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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...
Brigitte Sotto
Apr 30, 20183 min read
Much Ado About Nothing: #MeToo Movement Falls Short on Prosecutions
From October 2017 to now we have seen a litany of high profile men brought before the court of public opinion: Harvey Weinstein, Roger...
Stefanie Steinberg
Apr 23, 20184 min read
Critiques of FOSTA: Combating sex trafficking or redirecting the problem?
*Formatting updated Oct. 25, 2023 On April 11, 2018, President Donald Trump signed the Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex...
Samantha Fournier
Apr 22, 20183 min read
Limiting Police Power
Looking at the D.C. Escape Statute (D.C. Code § 22-2601(a)(2)) and the recent court decision in Davis v. United States, it is interesting...
Kathryn Canning
Apr 15, 20183 min read
Innocence and Ineffective Assistance: The case of Adnan Syed, subject of hit podcast "Serial"
A jury in Baltimore County, Maryland found Adnan Syed guilty of first degree murder, kidnapping, false imprisonment, and robbery on...
Cameron Black
Apr 9, 20183 min read
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