Ron Wright

Watches the river of the #criminalcourts flow by. Day to day, teaches at @WFULawSchool and does empirical research about criminal justice actors and metrics.

[Ron Wright @wrightrf]

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.
https://t.co/MupQwbUP4s

[Duke Law Journal @DukeLawJournal]

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: https://t.co/83pAN3Qfyy

[Ron Wright @wrightrf]

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

[Ron Wright @wrightrf]

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

[Ron Wright @wrightrf]

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

[Ron Wright @wrightrf]

Emily Bazelon's panoramic NYT Mag article on Brady cites @JeniaTurner, Miriam Baer, Darryl Brown. https://t.co/mGttNK0BNV

[Julia Laskorunsky, PhD @jl_crim]

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.

[Andrew Klein @anrklein]

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

[Anna Roberts @ProfARoberts]

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 Publishing @AspenPublishing]

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. https://t.co/BwNwQiz5TV

[Ron Wright @wrightrf]

@robertltsai @BU_Law @BerkeleyLaw Happy to talk anytime.

[Rᴏʙᴇʀᴛ L. Tsᴀɪ @robertltsai]

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

[Emory Law @EmoryLaw]

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 @WFULawSchool]

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 https://t.co/tGrpPzQZwL

[Ron Wright @wrightrf]

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

[Ron Wright @wrightrf]

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.
https://t.co/MupQwbUP4s

[Ron Wright @wrightrf]

@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.

[Ron Wright @wrightrf]

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.

[Ron Wright @wrightrf]

@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.