This is Your Sword: How Damaging Are Prior Convictions to Plaintiffs in Civil Trials?

Deirdre Bowen, Kathryn Stanchi and Isaac Christopher Samuel

September 08, 2016

This article presents the results of empirical study showing complex and surprising effects of raising plaintiff’s prior conviction in civil trial.

Citation:

This is Your Sword: How Damaging Are Prior Convictions to Plaintiffs in Civil Trials?, 89 Wash. U. L. Rev. 901 (2014) (with D. Bowen)