The Future of the Allen Charge in the New Millennium
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THE FUTURE OF THE ALLEN CHARGE IN
THE NEW MILLENNIUM
Caleb Epperson*
I. INTRODUCTION
In matters of truth and justice, there is no difference between
large and small problems, for issues concerning the treatment of
people are all the same.I
Following the death of George Floyd on May 25, 2020,
social and political movements grew rapidly nationwide to
combat the prevalence of police brutality against African-
American communities.2 The impact of the ongoing Black Lives
Matter movement has been observed in both cities across the
United States and in related movements internationally.3 This
movement highlights the necessity for police reform and
catalyzes the public's growing call for greater criminal justice
reform. To achieve the goals of a fundamental reform of
* J.D. Candidate, The University of Arkansas School of Law 2022. Articles Editor for
the Arkansas Law Review, 2021-2022. The author sincerely thanks Professor Alex Nunn for
his guidance and advice in creating this Comment. The author also gives a special thank you
to Michael Roberson for being the initial inspiration behind this article and for the continuing
example he sets as an impassioned criminal defense attorney. The author thanks the editorial
team of the Arkansas Law Review, especially Wyatt Cross, for their diligent work. Finally,
the author would like to thank his mother, father, sister, and niece for their constant support
and encouragement not only in the process of writing this comment, but in all the author's
adventures before and after.
1. KENJI SUGIMOTO, ALBERT EINSTEIN: A PHOTOGRAPHIC BIOGRAPHY, 166 (Astrid
Amelungse et al. eds., Schocken Books, Inc. 1989) (1987).
2. See Tim Arango et al., How George Floyd Died, and What Happened Next, N.Y.
TIMES (Nov. 1, 2021), [https://perma.cc/4HZY-GJS8]; see also Elaine Godfrey, The
Enormous Scale of This Movement, ATL. (June 7, 2020, 7:58 AM), [https://perma.cc/4ULB-
AUBD].
3. Sophia Ankel, 30 Days that Shook America: Since the Death of George Floyd, the
Black Lives Matter Movement Has Already Changed the Country, BUS. INSIDER (June 24,
2020), [https://perma.cc/G77X-2WBE]; see also Daniel Odin Shaw & Saman Ayesha
Kidwai, The Global Impact of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) Movement, GEOPOLITICS (Aug.
21, 2020), [https://perma.cc/4ZVN-BJUQ] (explaining the rise and ongoing prevalence of
Black Lives Matter in England, France, and Belgium).](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.journals/arklr75&div=7&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)
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