Law without justice: why criminal law doesn't give people what they deserve

Objectives and organization The relevance of the project Doing justice and the distractions from it Why focus on doing justice? A further word on what we mean by "doing justice" The utility of desert : the practical costs of deviations from doing justice Promoting justice in a complex world Fear of manipulation and abuse Is a federal prison guard a "peace officer"? Rejecting a defense for reasonable mistake of law (or for necessity, or immaturity) "Whoosh, whoosh, push" Improperly narrowing or rejecting legitimate excuses Sodomized and taunted, the pot boils over Relying upon a purely objective standard Preventing over-individualization of an objective standard Advancing reliability Too late for justice Statutes of limitation Howard aftermath Mistakes of youth Strict liability Excluding coerced confessions and uncounseled lineups . Making the most of limited resources A bargain on contract killings? Plea bargaining and witness immunity Gravano aftermath Sacrificing justice to promote other interests Living by rules Three hundred bodies in the backyard Legality Marsh aftermath Cannibalism at sea Denying legitimate excuses (for the sake of clarity) Dudley aftermath Setting boundaries: legality and changing norms

Controlling crime and criminals

Fleeing as murder

Deterrence

Rehabilitation

TV violence

Incapacitation

Controlling police and prosecutors

Released to kill

Exclusionary rules

Speedy trial

Eyler aftermath

Pictures in the heating duct

Double jeopardy

Ignatow aftermath

Incompetency

A winged car powered by cocaine

Entrapment

Moral credibility "versus" legitimacy : evaluating the tradeoffs

Promoting interests unrelated to criminal justice

Criminal camping

Criminalization of regulatory violations

Lindsey aftermath

Corporate criminality

The diplomatic rapist

Diplomatic and official immunity

Regaining moral credibility

Criminal justice reforms

Shifting evidentiary burdens

Revamping the verdict system

Using alternative punishment methods

Employing civil rather than criminal process

Using administrative, instead of criminal, sanctions for regulatory violations

Controlling police and prosecutor misconduct without letting the criminal go free

Distinguishing dangerousness from blameworthiness

Doing justice in a complex world.