Michael M. O'Hear

Publications

• The Excessive Fines Clause in the Federal Courts: A Quarter-Century of Narrowing
  12 TEX. A & M L. REV. 761 (2025) · Texas A&M Law Review · 2025
• Can the Excessive Fines Clause Mitigate the LFO Crisis? An Assessment of the Caselaw
  Minnesota Law Review Vols. 106:2 onward (2021-present) · 2024
• Plea Bargaining in Homicide Cases: An Empirical Exploration in One State
  25 CARDOZO J. CONFLICT RESOL. 333 (2023) · Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution · 2023
• Violent Crime And Punitiveness: An Empirical Study Of Public Opinion
  103 MARQ. L. REV. 1035 (2020) · Marquette Law Review · 2020
• Violent Crime And Media Coverage In One City: A Statistical Snapshot
  103 MARQ. L. REV. 1007 (2020) · Marquette Law Review · 2020
• Legal Responses To Violent Crime: Does Research Support Alternatives To Long-Term Incarceration?
  103 MARQ. L. REV. 735 (2020) · Marquette Law Review · 2020
• Early Release for Prisoners Convicted of Violent Crimes: Can Anyone Escape the Incapacitation-Retribution Catch-22?
  Connecticut Law Review · 2020

• Third-Class Citizenship: The Escalating Legal Consequences of Committing a "Violent" Crime
  109 J. CRIM. L. & CRIMINOLOGY 165 (2019) · Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology · 2019
• Imprisonment Inertia and Public Attitudes Toward "Truth in Sentencing"
  2015 BYU L. REV. 257 (2015) · BYU Law Review · 2015
• Good Conduct Time for Prisoners: Why (and How) Wisconsin Should Provide Credits Toward Early Release
  98 MARQ. L. REV. 487 (2014) · Marquette Law Review · 2014
• Not Just Kid Stuff - Extending Graham and Miller to Adults
  78 MO. L. REV. (2013) · Missouri Law Review · 2013
• Foreward: Why Wickersham?
  96 MARQ. L. REV. (2013) · Marquette Law Review · 2013
• Appellate Review of Sentences: Reconsidering Difference
  51 WM. & MARY L. REV. 2123 (2010) · William & Mary Law Review · 2010

• Explaining Sentences
  36 FLA. ST. U. L. REV. (2009) · Florida State University Law Review · 2009
• Criminal Appeals: Past, Present, and Future
  93 MARQ. L. REV. 339 (2009) · Marquette Law Review · 2009
• Appellate Review of Sentence Explanations: Learning from the Wisconsin and Federal Experiences
  93 MARQ. L. REV. 751 (2009) · Marquette Law Review · 2009
• Bark and Bite: The Environmental Sentencing Guidelines After Booker
  2009 UTAH L. REV. (2009) · Utah Law Review · 2009
• Plea Bargaining and Procedural Justice
  42 GA. L. REV. (2008) · Georgia Law Review · 2008
• Plea Bargaining and Victims: From Consultation to Guidelines
  91 MARQ. L. REV. 323 (2007) · Marquette Law Review · 2007
• Introduction: Dispute Resolution in Criminal Law
  91 MARQ. L. REV. 1 (2007) · Marquette Law Review · 2007
• Faith, Justice, and the Teaching of Criminal Procedure
  90 MARQ. L. REV. 87 (2006) · Marquette Law Review · 2006
• The End of Bordenkircher: Extending the Logic of Apprendi to Plea Bargaining
  84 WASH. U. L. REV. 835 (2006) · Washington University Law Review · 2006
• Is Restorative Justice Compatible with Sentencing Uniformity?
  89 MARQ. L. REV. 305 (2005) · Marquette Law Review · 2005
• Sentencing the Green-Collar Offender: Punishment, Culpability, and Environmental Crime
  95 J. CRIM. L. & CRIMINOLOGY 133 (2004) · Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology · 2004
• Federalism and Drug Control
  57 VAND. L. REV. 781 (2004) · Vanderbilt Law Review · 2004
• Blue-Collar Crimes/White-Collar Criminals: Sentencing Elite Athletes Who Commit Violent Crimes
  12 MARQ. SPORTS L. REV. 427 (2001) · Marquette Sports Law Review · 2001

• The “Original Intent” of U.S. International Taxation
  46 DUKE L.J. 1021 (1997) · Duke Law Journal · 1997
• "Some of the Most Embarrassing Questions": Extraterritorial Divorces and the Problem of Jurisdiction Before Pennoyer
  104 YALE L.J. 1507 (1995) · Yale Law Journal · 1995