Center on the Administration of Criminal Law
Media
Although scholarship and litigation can improve public policy, the Center also seeks to advance criminal justice policy through the media by authoring op-ed pieces and handling media requests on various matters, including pending high-profile criminal cases, legislation, and policy issues.
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Read the Center's op-ed pieces here.
View and listen to the Center's television and radio appearances here.
See the Center's appearances in print and internet media here.
Recent Center media highlights include:
- An appearance on NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams by Executive Director Anthony S. Barkow to comment on the extortion case involving David Letterman
- Analysis in the Wall Street Journal Law Blog by Executive Director Anthony S. Barkow assessing the strength of the evidence in the Galleon insider trading case
- An op-ed on CNN.com by Executive Director Anthony S. Barkow commenting that Judge Sonia Sotomayor's experience as a local prosecutor would bring to the Supreme Court a perspective on criminal law that other Justices lack (noted as "an effective piece" on the Sentencing Law and Policy blog)
- An op-ed on the Sentencing Law & Policy blog by Executive Director Anthony S. Barkow and Fellow Jason Richman '11 regarding the decision by the Boston United States Attorney not to prosecute public intellectual and blogger Andrew Sullivan, and arguing that prosecutors should consider collateral consequences when making charging decisions
- Extensive commentary in The Washington Post by Executive Director Anthony S. Barkow regarding a federal judge's decision to reject a plea for bail by a top deputy to Bernard Madoff who pleaded guilty and is cooperating with the government's investigation