Resume

• 1981

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

  Economics

  Stanford University

  J.D.

  President

  Stanford Law Review

  Stanford University Law School

• Paul G. Cassell

  Paul George Cassell (born 1959) is a former United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Utah

  who is currently the Ronald N. Boyce Presidential Professor of Criminal Law and University Distinguished Professor...

  Paul G. Cassell

  Appeals

  Criminal Justice

  Civil Litigation

  Research

  Legal Writing

  Litigation

  Victims in Criminal Procedure (4th ed.)

  Margaret Garvin

  Douglas Beloof

  This book is a law school casebook that review crime victims' rights throughout the criminal justice process.

  Victims in Criminal Procedure (4th ed.)

  Richard Fowles

  This paper explores what caused the 2016 Chicago homicide spike

  concluding that a reduction in stop-and-frisks triggered by an ACLU settlement agreement with the Chicago Police Department was the most likely cause.

  What Caused the 2016 Chicago Homicide Spike? An Empirical Examination of the ‘ACLU Effect’ and the Role of Stop and Frisks in Preventing Gun Violence

  The available empirical evidence strongly suggests that the Supreme Court's 1966 decision in Miranda v. Arizona caused a significant drop of crime clearance rates.

  Still Handcuffing the Cops After all These Years: A Review of Fifty Years of Empirical Evidence of Miranda’s Harmful Effects on Law Enforcement

  Nathanael James Mitchell

  Bradley J. Edwards

  Crime victims rights should be recognized as protecting crime victims even before charges are formally filed.

  Protecting Crime Victims’ Rights Before Charges Are Filed: The Need for Expansive Interpretation of the Crime Victims’ Rights Act and Similar State Statutes

  The Guilty and the ‘Innocent’: An Examination of Alleged Cases of Wrongful Conviction from False Confessions

  Conventional estimates significantly overstate the wrongful conviction rate in this country.

  “Overstating America’s Wrongful Conviction Rate? Reassessing the Conventional Wisdom About the Incidence of Wrongful Convictions

  ”

  Crime victims' rights are being increasingly protected throughout the United States

  including through enactment of \"Marsy's Law\" provisions in state constitution.

  Crime Victims’ Rights

  Professor Cassell teaches criminal law

  criminal procedure

  crime victims' rights

  and other classes at the S.J. Quinney College of Law at the University of Utah. He also litigates in federal and state courts on various issues

  including many pro bono cases on behalf of crime victims. He is an expert on criminal law topics

  including crime victims' rights

  police interrogations and confessions

  pro-active police practices

  and related subjects.

  Paul

  Cassell

  U.S. District Courts

  Judge Antonin Scalia

  University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law

  Chief Justice Warrren Burger

  U.S. Department of Justice

  Judge Antonin Scalia

  U.S. Department of Justice

  Alexandria

  VA

  Assistant United States Attorney

  Chief Justice Warrren Burger

  U.S. Department of Justice

  Washington D.C. Metro Area

  Associate Deputy Attorney General

  Salt Lake City

  UT

  Nominated by President George W. Bush to serve as a U.S. District Court Judge for the District of Utah in 2001. Confirmed by the Senate in 2002. Served until 2007.

  U.S. District Court Judge

  U.S. District Courts

  Greater Salt Lake City Area

  Course taught include criminal procedure

  criminal law

  and crime victims' rights.

  Ronald N. Boyce Presidential Professor of Criminal Law and University Distinguished Professor

  University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law

  Faculty Achievement Award for Research Excellence

  S.J. Quinnney College of Law at the University of Utah

  Fellow

  American Bar Foundation