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Call for reform: Improving access to phones in jail and prison populations
While COVID-19 has drastically affected the jail and prison populations across the country, the pandemic has brought one benefit to the...
Kaitlyn Wallace
Jan 13, 20223 min read
Examining Florida's repackaged poll tax
The right to vote is the cornerstone of American democracy. Historically, however, this right has been systemically restricted to select...
Devin Iorio
Jan 12, 20222 min read
The unruly world of pleas: Ethics in plea bargaining
Once a frowned-upon practice thought to impede the truth-seeking function of the justice system, plea bargains have become the system....
Breann Bell
Jan 11, 20223 min read
Prison gerrymandering: A ripple effect of mass incarceration
Across the country, felons are subjected to varying degrees of voter disenfranchisement depending on where they are incarcerated. In all...
Ben Crawford
Jan 10, 20223 min read
Practitioner Profile: Ryan Norman
When crime began to touch him and his family more directly, and he watched his mother no longer feel comfortable and safe in her home, this
Samantha Hall
Jan 9, 20223 min read
Encampment closures displace, criminalize D.C. residents experiencing homelessness
On Dec. 21, 2021 the D.C. Council rejected an emergency bill aimed at restricting Mayor Bowser’s authority to remove homeless encampments...
Caitlyn Greene
Jan 9, 20227 min read
“We Fight Like Hell”: Applying Brandenburg to Trump’s Speech Surrounding the U.S. Capitol Siege
...this article concludes that the three key elements of the speech test—advocacy, incitement, imminence—are satisfied.
Joshua Azriel, Ph.D. & Jeff DeWitt, Ph.D.
Jan 5, 202257 min read
Pandemic, pistols & pandemonium: Rise in gun violence during the COVID-19 pandemic
On March 13, 2020, President Donald Trump declared COVID-19 a national emergency. Unfortunately, as cases of COVID-19 began to skyrocket...
Nikko Respeto
Dec 17, 20213 min read
Practitioner Profile: Ayah Innab
Ayah Innab has been with Rosenberg & Fayne since she was in law school—she started as a clerk and is now the firm’s sole full-time...
Siena Richardson
Nov 30, 20214 min read
Knock, knock . . . who’s there: DOJ policy to limit no-knock raids
In most states, police can secure a warrant that enables them to enter a house without knocking or announcing themselves first. The...
Felicia Sych
Nov 23, 20212 min read
Is the Fourth Amendment ready for the internet: Accessing the social media evidentiary goldmine
Digital communication traces back to as early as 1844 when Samuel F.B. Morse sent a series of dots and dashes from Washington, D.C. to...
Vicky Cheng
Nov 22, 20214 min read
Impartial or ignorant? How “impartiality” is an excuse to exclude Black jurors from courtrooms
The jury has finally been selected for the trial of Gregory McMichael, Travis McMichael, and William “Roddie” Bryan for the killing of...
Margaret Helein
Nov 17, 20213 min read
Facebook's criminal liability
Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen testified before the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data...
Samuel Kwan
Nov 16, 20213 min read
Why the Alabama Supreme Court Decision in Ex parte Bohannon Violates the Constitution and Precedent
EDITOR'S NOTE: This article was originally published in print under the title, "'Evolving Standards of Decency' Require That a Capital...
Sephora Grey
Nov 15, 202137 min read
Utilizing Domestic Court Systems to Address the Shortcomings of International Criminal Law
EDITOR'S NOTE: This article was originally published in print under the title, "Prosecution of Terrorism: Utilizing Domestic Court...
Lena Raxter
Nov 15, 202156 min read
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