Shima Baughman is the Woodruff J. Deem Professor of Law and a Distinguished Fellow at the WheatleyInstitute at BYU. She has taught law for over fifteen years at the University of Malawi, BYU, and the University of Utah, where she was also an associate dean. She is a former Fulbright scholar, one of the top cited faculty in her field, and a nationally recognized expert on bail, prosecutors, and police. Her current scholarship examines criminal justice policy, forgiveness, prosecutors, and how religious institutions impact criminal justice reform. Baughman’s work has been featured in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, The Economist, The Washington Post, Forbes, on National Public Radio, and other media outlets. She presented her work at Stanford, Cornell, Michigan, Texas, NYU, UCLA and many other law schools, as well as to groups of federal and state judges and attorneys across the country. Her articles have been published in top law journals including University of Pennsylvania Law Review, USC Law Review, Georgetown Law Journal, Texas Law Review, and the Journal of Empirical Legal Studies.