George C. Thomas III is a professor of law and Judge Alexander P. Waugh Sr. Distinguished Scholar at Rutgers University, Newark, where he teaches criminal law and constitutional criminal procedure. He has a law degree from the University of Iowa and a doctorate in law from Washington University in St. Louis. He is the author of books on double jeopardy, on Miranda v. Arizona (with Richard Leo) and on the law of criminal procedure (with Joshua Dressler). He is also the author of over 50 articles and essays appearing in major law journals.