Alexandra Harrington

I am interested in how recent Supreme Court decisions that constitutionally limit sentences for people who were children at the time of the crime might transform our understanding of parole’s function. My research explores the constitutional dimensions of parole and the need for judicial oversight of parole board decisions. I seek to understand how our conception of juveniles’ culpability and capacity for rehabilitation informs the nature of the parole hearing, not only for people who committed crimes as children, but also, more broadly, for those convicted as adults. My work has drawn from my experience as a public defender representing clients in motions for resentencing and in parole hearings.” ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR 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 JUVENILE JUSTICE PRISONERS’ RIGHTS SENTENCING & PAROLE

ARTICLES The Constitutionalization of Parole: Fulfilling the Promise of Meaningful Review, 106 Cornell Law Review 1173 (2021).

REPORTS Time-in-Cell: A 2019 Snapshot of Restrictive Housing based on Nationwide Surveys of U.S. Prison Systems (with Judith Resnik, et al.)(2020).

Reforming Restrictive Housing: The 2018 ASCA-Liman Nationwide Survey of Time-in-Cell (with Judith Resnik, et al.)(2018).