provide a summary of the key points of the reading.

You may choose to write your paper on any of the following readings:
Scott-Hayward & Fradella, Abolishing Bail 9/8
Schmidle, Three Trials for Murder 9/13
Serial Season 3, Episode 1 9/22
Bach, Ordinary Injustice: How America Holds Court, Chapter 1, Miss Wiggs
List 9/29
Davis, Reimagining Prosecution 9/29
Bach, Ordinary Injustice: How America Holds Court, Chapter 1, Whats a
Defense 10/11
Center for American Progress, Criminals and Campaign Cash: The Impact of
Judicial Campaign Spending on Criminal Defendants, pages 1-28 10/20
Ma, Prosecutorial Discretion and Plea Bargaining in the United States, France,
Germany, and Italy: A Comparative Perspective 11/3
Bach, Ordinary Injustice: How America Holds Court, Chapter 4, Show Trial
12/1
Clifford, A Shot to the Heart 12/1

The focus of these papers should be the particular reading that you are responding to.
Your paper should:
1) provide a summary of the key points of the reading;
2) critically assess the reading, i.e. evaluate the reading; this can be positive or negative or both;
3) make connections to other course materials (either the textbook or other
readings/materials for that week and/or the textbook or materials from another week) and/or current events
4) include your opinion/thoughts on the reading, i.e. do you agree/disagree with the points made by the author(s) and why.

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