Sonali Chakravarti

Sonali Chakravarti is an associate professor of government at Wesleyan University and the author of Radical Enfranchisement in the Jury Room and Public Life (University of Chicago Press).

Derek Chauvin trial

How BLM Is Subtly Shaping the Chauvin Trial How BLM Is Subtly Shaping the Chauvin Trial

From the jury selection to the witness stand, the judge in this case is allowing the movement for Black lives to inform the deliberations in a strikingly new way.

Apr 16, 2021 / Sonali Chakravarti

Edward Snowden Deserves to Be Tried by a Jury of His Peers, Just Like Everyone Else

Edward Snowden Deserves to Be Tried by a Jury of His Peers, Just Like Everyone Else Edward Snowden Deserves to Be Tried by a Jury of His Peers, Just Like Everyone Else

The Justice Department has declined Snowden’s request for a jury trial—what are they afraid of?

Oct 9, 2019 / Sonali Chakravarti

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