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    Criminal Justice Fall 2020

    Volume 35 Issue 3  

    Public Health

    “Everybody Out of the Pool!”: The Problems Selecting Criminal Trial Juries and Empaneling Grand Juries in a COVID-19 World

    Joshua L. Dratel

    The novel coronavirus pandemic has presented many challenges to the operation of the criminal justice system and going forward resumption of jury trials and grand jury presentations will be manifold, including practical, health, logistical, and constitutional issues.

    Criminal

    Criminal Justice and COVID-19

    Mark E. Wojcik and David W. Austin

    The article shows how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the criminal justice system, threatened the lives of prisoners, and prompted legislative and regulatory responses.

    Features

    Science & Engineering

    A Path Forward: The Value of Forensic Science Standards Development and Use to the American Legal System

    Matthew F. Redle and The Honorable Christopher J. Plourd

    Following a 2009 report by the National Academy of Sciences on the state of forensic science an effort to improve the quality of such evidence has been underway, leading to the development of standards for the testing and analysis of such evidence. This article explains the background leading to such standards, the standards development process and their value to criminal justice practitioners.

    From the Chair

    Women in Criminal Justice

    Trial Tactics

    Cert Alert

    Ethics

    Criminal Justice Matters

    Section News