Document Type

Editorial

Publication Date

7-3-2015

Abstract

This op-ed piece argues that criminal law recodification is badly needed in the states and the federal system, but that prosecutors stand out as the group who appear to regularly oppose it.

Keywords

Criminal codes, recodification, layering of crimes, duplicate punishments, exaggerated offense grades, injustice, prosecutors

Publication Title

Los Angeles Times

Publication Citation

Los Angeles Times, July 3, 2015, at A21.

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