Andrew Crespo
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Professor of Criminal Law and Procedure @Harvard_Law Executive Faculty Director @endmassinc_org Founding Editor @_Inquest_
Cambridge, MA
Joined July 2016
Can plea strikes happen? What would it take for them to succeed? Been wanting to write this piece for a long time. Excited to share it and the broader project it's a part of, which @premaldharia and I are building @endmassinc_org. #NoJusticeNoPleas đź“– https://t.co/jHZUXlICo0
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For any of my CrimPro students watching at home, these are basically the bookends to our semester starting next week. We'll be talking about Rule 41(g) (and Weeks v. United States) the first day of class. And we'll spend a lot of time with Wong Sun at the start of the last week.
To explain the Wong Sun thing a bit further: That's a case about keeping evidence out of a trial because the search was illegal, and if Trump gets charged he'll have the opportunity to argue that. What he's purportedly seeking now is return of seized evidence under rule 41(g).
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This is striking. If you're a defense lawyer anticipating a search of your client's house and trying to stop it, you make the strongest case you can in a letter like this. Trump's lawyers never claim he actually declassified the documents. That is very telling.
9/ It is also worth nothing that Trump’s attorney does *not* assert or argue that Trump previously declassified documents or had a “standing order” doing so.
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DOJ has asked to unseal the warrant and "Attachments A & B." Best I can tell from examples of recent federal search warrants, these attachments will describe the "property to be searched" and the "particular items to be seized" but will NOT include the affidavit of probable cause
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Always the definitive cheat sheet for any election night.
Just out: my cheatsheet for tomorrow's mega-primaries. I've laid out 36 races to watch, with blockbusters for governor, SoS, Senate, county exec, DA, & much more in Michigan, Missouri, Arizona, Washington. And then there's the critical Kansas referendum.
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Congrats to @_Inquest_ on its 1-year anniversary. The home confinement victory is indeed inspiring! We appreciate the space to have advanced these arguments. 1/
Today is Inquest's official 1-year anniversary. We continue to mark a year of decarceral brainstorming with a piece from our founding editors - @premaldharia, @AndrewMCrespo & @cristianafarias - on why they started Inquest and what lies ahead:
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A must read ⬇️⬇️⬇️
@PiperSFrench @boltsmag @DorothyERoberts @pennlaw Wilfredo Laracuente (Prison Education Project, Center for Justice @Columbia) wove his own experience with parole into a somber examination of how & why people who are older & have served more time are dying at such high rates in New York prisons:
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@RachelBarkow @nyulaw @nyucrimlaw @Oslerguy @USTLawMN @SomilBTrivedi @JulesTwitted @ACLU @innocencetexas Authors @AlexesHarris @UW, @Natasha_Hicks_ @insightcced, & @Cort_Sand @CenteronBudget talked about racialized wealth extraction and how Black women bear the cost of mass incarceration and mass criminalization in this country. https://t.co/uT8ZHICrJo
#InquestAnniversary
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Fines and fees have a devastating effect on Black women and their communities. Abolishing them is the only option.
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I LOVE @_inquest_! The content is about cutting edge issues in the #criminal legal system and the essays are authored by brilliant writers. Anyone interested in #criminaljusticereform should be reading it!
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#InquestAnniversary thread
Inquest is marking our 1-year Anniversary this week by looking back at some of the many insightful and impactful pieces we've published over the last year. Stay tuned for highlights and read more at https://t.co/nhvGMtxrYL.
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We've linked some of our great pieces in the essay and you can find more in the thread below. You can also make sure to never miss a new piece by signing up for our newsletter, which delivers great new essays to your inbox every Saturday morning: https://t.co/WupInMkyGw
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One year ago we launched @_Inquest_, a forum for decarceral ideas, narratives and analyses. Since then, we've published 110(!) essays by over 130 amazing authors. Here 👇🏾 @premaldharia, @cristianafarias and I reflect on the year and on what's to come. Thanks to all our readers!
Today is Inquest's official 1-year anniversary. We continue to mark a year of decarceral brainstorming with a piece from our founding editors - @premaldharia, @AndrewMCrespo & @cristianafarias - on why they started Inquest and what lies ahead:
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Inquest is marking our 1-year Anniversary this week by looking back at some of the many insightful and impactful pieces we've published over the last year. Stay tuned for highlights and read more at https://t.co/nhvGMtxrYL.
#InquestAnniversary
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Advancing bold ideas to end mass incarceration.
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I couldn't be happier to welcome Prof @rddoerfler to the faculty @Harvard_Law. A brilliant scholar and philosopher, Ryan will be the first Chicano ever to hold a tenured position at our school, where he joins a small but growing Latino faculty. ¡Enhorabuena, Ryan!
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Come join us at @_Inquest_!
We're hiring a Managing Editor to join our leadership team! We are looking for an experienced editor with knowledge of various efforts to end the harms of the criminal legal system. Application deadline May 13. Please spread the word!
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Great new job opportunity: We're hiring a Managing Editor to join the leadership team @_Inquest_. Looking for an experienced editor with serious knowledge of the American penal system and of decarceral efforts. Please spread the word!
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