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Unlocking privacy: the enigma of files in digital device searches under the Fourth Amendment.
The Fourth Amendment was created to protect individuals from unreasonable searches and seizures by government authorities. The Fourth...
Lily Rogers
Apr 164 min read
Considering the (lack of) criminal consequences of domestic violence in family court: three potential solutions for practitioners and policymakers.
Trigger Warning: Domestic violence and discussion of domestic and child abuse Disclaimer: It is important to note that this study and the...
Jordan Stevenson
Apr 164 min read
Teens need protection too: an examination of adolescent safeguards to dating violence.
Trigger Warning: Violence, child abuse, mentions of suicide The month of February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month. In the United...
Alexia Ferraro
Apr 144 min read
Biosocial criminology as a foundation for rehabilitation and reintegration efforts.
According to the U.S. Department of Justice, reducing recidivism is one of the best ways to prevent crime. Over the past 16 years,...
Aidalis Santana
Apr 144 min read
Shielding providers: The legality and impact of abortion protection laws
Since the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2022 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization , which overturned Roe v. Wade , abortion...
Jordan Taylor
Apr 114 min read
Prosecutorial discretion regarding abortion-related offenses post-Dobbs.
Since the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs, nineteen states have banned abortion or restricted abortion to early-in pregnancy. However,...
Angela Chen
Apr 103 min read
Felon disenfranchisement: The legal paradox of an elected felon.
President Trump’s election into office in 2024 emphasized the legal paradox that exists when a country that strips most felons of their...
Jordyn Ehlinger
Apr 102 min read
The unreliable nature of informant testimony.
In the United States, we pride ourselves on the notion that an individual is innocent until proven guilty. However, wrongful convictions...
Casey Williams
Apr 93 min read
Wrongful convictions and the imperative of post-conviction DNA testing: lessons from the Central Park Five.
The 1989 case of the Central Park Five remains a sobering illustration of the fallibility of the criminal legal system. Five teenagers,...
Shreya Diwan
Apr 84 min read
Disincentivizing ‘work smarter not harder’: A.I. enhanced crime and sentencing.
Broadly, Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) is an emerging technology that has transcended the bounds of traditional academic and...
Ameerah Thomas
Apr 74 min read
Taggers, looters, and the law: archaeological criminal provisions in focus.
“ It belongs in a museum .” “ It belongs with the community .” “ It belongs in situ !” These declarations, uttered from the archaeologist...
Andrew Gamble
Apr 44 min read
Between a rock and a hard place: refusing life-saving clemency in hopes for an appellate victory.
Content Warning: Death Penalty Nearing the end of his term, and the predicted end of the moratorium on federal executions, President...
Bailey Beckman
Apr 33 min read
Punished at the polls: criminal legal reforms and the 2024 election
On an Election Day that saw convicted felon Donald Trump all but freed from criminal prosecution and returned to the White House,...
Matt Petrillo
Jan 314 min read
Back from the dead: state “zombie” laws in the post-Dobbs era
In 2022, in the case Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization , the Supreme Court ruled that the Constitution does not guarantee a...
Isabel V. Capecci
Jan 304 min read
The government's genetic gambit
Every hour, every person sheds 200,000,000 skin cells . Each of those cells holds a person's deoxyribonucleic acid —or, “DNA”— the...
Samuel Mercer
Jan 294 min read
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