 During her tenure on the court , Sotomayor has also become recognizable as being among the court 's strongest voices in supporting the rights of the accused . She has been identified by Laurence Tribe as the foremost voice on the court calling for reforming criminal justice adjudication – in particular as it relates misconduct by police and prosecutors , abuses in prisons , concerns about how the death penalty is used , and the potential for loss of privacy – and Tribe has compared her will to reform in general to that of past Chief Justice Earl Warren . 
