CRIMINAL JUSTICE ISSUE – Crime Control v. Due Process Exemplified in Disaster Lawmaking. There is probably no better example of a Federal statute embodying Packer’s crime control and due process models of the criminal justice system than the Patriot Act of 2001. In his 2015 Capital Law Review Article entitled, “THE PATRIOT ACT AND CRISIS LEGISLATION: THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF DISASTER LAWMAKING”, Kyle Welch touches on the main issues praised by law enforcement, prosecution and citizens, as well as the main issues criticized by civil libertarians and citizens. The main…
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