Karen Blum, Mark R. Brown, Erwin Chemerinsky, et al.
Amici Curiae
Stephanos Bibas, Counsel of Record Karen Blum, Mark R. Brown, and Erwin Chemerinsky are joined in this brief by 10 other professors of criminal procedure, civil rights, or constitutional law. Stephanos Bibas is a professor of law and criminology and director of the Supreme Court Clinic at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for the Respondent as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on January 28, 2011. The modern practice of arresting and imprisoning material witnesses, without offering them any opportunity to provide bail or a recognizance to guarantee their appearance…
