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Statute of limitations: Supporting victims of sex abuse
TW: Sexual Violence Most people have heard of the common legal principle of statutes of limitations, but just how the limitations apply...
Kayla Regan
Mar 20, 20244 min read
The return to tough-on-crime: The media’s role in rolling back reform.
Rising homelessness, shoplifting and staggering gun violence have dominated headlines and social media feeds across the United States in...
Haley Filippine
Mar 20, 20244 min read
Educating incarcerated youth
When addressing the development of our society’s youth, our go-to advice is “stay in school.” However, when it comes to incarcerated...
Kimia Hosseinkhani
Mar 19, 20243 min read
Every breath you take, every move you make, the police are watching you: The looming threat to privacy and the absence of legal safeguards
There exists a Fourth Amendment gap in privacy law that allows for the use of facial recognition surveillance in public places by the...
Maliha Sammo
Mar 19, 20243 min read
Houthi interdictions in the Red Sea: Piracy or permissible?
On Nov. 19, 2023, a Bahamian flagged automobile-carrying cargo ship named Galaxy Leader sailed for India from Turkey, via the Red Sea,...
Connor Lahey
Mar 2, 20243 min read
No guidance from sentencing guidelines.
TW: Child Pornography On April 7, 2022, the Senate confirmed Ketanji Brown Jackson as a Justice on the Supreme Court—but not before...
Bailey Beckman
Mar 2, 20243 min read
Progressive prosecution, data dashboards and transparency.
After 16 years as the top prosecutor in Montgomery County, Maryland, John McCarthy found himself in an unfamiliar position: convincing...
Tyler Belt
Mar 1, 20243 min read
Facial recognition inaccuracies leading to wrongful arrest.
TW: Racial Discrimination The inaccuracy of facial recognition technology is a problem that has become apparent due to the increase in...
Emily Moran
Mar 1, 20243 min read
Curbing crypto crimes abroad: will U.S. laws succeed?
With the recent fraud scandal involving the cryptocurrency exchange FTX, the regulatory landscape of cryptocurrencies changed rapidly. ...
Kimberly Tanner
Mar 1, 20243 min read
Ukraine & Palestine: Prosecuting heritage destruction as a war crime.
TW: Genocide, War Crimes Few things embody a people like their great monuments and few blows strike harder at their hearts as does the...
Matt Petrillo
Feb 27, 20244 min read
Revenge porn: Four barriers to prosecuting the crime.
TW: Sex Crimes, Sexual Abuse Revenge porn, often referred to as “non-consensual pornography” or “image-based sexual abuse” (“IBSA”), is a...
Jordan Stevenson
Feb 27, 20244 min read
Rejecting blanket prosecution policies post-Dobbs.
After Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, dozens of prosecutors across the United States have made a conscious choice to...
Mackenzie Kiefer
Feb 5, 20242 min read
The line of criminalization: The First Amendment and false statements
In the past few months, four Donald Trump co-defendants pleaded guilty to illegally conspiring to overturn the 2020 election based on...

Jordyn Ehlinger
Jan 29, 20242 min read
Artificial intelligence and the criminal legal system.
The era of artificial intelligence (AI) has begun. C-3PO from Star Wars. J.A.R.V.I.S. from Iron Man. Baymax from Big Hero 6. What were...
Felicia Sych
Jan 28, 20243 min read
Does the warrant exception apply to smartphones at the border?
For years, the Supreme Court has recognized a border exception to the Fourth Amendment’s warrant requirement, allowing warrantless and...
Lily Rogers
Nov 29, 20234 min read
Import restricted, the efficacy of bilateral cultural agreements
Rooted in the pursuit of profit and personal collection, the spoilage of cultural property is a trade that has, since antiquity, been a...
Andrew Gamble
Nov 16, 20234 min read
Firearm restrictions in light of United States v. Rahimi
TW: References to domestic violence If statistics hold true, by the time you finish reading this article, approximately 60 people will...
Kirsten Rowe
Nov 14, 20233 min read
Visitation and protecting rights of incarcerated parents
According to the Prison Policy Initiative, approximately 47% of individuals incarcerated are parents of minors, with 19% of those...
Kirsten Rowe
Jul 7, 20233 min read
Human trafficking: The modern-day slavery
Globalization has undoubtedly facilitated the growth of businesses, technology, culture and communication as goods and services are...
Madelyn Nessler
Apr 26, 20233 min read
Juvenile brains are different, their mens rea analysis should be too
Courts should apply a child-centered mens rea analysis for all cases adjudicating juveniles, also known as the “reasonable child”...

Caitlyn Greene
Apr 26, 20234 min read
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