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Prosecutorial discretion regarding abortion-related offenses post-Dobbs.
Since the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs, nineteen states have banned abortion or restricted abortion to early-in pregnancy. However,...
Angela Chen
Apr 103 min read
Felon disenfranchisement: The legal paradox of an elected felon.
President Trump’s election into office in 2024 emphasized the legal paradox that exists when a country that strips most felons of their...
Jordyn Ehlinger
Apr 102 min read
The unreliable nature of informant testimony.
In the United States, we pride ourselves on the notion that an individual is innocent until proven guilty. However, wrongful convictions...
Casey Williams
Apr 93 min read
Wrongful convictions and the imperative of post-conviction DNA testing: lessons from the Central Park Five.
The 1989 case of the Central Park Five remains a sobering illustration of the fallibility of the criminal legal system. Five teenagers,...
Shreya Diwan
Apr 84 min read
Disincentivizing ‘work smarter not harder’: A.I. enhanced crime and sentencing.
Broadly, Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) is an emerging technology that has transcended the bounds of traditional academic and...
Ameerah Thomas
Apr 74 min read
Taggers, looters, and the law: archaeological criminal provisions in focus.
“ It belongs in a museum .” “ It belongs with the community .” “ It belongs in situ !” These declarations, uttered from the archaeologist...
Andrew Gamble
Apr 44 min read
Between a rock and a hard place: refusing life-saving clemency in hopes for an appellate victory.
Content Warning: Death Penalty Nearing the end of his term, and the predicted end of the moratorium on federal executions, President...
Bailey Beckman
Apr 33 min read
Punished at the polls: criminal legal reforms and the 2024 election
On an Election Day that saw convicted felon Donald Trump all but freed from criminal prosecution and returned to the White House,...
Matt Petrillo
Jan 314 min read
Back from the dead: state “zombie” laws in the post-Dobbs era
In 2022, in the case Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization , the Supreme Court ruled that the Constitution does not guarantee a...
Isabel V. Capecci
Jan 304 min read
The government's genetic gambit
Every hour, every person sheds 200,000,000 skin cells . Each of those cells holds a person's deoxyribonucleic acid —or, “DNA”— the...
Samuel Mercer
Jan 294 min read
What’s in a name? Developing identity through Shakespeare to reduce recidivism
People who have been sentenced to time in prison are often treated as “others,” and our prison systems frequently fail to rehabilitate...
Anne Comcowich
Jan 284 min read
Rehabilitating individuals with violent offense convictions, healing the victim within
Rehabilitation has been a long-standing goal of the criminal legal system because it allows for healthier communities with better access...
Kimia Hosseinkhani
Jan 212 min read
Cradle to cell: the impact of incarceration on newborns and mothers
In America, approximately 1.5 million children live with a parent in prison. Across the nation, four percent of women in state prisons...
Madelyn Nessler
Nov 25, 20244 min read
Can Bruen be the Criminal Justice Reform Trojan Horse Public Defenders Envisioned?
The Supreme Court’s conservative supermajority has cut back extensively on criminal defendants’ ability to seek relief from harsh...
Haley Filippine
Nov 14, 20243 min read
Executing without due process: cruel and unusual
Content Warning: Death Penalty, Racism Marcellus Williams was executed by the state of Missouri on September 21, 2024, despite his...
Gaia Lodovici
Nov 14, 20244 min read
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