Russell D Covey

Russell Covey is a professor of law at Georgia State University College of Law, teaching criminal law and procedure. He served as cochair of the ABA Plea Bargain Task Force. In addition to publishing many book chapters and articles in his field, Covey is the coeditor of The Wrongful Convictions Reader (Carolina Press 2018). He has filed amicus briefs on behalf of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Covey's recent work studies police misconduct and the effects of jailhouse...See more

Russell Covey is a professor of law at Georgia State University College of Law, teaching criminal law and procedure. He served as cochair of the ABA Plea Bargain Task Force. In addition to publishing many book chapters and articles in his field, Covey is the coeditor of The Wrongful Convictions Reader (Carolina Press 2018). He has filed amicus briefs on behalf of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Covey's recent work studies police misconduct and the effects of jailhouse informants as causes of wrongful convictions. See less