Alexandra Harrington A S S O C I ATE P R O F E S S O R DIRECTOR OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE ADVOCACY CLINIC DIRECTOR OF THE INNOCENCE AND JUSTICE PROJECT JD, Yale Law School BA, Vanderbilt University (716) 645-2108
aharr@buffalo.edu
AREAS OF INTEREST CRIMINAL LAW CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
I am interested in how recent
JUVENILE JUSTICE
Supreme Court decisions
PRISONERS’ RIGHTS
that constitutionally limit
SENTENCING & PAROLE
sentences for people who were children at the time of
ARTICLES
the crime might transform
The Constitutionalization of
our understanding of parole’s
Parole: Fulfilling the Promise of
function. My research explores
Meaningful Review, 106 Cornell
the constitutional dimensions
Law Review 1173 (2021).
of parole and the need for judicial oversight of parole
REPORTS
board decisions. I seek to
Time-in-Cell: A 2019 Snapshot
understand how our conception
of Restrictive Housing based
of juveniles’ culpability and
on Nationwide Surveys of
capacity for rehabilitation
U.S. Prison Systems (with
informs the nature of the
Judith Resnik, et al.)(2020).
parole hearing, not only for people who committed crimes
Reforming Restrictive Housing:
as children, but also, more
The 2018 ASCA-Liman Nationwide
broadly, for those convicted
Survey of Time-in-Cell (with
as adults. My work has drawn
Judith Resnik, et al.)(2018).
from my experience as a public defender representing clients in motions for resentencing and in parole hearings.”
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