Meghan J. Ryan

Publications

• An Upside of Originalism? Jury Size
  116 J. CRIM. L. & CRIMINOLOGY 419 (2026) · Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology · 2026
• Time and Retribution
  89 MO. L. REV. (2025) · Missouri Law Review · 2025
• The Death of the Evolving Standards of Decency
  51 FLA. ST. U. L. REV. 255 (2024) · Florida State University Law Review · 2024
• Secret Algorithms, IP Rights, and the Public Interest
  21 NV. L.J. FORUM 61 (2020) · Nevada Law Journal · 2020
• Secret Conviction Programs
  77 WASH. & LEE L. REV. 269 (2020) · Washington and Lee Law Review · 2020

• The Privacy, Probability, and Political Pitfalls of Universal DNA Collection
  20 SMU SCI. & TECH. L. REV. 3 (2017) · SMU Science and Technology Law Review · 2017
• Voices on Innocence
  68 FLA. L. REV. 1569 (2016) · Florida Law Review · 2016
• Justice Scalia’s Bottom-Up Approach to Shaping the Law
  25 WM. & MARY BILL RTS. J. 297 (2016) · William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal · 2016
• Taking Another Look at Second-Look Sentencing
  81 BROOK. L. REV. (2015) · Brooklyn Law Review · 2015
• Lessons from Gitmo
  49 INT'L LAWYER 229 (2015) · The International Lawyer · 2015
• Cultivating Judgment on the Tools of Wrongful Conviction
  68 SMU L. REV. 1073 (2015) · SMU Law Review · 2015
• The 2014 SMU Criminal Justice Colloquium: An Introduction
  67 SMU L. REV. 489 (2014) · SMU Law Review · 2014
• The Missing Jury: The Neglected Role of Juries in Eighth Amendment Punishments Clause Determinations
  64 FLA. L. REV. 549 (2012) · Florida Law Review · 2012
• Remedying Wrongful Execution
  45 U. MICH. J. L. REFORM 261 (2012) · University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform · 2012
• Does the Eighth Amendment Punishments Clause Prohibit Only Punishments That Are Both Cruel and Unusual?
  87 WASH. U. L. REV. 567 (2010) · Washington University Law Review · 2010

• Does Stare Decisis Apply in the Eighth Amendment Death Penalty Context
  85 N. C. L. REV. 847 (2007) · North Carolina Law Review · 2007