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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

Death by Blood Asphyxiation, Felon-enhanced Sentences for “Slight Resistance”, and more SCOTUS Cases

As the fall semester begins for students, October brings the beginning of another Supreme Court session. The Supreme Court has...

Stephanie Lauria

Oct 15, 20184 min read

Confessing to a Serious Crime

There has been a debate on whether there is a split between state courts on the issue of what makes a suspect “in custody”. Some state...

Kathryn Canning

Oct 7, 20185 min read

Rethinking Rape in the Courtroom

The victim’s statement in the Stanford Rape Case made headlines in 2016 because the victim described what it was like to go through the...

Lydia Boyer

Sep 26, 20185 min read

Evolving Standards of Decency: Will Kavanaugh Transform the Death Penalty the way Kennedy did?

Justice Anthony Kennedy retired from the Supreme Court on July 31, 2018. He was often the swing vote of many of the most ideological...

Lisa Sendrow

Sep 10, 20184 min read

Invoking the Right to Counsel: Conflicts of Speech, Status, and Recognition

“Rights are not rationed . . . A right is a claim that must be granted, regardless of cost or supply.” Lawrence M. Friedman, Two Faces...

Alex Raby

Aug 18, 201810 min read

Evidence that shouldn’t be forgotten about: The rape kit backlog

*Formatting and title updated Oct. 25, 2023. This blog was originally published under the title "Evidence That Shouldn't Be Forgotten...