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Rehabilitation In Sight
Prison sucks, but so does the aftermath. In the United States, we impose some serious penalties on convicted felons even after their...
R. Coleman Flowers
Dec 10, 20182 min read
Minimum Time Out from Solitary Confinement Federally Mandated, But What About the States?
It is no secret that solitary confinement can have a detrimental and lasting effect on its victims’ psyche and physical health. The...
Jazmyne Arnett
Dec 9, 20183 min read
Supreme Court hears case with potential impact on civil forfeiture laws across the country
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments last week in the case of Timbs v. Indiana, which poses the question of whether the Excessive Fines...
Antonio Julio Nunes
Dec 7, 20183 min read
Long Arm of the Law: Cryptocrime Doesn’t Pay
Although cryptocurrency can be used for positive purposes, its potential for misuse is apparent. Cryptocurrencies can be described as...
Belen Crisp
Dec 2, 20182 min read
Florida: check, Kentucky: next?
In last month’s midterm elections, Florida voters restored the voting rights of nearly 1.5 million of the state’s citizens. Specifically,...
Kate Van Allen
Dec 2, 20183 min read
Effectiveness of Mandatory Arrest Statutes in Intimate Partner Disputes
Annually in the United States there are about seven million people physically assaulted by an intimate partner. Mandatory arrest laws for...
Sarah Wilson
Nov 28, 20184 min read
Dwindling Sanctity of Attorney-Client Confidentiality in Prisons
On October 18, 2018 the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers(NACDL} launched a federal suit against the Federal Bureau of...
Ayah Innab
Nov 25, 20182 min read
SCOTUS Update: Garza v. Idaho
On October 30, 2018, the Supreme Court of the United States heard oral argument in Garza v. Idaho. In this case, the petitioner, Gilberto...
Abigail Forth
Nov 18, 20186 min read
The Criminalization of Transgender People in the Time of Trump
Over the course of the last decade, transgender people have become victims of a volatile political battleground. Transgender people are...
Brittany Williams
Nov 15, 20184 min read
Forgiveness for Those Who Forget
The Eighth Amendment reads, “excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments...
Spencer Griffin
Nov 14, 20183 min read
Corruption in the Catholic Church
Throughout the past few years, the Catholic Church has been exposed for covering up hundreds and hundreds of sexual assaults. Horror...
Brigitte Sotto
Nov 7, 20183 min read
Loophole to the Double Jeopardy Clause in Jeopardy
The Fifth Amendment of the United States Constitution provides that “No person shall . . . be subject for the same offense to be twice...
Michael Stechschulte
Oct 28, 20184 min read
“Operation Streamline” to “Zero-Tolerance” at the Southwest border: How did we get here? A legal br
Zero-Tolerance On April 6, 2018 Attorney General Geoffrey Sessions issued a memorandum to prosecutors along the Southwest border, with...
Ericka Cruz
Oct 22, 20183 min read
New York Becomes First State to Create Prosecutorial Misconduct Committee
Prosecutorial misconduct has been an issue that has prevailed, growing larger and larger as the field itself grows. For many states,...
Andrew Climo
Oct 22, 20183 min read
Expulsion Rates High, Graduation Rates Low: The School to Prison Pipeline
Statistics show that over 200,000 text messages are sent every second of the day. As technology has risen, particularly among the current...
Alejandra Rojas
Oct 15, 20184 min read
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