A recent study from the Vera Institute of Justice studied the effect of legal representation on detained immigrants’ likelihood of being granted a release on bond, a temporary stay relief, or a guaranteed permanent relief from deportation. The findings point to better ways, and better timing, to support individuals to strengthen due process.
By Michelle Blouin, Communications Associate, Access to Justice Lab, Harvard Law School The Access to Justice Lab’s study, which we
In a Harvard Law Review article last June, three authors wrote about their empirical research on how judicial review of warrants work in practice and whether such submission and reviews of warrants offer a meaningful check on police power or simply a system of rubber stamps. While the data analysis proved to be complex in determining best practices, it revealed some troubling patterns.
