Criminal Justice Reform: How We Got Here, Why We Need It, and the Path Forward
Document Type
Lecture
Publication Date
11-1-2017
Abstract
On November 1, 2017, Former Deputy Attorney General and Acting Attorney General Sally Yates delivered Georgetown Law’s Philip A. Hart Memorial Lecture: “Criminal Justice Reform: How We Got Here, Why We Need It, and the Path Forward.” Prior to this appointment, President Barack Obama nominated Yates to be U.S. Attorney in the Northern District of Georgia, and was confirmed by the Senate on March 10, 2010. Yates was the first woman to hold that position in the Northern District of Georgia.
Recommended Citation
Yates, Sally, "Criminal Justice Reform: How We Got Here, Why We Need It, and the Path Forward" (2017). Philip A. Hart Memorial Lecture. 34.
https://scholarship.law.georgetown.edu/hartlecture/34