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Progressive prosecution, data dashboards and transparency.
After 16 years as the top prosecutor in Montgomery County, Maryland, John McCarthy found himself in an unfamiliar position: convincing...
Tyler Belt
Mar 1, 20243 min read
Facial recognition inaccuracies leading to wrongful arrest.
TW: Racial Discrimination The inaccuracy of facial recognition technology is a problem that has become apparent due to the increase in...
Emily Moran
Mar 1, 20243 min read
Curbing crypto crimes abroad: will U.S. laws succeed?
With the recent fraud scandal involving the cryptocurrency exchange FTX, the regulatory landscape of cryptocurrencies changed rapidly. ...
Kimberly Tanner
Mar 1, 20243 min read
Ukraine & Palestine: Prosecuting heritage destruction as a war crime.
TW: Genocide, War Crimes Few things embody a people like their great monuments and few blows strike harder at their hearts as does the...
Matt Petrillo
Feb 27, 20244 min read
Revenge porn: Four barriers to prosecuting the crime.
TW: Sex Crimes, Sexual Abuse Revenge porn, often referred to as “non-consensual pornography” or “image-based sexual abuse” (“IBSA”), is a...
Jordan Stevenson
Feb 27, 20244 min read
Rejecting blanket prosecution policies post-Dobbs.
After Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, dozens of prosecutors across the United States have made a conscious choice to...
Mackenzie Kiefer
Feb 5, 20242 min read
The line of criminalization: The First Amendment and false statements
In the past few months, four Donald Trump co-defendants pleaded guilty to illegally conspiring to overturn the 2020 election based on...

Jordyn Ehlinger
Jan 29, 20242 min read
Artificial intelligence and the criminal legal system.
The era of artificial intelligence (AI) has begun. C-3PO from Star Wars. J.A.R.V.I.S. from Iron Man. Baymax from Big Hero 6. What were...
Felicia Sych
Jan 28, 20243 min read
Does the warrant exception apply to smartphones at the border?
For years, the Supreme Court has recognized a border exception to the Fourth Amendment’s warrant requirement, allowing warrantless and...
Lily Rogers
Nov 29, 20234 min read
Import restricted, the efficacy of bilateral cultural agreements
Rooted in the pursuit of profit and personal collection, the spoilage of cultural property is a trade that has, since antiquity, been a...
Andrew Gamble
Nov 16, 20234 min read
Firearm restrictions in light of United States v. Rahimi
TW: References to domestic violence If statistics hold true, by the time you finish reading this article, approximately 60 people will...
Kirsten Rowe
Nov 14, 20233 min read


Bittner v. United States: 2022-23 Supreme Court Criminal Decisions
In Bittner v. United States, the Court faced a statutory interpretation question pertaining to the methodology of charging parties under...

Bennett Nuss
Sep 9, 20234 min read
Samia v. United States: 2022-23 Supreme Court Criminal Decisions
Samia v. United States was decided on June 23, 2023. According to the facts of the case, in 2012, Paul LeRoux tasked petitioner Adam...

Bennett Nuss
Aug 9, 20233 min read


Sixth Amendment Protections for Attorney-Client Communications
To read the entire article, click here for the PDF. Abstract The Supreme Court in Weatherford v. Bursey in 1977 assumed without deciding...
Matthew Hughes
Aug 7, 202310 min read


Game Theory Optimized Fraud:
How the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act Created a Virtually Risk-Free Environment for White Collar Crime in Online Poker To...
Jeffrey Woolf
Aug 7, 202313 min read
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