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Introduction

This Guide provides an overview of print and electronic resources relating to sentencing and wrongful convictions. Please use the tabs on the left or bottom of the screen to navigate through the Guide. Access to some resources may be restricted to either the Duquesne Kline or Duquesne University community.

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Westlaw 350H Sentencing and Punishment
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Collateral Consequences Resource Center
National Registry of Exonerations | University of Michigan
National Registry of Exonerations is a project of the Newkirk Center for Science & Society at University of California Irvine, the University of Michigan Law School and Michigan State University College of Law. The Registry aims to provide information about every known exoneration in the United States since 1989.
Pennsylvania Commission on Sentencing
The Commission was created by the PA Legislature in 1978 to create and maintain consistent statewide sentencing policy and guidelines that promote fairer and more uniform sentencing throughout the Commonwealth.

Scholarly Articles and Working Papers

Social Science Research Network Corrections and Sentencing Law eJournal
Social Science Research Network provides access to working papers and pre-publication versions of journal articles.
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Users may set up SSRN accounts and subscribe to free e-journals in the SSRN Legal Scholarship Network. To automatically receive email alerts for ejournals, go to the Legal Scholarship Network subscriptions page (you will be prompted to log in to SSRN). Look under "Law" on the left side of the screen (Subject Matter eJournals are listed at the end). If Duquesne Kline faculty members are unable to select orange subject eJournals, please contact lawlibrary@duq.edu for account assistance.
Digital Commons: Law Enforcement and Corrections
The Digital Commons provides full-text scholarly articles from hundreds of universities and colleges worldwide, including peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, dissertations, working papers, conference proceedings, and other original scholarly work.

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