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Bail reform: The impact cash bail has on minority populations
In an important first step to making substantial reform to the American criminal justice system, Illinois became the first state to abolish
Madeline Bergstrom
Mar 31, 20213 min read
Removal of Symbols of Oppression in Courtrooms
In December 2020, Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge David Bernhard ordered the removal of the portraiture that hung in the courtroom...

Kayla Ollendorff
Mar 22, 20213 min read
Second chances: A look at D.C.’s second look act
Prisoners who committed offenses in their youths are finally getting a second chance. D.C. recently passed the Second Look Amendment Act,...
Madison Howard
Mar 22, 20213 min read
Is the good faith exception actually good?
As many people already know, the Fourth Amendment limits the government’s ability to intrude upon, confiscate or detain, the physical...

Hana Sangid
Mar 8, 20214 min read
Diversion in the time of COVID-19
The criminal justice system has various purposes, with incapacitation, otherwise referred to as incarceration, being the most common....
Alexandra Perona
Feb 23, 20213 min read
De-escalation and implicit bias in the law
During the Summer of 2020, the nation saw increased protests and civil unrest throughout the country, which have led some to call it the...

Nicolle Sayers
Feb 15, 20214 min read
Revisiting Kyllo v. United States’ publicly available technology test and it’s implication on drone
In 2001, the United States Supreme Court, in Kyllo v. United States, decreed that an important facet through which to determine whether a...
J.D. LeFrere
Feb 1, 20214 min read
The forgotten at-risk population, COVID-19 in the U.S. criminal justice system
As countries distribute vaccines to their citizens the world breathes a sigh of relief. In the United States health care workers and...
Caitlyn Greene
Jan 25, 20213 min read
The magic bullets: How the issues in the D.C. crime lab could affect past and future convictions
In 2013, the Massachusetts state crime labs were rocked by two major scandals involving two chemists: Annie Dookhan and Sonja Farak. As...
Emily Glasser
Jan 18, 20213 min read
Impact of COVID-19 on those awaiting a jury trial
The COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally altered just about every aspect of everyday life. Nearing a year since the first restrictions to...
Madeline Bergstrom
Jan 18, 20214 min read
Uneven-handed justice: Local prosecutors adjust behavior during election years
Local prosecutors bring forward the vast majority of all criminal cases in the United States. Almost all of those local prosecutors are...

Jordan Hulseberg
Jan 18, 20215 min read
Criminalizing cyberbullying: An apolitical solution
Nikolas Cruz marched onto Stoneman Douglas High School equipped with an AR-15 and a black duffel bag stuffed with bullets. This shooting...
Spencer Griffin
Feb 26, 20184 min read
Progress slow for prosecution of U.S. politicians for sexual misconduct or abuse
Recently, we have seen a meteoric rise in sexual allegations against top tier members of American society from movie stars and producers...
Drew Climo
Feb 16, 20184 min read
Mental illness in the criminal justice system: Re-institutionalization behind bars
Americans have typically feared the reality of mental illness, which has resulted in a traumatic history of systematic oppression to some...
Laurel Anderson
Dec 15, 20173 min read
Corruption as a predicate offense of money laundering
Intro Money laundering is a crime as defined by numerous statutes within the United States and internationally. Money laundering is the...
Maria Thompson
Dec 15, 20174 min read
"Can You Find Me Now?" To What Extent Does Cellphone Use Records and Other Modern Day Data
In April 2011, law enforcement officers arrested four men suspected of robbing Radio Shacks and T-Mobile Stores in and around Detroit....
Abigail Forth
Dec 4, 20175 min read
The road to sentencing reform
Shauna Barry-Scott was sentenced to 240 months of imprisonment with intent to distribute cocaine and 10 years supervised release. Mark...
Brianna Lozito
Nov 3, 20153 min read
What to expect from body cameras
In the past year, the news has been flooded with stories of police killings of unarmed individuals. Several high-profile deaths...
Kristen Abitabile
Oct 19, 20154 min read
Automatic license plate readers: A growing problem for practitioners
The 21st century and its hasty progression of technology has arrived, but not without consequence. A national interest in law enforcement...
Aaron Garavaglia
Oct 13, 20153 min read
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