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Matt Petrillo
Feb 27, 20244 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...
Jordan Stevenson
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...
Mackenzie Kiefer
Feb 6, 20242 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...
Jordyn Ehlinger
Jan 30, 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...
Felicia Sych
Jan 29, 20243 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...
Lily Rogers
Nov 29, 20234 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...
Andrew Gamble
Nov 17, 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...
Kirsten Rowe
Nov 14, 20233 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
Jul 7, 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...
Madelyn Nessler
Apr 26, 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...
Caitlyn Greene
Apr 26, 20234 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”...
Siena Roberts
Apr 26, 20233 min read
Why do we love true crime? The phenomenon behind our obsession
If you go on the Podcast charts on Apple or Spotify, you will find that at least three of the top 10 podcasts are true crime related....
Samuel Disario
Apr 25, 20232 min read
Cruel and unusual or adequate healthcare: Looking at the circuit split
In 1976, the United States Supreme Court handed down a landmark decision where the Court interpreted the Eighth Amendment’s “cruel and...
Sarah Pape
Apr 25, 20234 min read
Running an inherent risk: Executing the innocent
Charles Flores is a man with an innocence claim facing execution on Texas Death Row. Twenty-four years ago, Flores went to prison for the...
Andrew Gamble
Apr 18, 20234 min read
Admission not required: The conflict of repatriation and museums
The trafficking of arts, antiquities and cultural property is a criminal practice that has become inveterate in society as actors look to...
Angela Chen
Apr 17, 20234 min read
“Getaway Car” versus “Slatty:” Lyrics evidence exacerbates racial disparities
Jeffery Lamar Williams, known professionally as Young Thug, is standing trial for multiple charges, including conspiring to violate...
Elena Pomponio
Apr 17, 20233 min read
New Washington D.C. criminal code halted at the finish line
D.C.’s proposed new criminal code stood strong following Mayor Muriel Bowser’s attempted veto of the bill that would impose a rewrite to...
Nyia McCree
Mar 28, 20233 min read
Police brutality: Is it really a race problem?
TW: Racism, Police Brutality, Violence When asked about the recent murder of 29 year old Black civilian, Tyre Nichols, in Memphis,...
Madison Gestiehr
Mar 28, 20233 min read
Is investigative genetic genealogy a menace to our privacy rights?
Ever since investigators revealed that a genealogy website helped police catch one of America’s most notorious serial killers, the Golden...
Grace Schneider
Mar 9, 20233 min read
How cognitive behavioral therapy reduces crime
Almost 50% of inmates suffer from some form of mental health issue that becomes exacerbated when prison walls restrict their freedom....
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