Professor Carissa Byrne Hessick was a guest on KJZZ’s “Here and Now” with Pinal County Attorney Jim

Carissa Bryne Hessick

Walsh on Jan. 11 to discuss a new report on sentencing policy in Arizona.

Hessick believes that truth-in-sentencing hasn’t reduced crime in all type of defendants, while, Walsh argued that Arizona is a safer place as a result of it. Hessick also said there was some important information that wasn’t included in the report, and it “over-claims in a number of areas.”

To listen to the interview, visit KJZZ .

Hessick teaches Criminal Procedure, Criminal Law, and Federal Crimes. Her research focuses on aggravation and mitigation in criminal sentencing, the criminalization and punishment associated with child pornography, and other political and doctrinal issues associated with sentencing. She recently published an article in the California Law Review on the constitutionality of common sentencing factors. She has also published articles on whether military service and other good works ought to be treated as mitigating sentencing factors and on the severity of sentences associated with the possession of child pornography.