Professor of Law and Judge Alexander P. Waugh Sr. Distinguished Scholar. (Criminal Law; Criminal Procedure; Criminal Adjudication; Trusts and Estates.) Professor Thomas has a B.S. from the University of Tennessee, an M.F.A. (creative writing) and J.D. from the University of Iowa, and an LL.M. and J.S.D. from Washington University in St. Louis. Prior to joining the Rutgers faculty in 1986, he practiced law in Tennessee and was a member of the University of Tennessee faculty. He is the author of Double Jeopardy: The History, the Law and the coauthor of The Miranda Debate (with Richard Leo) and Criminal Procedure: Principles, Policies, and Perspectives (with Joshua Dressler). Professor Thomas has published 50 articles. Some placements include the law reviews of Michigan, Virginia, Texas, UCLA, NYU, California, and Northwestern. His latest book, The Supreme Court on Trial: How the American Justice System Sacrifices Innocent Defendants, will be published by the University of Michigan Press in 2007. His next book will be on the history, the present, and the future of the law of confessions and will be published by Oxford University Press. He enjoys gardening, jogging, reading fiction, and working on novels that he never finishes.