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The Supreme Court's opportunity to formally expand Brady
TW: sexual violence, child abuse On Aug. 26, 2022, Troy Mansfield’s attorneys filed a petition for a writ of certiorari asking the...
Kayla Ollendorff
Nov 10, 20223 min read
Creating a “clean slate” for formerly convicted persons
On April 27 and 28, 2021, Sen. Robert (Bob) Casey (D-PA), Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA), Rep. Lisa Rochester (D-DE) and Rep. Guy Reschenthaler...
Brianna Long
Nov 9, 20223 min read
Podcasts: The newest tool in a detective’s arsenal?
When investigative journalist Sarah Koenig began her podcast in 2014, she wanted to tell the story of Adnan Syed, a man sentenced to life...
Felicia Sych
Nov 9, 20223 min read
A Prosecutor’s Right to Immunity and a Defendant’s Right to Another Trial
To read this article as a PDF, click here. EDITOR'S NOTE: This article was originally published under the title "A Prosecutor's Right to...
Raimund Stieger
Aug 15, 202227 min read
“As Law and Justice Require”: A Traditional Habeas Approach to Modern Prisoner Rights
Abstract: This article argues that, contrary to general understanding, the writ of habeas corpus is available to challenge not only...
Ivan Parfenoff
Aug 15, 202230 min read
Letter from the Editor, Volume XII, Issue III
Dear Readers, Thank you for your interest in The Criminal Law Practitioner. I am pleased to address you for the first time as the brief’s...
Jackie Solomon
Aug 15, 20222 min read
Influence of childhood trauma on perpetrators of mass shootings
In yet another mass shooting, a teenage gunman took the lives of 13 individuals at Tops Friendly Market in Buffalo, New York on May 14,...
Kirsten Rowe
Jul 24, 20223 min read
Legal tracking: Malicious prosecution at issue in Thompson v. Clarke
Malicious prosecution is a major problem in the United States. The Washington Post found government misconduct in some manner caused over...
Bennett Nuss
Jun 5, 20223 min read
Latent fingerprint identification: A lack of scientific process
Fingerprint analysis was first proposed for criminal identification in the 19th century and has since become an evidentiary staple of...
Ben Crawford
Jun 3, 20223 min read
Pregnant in prison? What’s next for you? Abortion access for the incarcerated
There are over 200,000 women currently incarcerated in the United States. Thousands of these women are pregnant. Many persons become...
Lucy Delves
Jun 3, 20223 min read
A pattern of bias in PATTERN
The First Step Act, implemented on Dec. 21, 2018, required the Department of Justice (DOJ) to “develop a risk needs assessment system to...
Brianna Long
Jun 1, 20224 min read
Greenlighting non-police alternatives to traffic enforcement and road safety
Though traditional notions of public safety have long regarded law enforcement as the only effective means of keeping communities safe,...
Arielle Aboulafia
May 31, 20224 min read
Visitation: Can it do more for juvenile offenders?
According to Haley Walker’s article, School-to-Prison Pipeline, juvenile offenders are “ten times more likely” than the rest of the...
Jackie Solomon
May 27, 20223 min read
Interstate prohibition of sports gambling: The Wire Act must go
Sports gambling is a market that has not always been legal, but that has not stopped sports bettors from placing bets on sporting events...
Nikko Respeto
May 26, 20223 min read
The guardians of our legal system unchecked
Crime is often a local issue, one handled by the community in which it occurs. Laws are mostly enforced by local or state police, and...
Adam K. Roberts
May 26, 20224 min read
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