SYSTEMIC FAILURE TO APPEAR IN COURT

We are extremely grateful to the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office and its DATA Lab for their collaboration and support in accessing and interpreting data for this project. The following individuals provided invaluable input: Dana Bazelon, Mariel Delacruz, Deborah Epstein, Brandon Garrett, Lauryn Gouldin, Oren Gur, Paul Heaton, Anjelica Hendricks, Michael Hollander, William Hubbard, Rachel Ryley, Colleen Shanahan, Mikayla Smith, Rebecca Steck, and Tyler Tran. We also thank participants at the Duke Empirical Criminal Law Roundtable and the Penn Carey Law Summer Faculty Workshop. Thanks also to the excellent law librarians at UVA and Penn, as well as the talented editors of the University of Pennsylvania Law Review. We gratefully acknowledge funding from Arnold Ventures and note that our research was produced independently and reflects the personal views of its authors. It does not reflect the views of the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office or any other entity.