In the United States, we pride ourselves on the notion that an individual is innocent until proven guilty. However, wrongful convictions...

The 1989 case of the Central Park Five  remains a sobering illustration of the fallibility of the criminal legal system. Five teenagers,...

Broadly, Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) is an emerging technology  that has transcended the bounds of traditional academic and...

“ It belongs in a museum .” “ It belongs with the community .” “ It belongs in situ !” These declarations, uttered from the archaeologist...

Content Warning: Death Penalty   Nearing the end of his term, and the predicted end of the moratorium on federal executions, President...

In 2022, in the case Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization , the Supreme Court ruled that the Constitution does not guarantee a...

Every hour, every person sheds 200,000,000 skin cells . Each of those cells holds a person's deoxyribonucleic acid —or, “DNA”— the...

People who have been sentenced to time in prison are often treated as “others,” and our prison systems frequently fail to rehabilitate...

Rehabilitation has been a long-standing goal of the criminal legal system because it allows for healthier communities with better access...

TW: Mentions of Domestic Violence Self-defense is considered a justification for homicide under the law, contingent upon four general...

Pending legislation in Maryland and recently passed legislation in Washington D.C. move approaches to youth justice in the area backward...

TW: Descriptions of Sexual Violence Many people seem to want to escape actual reality by partaking in virtual reality games, devices and...

“Hey, this that slime sh**/hey, YSL sh**/hey, killin’ 12 sh**/hey, f**k jail sh**/hey.” Jeffery Williams, aka Young Thug, rapped these...

The United States juvenile system processes more than 2.5 million juvenile arrests per year. However, for as many juveniles that enter...

On March 11, 2024, Mayor Muriel Bowser signed the Secure D.C. Omnibus Amendment Act of 2024 into law. More commonly known as the “Secure...

What happens when you are convicted of a crime, but a juror immediately afterward has a change of heart or claims they may have been...

TW: Sexual Violence Most people have heard of the common legal principle of statutes of limitations, but just how the limitations apply...

Rising homelessness, shoplifting and staggering gun violence have dominated headlines and social media feeds across the United States in...

When addressing the development of our society’s youth, our go-to advice is “stay in school.” However, when it comes to incarcerated...

There exists a Fourth Amendment gap in privacy law that allows for the use of facial recognition surveillance in public places by the...