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Michal Buchhandler-Raphael

@buchhandler.bsky.social

Associate Professor of Law @WidenerLawCW, Criminal law, Family Law, Evidence, writes on gender-based violence, domestic and sexual violence legal reforms, alternatives to policing. An immigrant.

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תודה רבה! אבל אני לא מבזבזת דקה מיותרת מהחופשה שלי בישראל על זה. אני על המטוס ביום שלישי!✈️✈️✈️הזה.

20.07.2025 00:44 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Had a terrific time presenting my new project "A Reasonable Fear Defense in Failure-to-Protect prosecutions" at #CrimFest. I advocate for legislatures to adopt an affirmative defense for defendants charged with homicide-by-omission when they reasonably feared escalation of harm if they intervened.

16.07.2025 20:50 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

It was so great to see you!!!

16.07.2025 00:36 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Second that!!! It was so great to see you, Ben!

16.07.2025 00:35 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Gisele Pelicot awarded France's Legion of Honour - BBC News Pelicot was named knight of the Legion of Honour on a list announced ahead of France's Bastille Day.

An amazing honor and recognition for a brave survivor. A role model for all rape and sexual assault survivors. Her courageous choice to waive her anonymity has changed the legal landscape for many survivors of gender-based violence. #StopSexualViolence #MeToo
www.bbc.com/news/article...

13.07.2025 18:51 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Congratulations, @profnroemer.bsky.social !

26.06.2025 19:16 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

Thank you, @SSRN for highlighting my work.
Check it out in the link 👇

20.05.2025 18:08 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Thanks so much, Ben!

16.05.2025 02:44 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Excited to share our latest article (with the amazing @jonpenny.bsky.social and @shoreingber.bsky.social) “The Chilling Effects of Dobbs” in Florida Law Review. The piece grew out of Jon’s creative study and our broader work together on intimate privacy. Here www.floridalawreview.com/article/1381...

14.05.2025 15:43 — 👍 28    🔁 16    💬 0    📌 1
Compassionate Undercharging <p><span>Undercharging, a common prosecutorial tactic, refers to the strategic pursuit of lesser charges than the law permits. While undercharging is primarily

My recent article "Compassionate Undercharging" has just been uploaded on @ssrn.bsky.social ! Highlighting the impact of domestic abuse, it advocates for bringing lesser homicide charges against victimized offenders. #MenendezBrothers
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

15.05.2025 21:55 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1
Police Minimalism in Domestic Violence – Arizona State Law Journal

My Article, "Police Minimalism in Domestic Violence," is now published in the Arizona State Law Journal! @asulaw.bsky.social
It advocates for integrating civilian responders into domestic violence emergency responses.
The full article is available here:
arizonastatelawjournal.org/2025/05/11/p...

13.05.2025 18:26 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1

Huge congrats on this wonderful accomplishment! I loved reading this terrific paper! 🎉

23.04.2025 11:33 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Penalizing Prevention: The Paradoxical Legal Treatment of Preventive Medicine Preventive medicine, which includes interventions intended to preempt illnesses before they surface, has long been a priority for furthering public health goals

SCOTUS to hear oral arguments in the Braidwood v. Becerra case on Monday. Want to know more about Section 1557, the preventive health mandate of the ACA, and how stereotypes re prevention creeped into earlier decisions? Read my article Penalizing Prevention: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

18.04.2025 14:21 — 👍 110    🔁 44    💬 1    📌 1

Loved reading this great paper!

02.04.2025 00:37 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Please join us on Friday, April 4 for our Law Review Symposium on addressing gender-based violence. I’ll present my recent WIP, Compassionate Undercharging, forthcoming in @ucdavislaw.bsky.social!

29.03.2025 16:45 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I am so sorry you endured this abuse, and also so glad that you were able to leave SAFELY (and find happiness)! ❤️

22.03.2025 18:25 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I study IPV and this post is an important reminder that guns are not the only tool that is used by abusers to kill their partners. Strangulation only takes the use of one’s bare hands.

22.03.2025 17:51 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

This panel sounds fascinating! 🔥🔥🔥

14.03.2025 21:30 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Thrilled to share that my latest project, Compassionate Undercharging is now forthcoming @UCDavisLRev
I argue that prosecutors should refrain from pursuing murder charges against victimized offenders—individuals who committed homicides influenced by domestic abuse—and instead pursue lesser charges.

14.03.2025 12:22 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Thrilled to share that my latest project, Compassionate Undercharging is forthcoming @UCDavisLRev
I argue that prosecutors should refrain from pursuing murder charges against victimized offenders—individuals who committed homicides influenced by domestic abuse—and instead bring lesser charges.

14.03.2025 12:16 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Congratulations, @noahchauvin.bsky.social that’s wonderful news!!!🎉

08.03.2025 09:07 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

It’s also the law.

24.02.2025 03:05 — 👍 18    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

Love these pirogie! Even a vegetarian like me would enjoy!

22.02.2025 22:39 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Are these pierogies? Look amazing.

22.02.2025 20:11 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Congrats, Rachel. I’d love to read a draft! Will email you. 🎉👏

18.02.2025 23:35 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Important comment on a pending amendment to Federal Rule of Evidence 801(d)(1)(A) from Colin Miller, a leading expert on wrongful convictions.

14.02.2025 17:43 — 👍 13    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

In light of the news that DOJ leadership is forcing career prosecutors to either dismiss the criminal case against Eric Adams or be fired, it seems like a good time to remind everyone that the judge can refuse to dismiss. That rule exists precisely in order to prevent corrupt dismissals.

14.02.2025 18:18 — 👍 3343    🔁 901    💬 88    📌 22

You’d have to ask my students about *could*, but I’m a con law prof who *does* teach legal writing. The crossover has made me more effective and more thoughtful in both, IMO.

14.02.2025 13:43 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Sounds fascinating! On my ‘to read list’!

10.02.2025 22:08 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Congrats, Ben, on the amazing placement! Can’t wait to dig into this piece.

10.02.2025 22:07 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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