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Secure D.C.: The omnibus crime bill and its impact on D.C. youth.
On March 11, 2024, Mayor Muriel Bowser signed the Secure D.C. Omnibus Amendment Act of 2024 into law. More commonly known as the “Secure...
Kimberly Tanner
Apr 8, 20244 min read
The curious case of Andrew Fahie and the flip-flopping jurors.
What happens when you are convicted of a crime, but a juror immediately afterward has a change of heart or claims they may have been...
Samantha Kessler
Apr 8, 20243 min read
Vulnerable Fraudsters: Reverse Affinity Fraud in Cases of Public Hoaxes.
To read the entire article, click here for the PDF. Abstract This Article examines reverse affinity fraud, which is affinity fraud in the...
Caroline E. Vordtriede
Mar 24, 20246 min read
Hostility is in the Eye of the Beholder:
Why Congress Should Decriminalize Hostile Work Environment Sexual Harassment in the Military. To read the entire article, click here for...
Major Adam J. Crane
Mar 24, 20245 min read
Statute of limitations: Supporting victims of sex abuse
TW: Sexual Violence Most people have heard of the common legal principle of statutes of limitations, but just how the limitations apply...
Kayla Regan
Mar 20, 20244 min read
The return to tough-on-crime: The media’s role in rolling back reform.
Rising homelessness, shoplifting and staggering gun violence have dominated headlines and social media feeds across the United States in...
Haley Filippine
Mar 20, 20244 min read
Educating incarcerated youth
When addressing the development of our society’s youth, our go-to advice is “stay in school.” However, when it comes to incarcerated...
Kimia Hosseinkhani
Mar 19, 20243 min read
Every breath you take, every move you make, the police are watching you: The looming threat to privacy and the absence of legal safeguards
There exists a Fourth Amendment gap in privacy law that allows for the use of facial recognition surveillance in public places by the...
Maliha Sammo
Mar 19, 20243 min read
Houthi interdictions in the Red Sea: Piracy or permissible?
On Nov. 19, 2023, a Bahamian flagged automobile-carrying cargo ship named Galaxy Leader sailed for India from Turkey, via the Red Sea,...
Connor Lahey
Mar 1, 20243 min read
No guidance from sentencing guidelines.
TW: Child Pornography On April 7, 2022, the Senate confirmed Ketanji Brown Jackson as a Justice on the Supreme Court—but not before...
Bailey Beckman
Mar 1, 20243 min read
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
Feb 29, 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
Feb 29, 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
Feb 29, 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 26, 20244 min read
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