Twenty years ago, the “Contacts” app on the iPhone didn’t exist. iPhones themselves didn’t even exist . It was the age where you memorized your loved one’s phone numbers because there were no other alternatives. Flash forward to 2025, nearly one in three Americans do not have their emergency contact numbers memorized. This percentage will likely just get worse, considering that the older you are, the more likely you are to have somewhere between two and five phone numbers m

Dear Readers, Thank you for your interest in The Criminal Law Practitioner. This Fall 2025 Issue marks the first in the 16th Volume of our publication. This journey has been one characterized by academic and professional curiosity, cross-discipline collaboration, and collective creativity. As always, I want to give a big shout out to our entire staff. Their hours of tireless dedication has made this experience rewarding and fulfilling for everyone on our Editorial Board, and

“ Diddy recruited his kids for birthday singing video in an attempt to sway potential jurors.” “What is jury nullification, and what does it mean for Luigi Mangione’s defense?” “ OJ Simpson : The First Trial of the Digital Century.” Over the past few decades, the rise of media and digital platforms has strongly influenced our decision-making. The court of public opinion often decides a celebrity’s fate before a trial begins. High-profile criminal cases involving cele

Dear Readers, Thank you for your interest in The Criminal Law Practitioner. This marks my first publication as the Editor-in-Chief for the 2025-2026 academic year. I am thrilled to leave this remarkable team as we continue to solicit, write, and publish issues in criminal law. This issue continues this trend by highlighting topics including evolving interpretation of the 8th Amendment and a discussion on Constitutional venue issues related to internet crimes. Our authors prov

The Fourth Amendment was created to protect individuals from unreasonable searches and seizures by government authorities. The Fourth Amendment requires that warrants be issued based on probable cause. There are various exceptions to the warrant requirement, including the Private Search Doctrine . The Private Search Doctrine allows law enforcement to search without obtaining a warrant when an individual, not acting as a government agent, has already uncovered and exposed e

Trigger Warning: Domestic violence and discussion of domestic and child abuse Disclaimer: It is important to note that this study and the...

Trigger Warning: Violence, child abuse, mentions of suicide The month of February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month. In the United...

According to the U.S. Department of Justice, reducing recidivism is one of the best ways to prevent crime. Over the past 16 years,...

Since the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2022 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization , which overturned Roe v. Wade , abortion...

Since the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs, nineteen states have banned abortion or restricted abortion to early-in pregnancy. However,...

President Trump’s election into office in 2024 emphasized the legal paradox that exists when a country that strips most felons of their...

In the United States, we pride ourselves on the notion that an individual is innocent until proven guilty. However, wrongful convictions...

The 1989 case of the Central Park Five remains a sobering illustration of the fallibility of the criminal legal system. Five teenagers,...

Broadly, Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) is an emerging technology that has transcended the bounds of traditional academic and...

“ It belongs in a museum .” “ It belongs with the community .” “ It belongs in situ !” These declarations, uttered from the archaeologist...