John Meixner (@johnbmeixner) profile picture

Asst Prof @UGASchoolofLaw. Teaching & writing on crim, neurolaw, evidence, law & psych. Former fed prosecutor, @UMich & @NorthwesternLaw alum.

Athens, GA
Joined May 2021
I had a great time presenting at Northwestern Law's first alumni in academia conference! Thanks @PaulGowder and @HariOsofsky for putting on such a great event. Awesome to see old friends and meet a new group of JD/PhD students who are doing amazing work!
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🚨Cool conference alert🚨 I had a blast at the first "Law &" conference in Hong Kong, exploring interdisciplinary legal studies across domains. Thanks @ryanwhalen for putting together an amazing group of scholars!
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New draft! Shocking Sentences (forthcoming @IndianaLJ).  Check it out here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.…. I argue that recidivist penalties are unjust in part because they're totally unexpected—indeed, shocking—to the defendants who face them. And psychology explains why! A brief🧵
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Had an awesome time presenting a new sentencing paper this week at the Juniors Scholars Conference. Awesome work putting this together @david__simon! #JSC2024
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Had a great time over the past few days at #biolawlapalooza engaging with folks across the biolaw space and talking about how health-related mitigation like addiction & mental illness might influence criminal sentencing. Love this kind & creative group of scholars!
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My new article, Modern Sentencing Mitigation, is out in the @NwULRev! It's the first empirical study examining mitigation practices in real noncapital cases. Spoiler: mitigation matters in sentencing, and judges seem to reject the Guidlines' approach. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.…
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