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Throw away the key?
Recently Larry Nassar, the former U.S. gymnastics doctor who abused young women and girls under the guise of medical treatment, was...
Jessica Lara
Mar 14, 20183 min read
Get Out of Jail Free Cards: Overhauling the Bail System
The Eighth Amendment of the United States Constitution reads “excessive bails shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed.” But...
Emily Blazak
Mar 13, 20184 min read
Special Counsel and the Role of Robert Mueller
Prosecutors are tasked with enforcing the rule of law on behalf of the government in a criminal case. Depending on jurisdiction and...
Maria Thompson
Mar 10, 20185 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
Veterans Treatment Courts: Diverting Veterans from the Criminal Justice System
The United States military collectively is inadequate at addressing the mental health concerns of the men and woman who proudly serve...
Sarah Wilson
Feb 24, 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
Female Inmates, Too: Will They Benefit from the #MeToo Movement from Behind Bars?
In January 2018, a guilty verdict was reached against a former prison guard from the Metropolitan Detention Center in New York. He was...
Lisa Sendrow
Feb 4, 20186 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
A Call for Congress to Amend the Federal Bank Robbery Act
18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) (the Federal Bank Robbery Act) provides, in part: Whoever, by force and violence, or by intimidation, takes, or...
Mary Frances Richardson
Dec 15, 20175 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
Opioid Epidemic Declared Public Health Emergency: Empty Words or New Impetus?
With the number of opioid-induced overdose deaths rising each year, it is fair to say that “America has an insatiable appetite for...
Alex Raby
Nov 19, 20174 min read
SCOTUS Update: Ayestas V. Davis
On October 30, 2017 The Supreme Court heard the oral argument for Ayestas V. Davis, a case raising the issue of whether the U.S. Court of...
Jessica Lara
Nov 13, 20173 min read
The Phantom Phenomenon of Parole in Maryland for Juvenile Lifers
In Maryland, not one juvenile lifer has been paroled in the last 20 years, even though there are more than 200 individuals in Maryland...
Sarah Wilson
Nov 12, 20174 min read
GET TESTED FOR HIV, KNOW YOUR STATUS, AND SHARE IT WITH OTHERS OR GO TO JAIL — YES, THAT’S REALLY HO
First, the good news. The HIV diagnosis rate is plummeting. According to recent estimates from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), new...
Michael Stechschulte
Nov 6, 20174 min read
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