Despite search warrants being a topic of significant interest in court cases and legal scholarship, the process of obtaining warrants offers comparatively little information. But when researchers found a surprising public data point in this field, their analysis led to sobering findings regarding the time judges spend reviewing warrants and the high approval rates of such warrants. In this episode of Proof Over Precedent, the researchers discuss their work, the data analysis process, and the implications of potentially insufficient judicial review of warrants.
Read the corresponding blog post.
Speakers:
- Miguel de Figueiredo, Professor of Law and Terry J. Tondro Research Scholar, UConn School of Law
- Brett Hashimoto, Assistant Professor of Linguistics, College of Humanities, Brigham Young University
- Dane Thorley, Professor of Law, Brigham Young University
- Jim Greiner, Honorable S. William Green Professor of Public Law at Harvard Law School; Faculty Director of the Access to Justice Lab at Harvard Law School
Resources mentioned:
- “Unwarranted Warrants? An Empirical Analysis of Judicial Review in Search and Seizure”, Harvard Law Review
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