FOREWORD: THE AMERICAN CRIMINAL LAW REVIEW'S DIRECTED NOTES PROGRAM

The coverage of these notes is broad, their topics varying from a proposal to allow double jeopardy in certain circumstances, to a critique of a recent Supreme Court decision limiting the use of the exclusionary rule, to a discussion of the post-Katrina public defender system in New Orleans. Kyden Creekpaum's Note on double jeopardy reform takes a pro-prosecution stance, while Dan Gutin's Note critiquing the Supreme Court's decision not to extend the exclusionary rule to knock and announce violations is pro-defense.