Photo credit: https://dcfs.lacounty.gov/youth/juvenile-justice/ The criminal justice system has various purposes, with incapacitation, otherwise referred to as incarceration, being the most common. However, courts around the country have begun taking a more holistic approach to dealing with criminal defendants, especially those who face mental health challenges and drug addiction. This shift in philosophy is best displayed through diversion programs like Mental Health Court a

Photo Credit: https://abcnews.go.com/US/dc-police-officers-speak-us-capitol-siege-thought/story?id=75270773https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-capitol-siege-race-and-ethnicity-violence-racial-injustice-afd7dc2165f355a3e6dc4e9418019eb5 During the Summer of 2020, the nation saw increased protests and civil unrest throughout the country, which have led some to call it the largest protest in history, with upwards of 26 million people fighting for social justice. These people

Photo credit: https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887323639704579015101857760922 In 2001, the United States Supreme Court, in Kyllo v. United States, decreed that an important facet through which to determine whether a Fourth Amendment violation had occurred was that of the availability of technology. Justice Scalia famously stated in the Court’s opinion that the “[use of] a device that is not publicly available to see details of a private home that would be undiscovera