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Two legal experts talked about race and the justice system. Paul Butler argued that the criminal justice system is inherently flawed and punishes African-Americans and Latinos disproportiona…

Participants focused on the disparity in crack cocaine sentences to powder cocaine sentences, and ways to change the 100 to 1 ratio. Panelists examined some of the consequences of the crack …

Paul Butler talked about his book Let’s Get Free: A Hip Hop Theory of Justice (New Press; May 12, 2009). In his book he argues that the American criminal justice system is fundamentally brok…

Paul Butler talked about federal drug sentencing guidelines. He discussed two cases heard by the U.S. Supreme Court during the past week, Kimbrough v. US and Gall v. U.S., that pertain to th…

On Constitution Day, Professor Butler talked about the history of the Due Process clause and the rights of U.S. citizens guaranteed under the equal protection clause in the 14th Amendment of…

Author Charles Ogletree talked about his book, All Deliberate Speed: Reflections on the First Half-Century of Brown v. Board of Education, published by W.W. Norton and Company. In the book,…

Panelists discussed the continuing search for equal justice in the U.S. legal system.

The participants debated the question, “Resolved: That affirmative action on the basis of race, gender and ethnicity should be abolished.” They discussed affirmative action in relation to e…

The Washington College of Law at American University sponsored a panel discussion entitled, “Color-Blindness v. Racial Justice: The Supreme Court’s 1994-95 Term and the Struggle to Define Eq…