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Issue 7.4
Overcriminalization 2.0: Developing Consensus Solutions [PDF]
Foreword
Ellen S. Podgor
Opening and Keynote
Opening Remarks
Norman L. Reimar
Keynote Speech: The Reality of Overcriminalization
Larry D. Thompson
Panel 1: The Potential of “Smart on Crime” Reform Initiatives
Remarks on the Introduction of Criminal Law Reform Initiatives.
Ronald L. Gainer
From “Overcriminalization” to “Smart on Crime”: American Criminal Justice Reform — Legacy and Prospects
Roger A. Fairfax, Jr.
Panel 2: Monitoring Prosecutors
Agents Prosecuting Agents
Larry E. Ribstein
Overcriminalization 2.0: The Symbiotic Relationship Between Plea Bargaining and Overcriminalization
Lucian E. Dervan
Panel 3: Regulation of Criminalization
Criminal Law’s Unfortunate Triumph Over Administrative Law
Darryl K. Brown
Panel 4: Restoring the Mens Rea Requirement
Playing With The Rules: An Effort to Strengthen the Mens Rea Standards of Federal Criminal Laws
Geraldine Szott Mohr
Remarks on Restoring the Mens Rea Requirement
Harvey Silvergate
The Better Part of Lenity
Marie Gryphon
Developing Consensus Solutions to Overcriminalization Problems: The Way Ahead
Jeffrey S. Parker
