In addition to practicing criminal defense, Michael Cicchini has advocated for defendants’ rights through extensive research and writing in the field of criminal law.  His articles have been accepted by nationally-recognized law journals, including the following publications:

An Economics Perspective on the Exclusionary Rule and Deterrence, 75 Missouri Law Review 459  (2010).
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Reforming the Law on Show-Up Identifications, 100 Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology (Northwestern University) ____  (forthcoming, 2010) (with Joseph Easton).

Judicial (In)Discretion: How Courts Circumvent the Confrontation Clause under Crawford and Davis, 75 Tennessee Law Review 753  (2009).
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An Empirical Basis for the Admission of Expert Testimony on False Confessions, 40 Arizona State Law Journal 1 (2008) (with Danielle Chojnacki and Lawrence White).
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Broken Government Promises:  A Contract-Based Approach to Enforcing Plea Bargains, 38
New Mexico Law Review 159 (2008).
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Prosecutorial Misconduct at Trial: A New Perspective Rooted in Confrontation Clause Jurisprudence, 37 Seton Hall Law Review 335 (2007).
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Confrontation After Crawford v. Washington: Defining "Testimonial", 10 Lewis & Clark
Law Review 531 (2006) (with Vincent Rust).
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