

Georgia State University Law Review, Vol. 28, No. 4, 2012
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 10 Jun 2012
Russell D. Covey
Georgia State University College of Law
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Signaling and Plea Bargaining's Innocence Problem

Washington and Lee Law Review, Vol. 66, 2009, Georgia State University College of Law, Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2009-06
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 19 Mar 2009
Russell D. Covey
Georgia State University College of Law
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plea bargaining, signaling, subwager, interrogation, criminal law, innocence problem

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Criminal Madness: Cultural Iconography and Insanity

Stanford Law Review, Vol. 61, No. 6, 2009, Georgia State University College of Law, Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2009-17
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 09 Jul 2009 Last Revised: 16 Dec 2009
Russell D. Covey
Georgia State University College of Law
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Law and society, criminal law, law and film, insanity

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Longitudinal Guilt: Repeat Offenders, Plea Bargaining, and the Variable Standard of Proof

Florida Law Review, Vol. 63, No. 1, 2011, Georgia State University College of Law, Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2011-03
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 07 Feb 2011
Russell D. Covey
Georgia State University College of Law
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criminal law, longitudinal guilt, guilt, plea bargain, criminal justice, repeat offenders, evidence, criminal procedure

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Plea Bargaining and Price Theory

George Washington Law Review, Vol. 84, 2016, Georgia State University College of Law, Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2016-27
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 20 Aug 2016 Last Revised: 14 Dec 2016
Russell D. Covey
Georgia State University College of Law
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plea bargaining, economics, law and economics, price theory, criminal procedure, law, economic analysis

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Pervasive Surveillance and the Future of the Fourth Amendment

Mississippi Law Journal, Vol. 80, No. 4, 2010, Georgia State University College of Law, Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2010-14
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 25 Aug 2010 Last Revised: 31 Aug 2012
Russell D. Covey
Georgia State University College of Law
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technology, surveillance, DNA, Fourth Amendment, criminal procedure, criminal law, third party doctrine

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Abolishing Jailhouse Snitch Testimony

Wake Forest Law Review, Vol. 49, 2014, Georgia State University College of Law, Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2015-09
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 05 Apr 2015 Last Revised: 25 Apr 2015
Russell D. Covey
Georgia State University College of Law
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criminal law, criminal procedure, evidence, testimony, witness, snitch, criminal trial practice, false testimony, wrongful conviction

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Plea-Bargaining Law after Lafler and Frye

Duquesne University Law Review, Vol. 51, 2013, Georgia State University College of Law, Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2013-17
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 23 Jun 2013 Last Revised: 20 Aug 2013
Russell D. Covey
Georgia State University College of Law
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plea bargaining, right to counsel, constitution, criminal law, criminal procedure, guilty, coercive bargaining, Supreme Court, constitutional criminal procedure, guilty pleas

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The Unbearable Lightness of Batson: Mixed-Motives and Discrimination in Jury Selection

Maryland Law Review, Vol. 66, 2006-2007
Number of pages: 76 Posted: 07 Jul 2006
Russell D. Covey
Georgia State University College of Law
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Batson, Equal Protection, Jury Selection, Mixed Motive, Peremptory Strikes

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Rules, Standards, Sentencing, and the Nature of Law

California Law Review, Vol. 104, 2016, Georgia State University College of Law, Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2016-08
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 25 Apr 2016 Last Revised: 19 May 2016
Russell D. Covey
Georgia State University College of Law
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criminal procedure, sentencing guidelines, sentencing reform, criminal justice, criminal law, mandatory minimum, justice, sentencing

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Recantations and the Perjury Sword

Albany Law Review, Vol. 79, pp. 101-133, 2015/2016, Georgia State University College of Law, Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2017-08
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 09 Feb 2017 Last Revised: 29 Jun 2017
Russell D. Covey
Georgia State University College of Law
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law, criminial law, criminal procedure, evidence, perjury, wrongful conviction, exoneration, testimony, trial

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Suspect Evidence and Coalmine Canaries

American Criminal Law Review, Vol. 55, 2018, Georgia State University College of Law, Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2018-20
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 24 Jul 2018 Last Revised: 27 Sep 2018
Russell D. Covey
Georgia State University College of Law
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criminal procedure, exoneration, evidence, forensic evidence, forensic science, criminal law, hair evidence, bitemark evidence, jailhouse informants

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Dissent and the Rule of Law

36 BYU J. Pub. L. 81 (2022), Georgia State University College of Law, Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2022-11
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 06 Apr 2022 Last Revised: 02 Nov 2022
Russell D. Covey
Georgia State University College of Law
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law, legal philosophy, legal formalism, dissent, rule of law, legal substantivism

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Exorcising Wechsler's Ghost: The Influence of the Model Penal Code on Death Penalty Sentencing Jurisprudence

Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly, Vol. 31, p. 189, 2004
Number of pages: 111 Posted: 17 Dec 2009
Russell D. Covey
Georgia State University College of Law
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Model Penal Code, criminal law, death penalty, sentencing

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Toward a More Comprehensive Plea Bargaining Regulatory Regime

Oregon Law Review, Vol. 101, 2023, Georgia State University College of Law, Legal Studies Research Paper Forthcoming
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 13 Sep 2023
Russell D. Covey
Georgia State University College of Law
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criminal procedure, plea bargaining, law, plea agreements, guilty pleas, criminal defense