Jelani Jefferson Exum

Publications

• Closing Symposium Remarks: Reflections on a Legacy That Endures
  37 J. CIV. RTS. & ECON. DEV. (2026) · Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development · 2026
• Opening Symposium Remarks: Celebrating 100 Years of Scholarly Impact at St. John’s Law
  37 J. CIV. RTS. & ECON. DEV. (2026) · Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development · 2026
• Addressing Racial Inequities in the Criminal Justice SystemThrough A Reconstruction Sentencing Approach
  47 OHIO N. U. L. REV. (2023) · Ohio Northern University Law Review · 2023
• That is Enough Punishment: Situating Defunding the Police Within Antiracist Sentencing Reform
  48 FORDHAM URB. L.J. 625 (2021) · Fordham Urban Law Journal · 2021

• Nearsighted and Colorblind: The Perspective Problems of Police Deadly Force Cases
  65 CLEV. ST. L. REV. 491 (2017) · Cleveland State Law Review · 2017
• Giving Guidance to the Guidelines
  68 S. C. L. REV. (2017) · South Carolina Law Review · 2017
• Should Death Be So Different?: Sentencing Purposes and Capital Jury Decisions in an Era of Smart on Crime Sentencing Reform
  70 ARK. L. REV. 227 (2017) · Arkansas Law Review · 2017
• Purpose-Focused Sentencing: How Reforming Punishment Can Transform Policing
  29 J. CIV. RTS. & ECON. DEV. (2017) · Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development · 2017
• The Death Penalty on the Streets: What the Eighth Amendment Can Teach About Regulating Police Use of Force
  80 MO. L. REV. (2015) · Missouri Law Review · 2015
• Making The Punishment Fit The (Computer) Crime: Rebooting Notions Of Possession For The Federal Sentencing Of Child Pornography Offenses
  16 RICH. J. L. & TECH. 8 (2010) · Richmond Journal of Law & Technology · 2010

• The More Things Change: A Psychological Case against Allowing the Federal Sentencing Guidelines to Stay the Same in Light of Gall, Kimbrough, and New Understandings of Reasonableness Review
  58 CATH. U. L. REV. 115 (2008) · Catholic University Law Review · 2008