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Why Not Them? The Fundamental Misuse of Deferred Prosecution Agreements
Prosecutors and criminal defendants have a plethora of options in order to avoid the costly and sometimes risky proposition of trial....
Cameron Black
Oct 30, 20173 min read
Louisiana’s Criminal Justice System Overhaul – Aspiring for More, Settling for Less
On November 1, roughly 1,400 non-violent offenders will be released from Louisiana state prisons. This action is the result of statutory...
Lisa Sendrow
Oct 30, 20175 min read
Drug Courts: Mixed Feelings for a Promising Program
Substance use disorder is a public health crisis, with 1.5 times more individuals suffering from addiction than all those suffering from...
Emily Blazak
Oct 27, 20174 min read
Body Cameras in Baltimore: Black, White, and (Freddie) Gray
August was a particularly brutal month for the Baltimore Police Department’s credibility. From July 20th to August 21st, three separate...
Stefanie Steinberg
Oct 26, 20174 min read
SCOTUS Update: Class v. United States
On October 4, 2017 The Supreme Court heard the oral argument for Class v. United States, a case regarding whether a Petitioner has waived...
Dolores Sinistaj
Oct 16, 20174 min read
An Exercise in Futility: Gun Reform
On October 1st, 2017, a gunman opened fire on a concert in Las Vegas, Nevada, shooting over five hundred people, killing just under...
Coleman Flowers
Oct 10, 20175 min read
A Not So Harmless Error
Thomas Jefferson, our beloved president, once wrote, “I consider (trial by jury) as the only anchor, ever yet imagined by man, by which...
Spencer Griffin
Oct 10, 20173 min read
From Treatment to Incarceration: Changes in Drug-Related Charges and Convictions
The opioid epidemic has continued to be a national issue that has plagued our country for multiple years and is showing no signs of...
Drew Climo
Oct 7, 20174 min read
Hate Crimes: Treating the Epidemic
Charlottesville, Virginia. August 12th, 2017. White nationalists, alt-right members, and neo-Nazis clashed with counter-protesters. A...
Apoorva Deshmukh
Sep 19, 20173 min read
State v. Harding: The Who, What, When, Where of “Strip Searches”
On December 10, 2010 Judge Moylan of the Court of Special Appeals attempted to make sense of Maryland’s prior case law regarding “strip...
Apoorva Deshmukh
Aug 12, 20174 min read
Firearms and Texas' Campus Carry Laws
Many Texans own firearms. Some shoot or hunt as a hobby. Others have concerns about personal or family safety. Most people buy a gun for...
Brett A. Podolsky
Jun 27, 20175 min read
Handicapping Defense Work, or Abandoning the Search for Truth?
Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that the Justice Department will end its partnership with independent scientists to improve...
Zac Johnston
Jun 5, 20173 min read
Criminal Justice Under Justice Gorsuch
Amidst a climate of deep political divide, the United States Senate confirmed Neil M. Gorsuch to be the 113th Supreme Court Justice on...
Maria Thompson
Jun 3, 20173 min read
Hate Crimes in Trump America
This month marks the forty-ninth anniversary of one of the most dreadful hate crimes to send shock waves across the world. On April 4,...
Nicole Navarro
May 3, 20173 min read
The Respect State Marijuana Laws Act of 2017: Federalism and Recreational Marijuana
Under current federal law, a grower in Oregon could face “not less than twenty years” for selling marijuana to dispensaries in its...
Chelsea Jacobi
Apr 27, 20173 min read
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