Brief of a Former Federal Judge, Fair and Just Prosecution, 17 Law Professors, and 4 Domestic Violence Researchers and Advocates as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner

Authors

Jamie Abrams, American University Washington College of LawFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2024

Case Name

Andrew v. Warden

Abstract

While amici are not formally affiliated with each other and come from a variety of professional fields, they are all keenly aware of the pernicious effects of gender bias against female defendants in American courtrooms. Each is deeply familiar with the toll that gender bias exacts not only on the individual women whose interactions with the criminal legal system are tainted by it, but also on the quality, reliability, and fairness of the criminal legal system. Together they have a distinct interest in ensuring that inflammatory and prejudicial gendered stereotypes about how women should look, act, and comport themselves are eradicated from criminal prosecutions.

• The Honorable Judge Mark Bennett (ret.) of Drake University Law School;
• Fair and Just Prosecution, a nonprofit project of the Tides Center that brings together elected prosecutors from around the nation as part of a network of leaders committed to a justice system grounded in fairness, equity, compassion, and fiscal responsibility
• Jamie Abrams of the American University Washington College of Law, Valena Beety of Indiana University Bloomington Maurer School of Law, Leigh Goodmark of the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, Aya Gruber of the University of Southern California Gould School of Law, Mallika Kaur of the University of California Berkeley Law School, Carla Laroche of Tulane Law School and The Murphy Institute, Cortney E. Lollar of the Georgia State University College of Law, Nancy Lemon of the University of California Berkeley Law School, Benjamin Levin of Washington University in St. Louis School of Law, Justin Marceau of the University of Denver Strum College of Law, Daniel S. Medwed of the Northeastern University School of Law, Joan S. Meier of the George Washington University Law School, Priscilla Ocen of Loyola Law School, Maybell Romero of Tulane Law School, Dan Simon of the University of Southern California Gould School of Law, Jonathan Simon of the University of California Berkeley Law School, and Greg Swygert of Northwestern Pritzker School of Law.

Recommended Citation

Abrams, Jamie, "Brief of a Former Federal Judge, Fair and Just Prosecution, 17 Law Professors, and 4 Domestic Violence Researchers and Advocates as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner" (2024). Amicus Briefs. 46.
https://digitalcommons.wcl.american.edu/pub_disc_briefs/46