This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract This Article critically examines a cluster of rules that use the concept of prejudice to restrict the scope of criminal defendants' procedural ...

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Black and Hispanic New Yorkers are disproportionately affected by the summons system, which results in high rates of ...