Ron Wright

Prosecutors enforce criminal laws; they also have a big voice in passing those laws. "The Prosecutor Lobby" uses data from all 50 state legislatures to learn when prosecutors are most successful in their lobbying for changes in the criminal code. scholarlycommons.law.wlu.edu/wlulr/vol80/is…

In "Neglected Discovery," Profs. Jenia Turner, @wrightrf, and @mbraun92 analyze a novel dataset that reveals that in a substantial number of felony cases, criminal defense attorneys don't review any available electronic discovery. #lawtwitter Read here: scholarship.law.duke.edu/dlj/vol73/iss6…

@NC_CyberLaw Reentry groups are focused locally. Does a particular place matter most for your purposes?

Anyone who can help? @wrightrf ?

@BellinJ @WFULawSchool @wkeithrobinson Thanks for the insightful paper and for making the drive!

Thanks @WFULawSchool and @wkeithrobinson for inviting me to talk about "Murder on the Hearsay Trail" -- got great feedback on my murder-mystery-law-review-article from a wonderful faculty. Plus a chance to catch up with the incomparable @wrightrf

@AleGCorda @WFULawSchool I look forward to seeing this research project grow!

As I am about to travel back to Northern Ireland, I am feeling immensely grateful for an incredible 2-week research visit at @WFULawSchool. Heartfelt thanks to @wrightrf for being the ultimate host and such an inspiring scholar and teacher 🙏📚

Emily Bazelon's panoramic NYT Mag article on Brady cites @JeniaTurner, Miriam Baer, Darryl Brown. nyti.ms/2uRLtNA

I'm so proud of this work! Led by Professor Kevin Reitz as part of @RobinaInstitute's Degrees of Indeterminacy project, the reports offer a detailed look at how much someone will actually served based on a particular sentence, inc. parole release eligibility and good time rules.

Thanks to our @WFULawSchool 1Ls, spending time in the community as Foundations Week wraps up. Proud of you. Get some rest before classes start Monday! #LegalDeacs #ProHumanitate

Proud that @brooklynlaw is hosting #CrimFest! "Trials & Evidence" panel features @JuliaSimonKerr & Kiel Brennan-Marquez on demeanor, @NgoziOkidegbe on knowledge & evidence rule making, @wrightrf on intersectionality in jury selection, & @_ChristopherLau on 911 call analysis. 👏

Aspen Leading Edge 27: @wrightrf shares with @StMarysLawDean just a couple of the projects he is currently working on including his books Criminal Procedures: Cases, Statues, and Executive Materials and The Jury Sunshine Project. bit.ly/3YKX8Z4

@robertltsai @BU_Law @BerkeleyLaw Happy to talk anytime.

@BU_Law @BerkeleyLaw @wrightrf Would love to discuss this with you sometime @wrightrf!

Judge Frank Johnson kept his case files off limits until Feb. 29, 2020–just before the pandemic shut everything down. Going through files involving death penalty cases, including Steve Bright’s cases—and also McCleskey v. Kemp. I wonder who has been through these.

@BU_Law @BerkeleyLaw Well what do you know—a memo from @wrightrf on the application of Caldwell v. Mississippi to Brooks’s case.

Prof. @KayLevine12 just recorded a podcast for @scigalleryatl /@wabenews to promote a project she was involved in: an arcade game called "A Just Sentence" by game designer Max Woo. The game has different vignettes of crimes and players decide on sentencing for the offenders.

Wake Forest Law’s Master of Studies in Law Program application deadline is Aug 1, 2023! The program is the perfect way to enhance skills and advance your career. #LegalDeacs bit.ly/3CnEZYw

@JohnFPfaff @CBHessick @WFULawSchool @JessPish Oops. Signal to *legislators*

@JohnFPfaff @CBHessick @WFULawSchool @JessPish I think of prosecutor support for reductions as a signal to prosecutors that this is a safe one. Like a judge accepting a stipulation from the parties. But prosecutors aren't necessarily supporting these because they're popular and inevitable. Some are low visibility.

Prosecutors enforce criminal laws; they also have a big voice in passing those laws. "The Prosecutor Lobby" uses data from all 50 state legislatures to learn when prosecutors are most successful in their lobbying for changes in the criminal code. scholarlycommons.law.wlu.edu/wlulr/vol80/is…

Finding 3: Prosecutor lobbying success correlates with the level of Republican control in the state legislature. Finding 4: Perceived expertise of prosecutors doesn't drive their success as lobbyists. Legislators respond to them as self-interested rent-seeking lobbyists.

@CBHessick @WFULawSchool @JessPish Finding 1: They succeed at the highest rates when they lobby for REDUCED coverage of the criminal law or REDUCED penalties. Finding 2: But prosecutors lobby most often (and sometimes successfully) for increases.