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A murderer’s motive: Analyzing the Idaho murders
TW: Violence What pushes someone to take the life of another individual? Scholars have been studying why people commit murder for...
Victoria Maamari
Feb 25, 20233 min read
Split-sentencing for seditious supporters
On Jan. 6, 2021, Verden Nalley and James Little arrived at the National Mall in Washington, D.C., along with thousands of others to...
Devin Iorio
Feb 25, 20233 min read
Legal Tracking: Political violence in the United States: A growing threat requiring response
On Dec. 4, 2022, a defeated Republican candidate for State House in New Mexico was arrested for planning and orchestrating four...
Bennett Nuss
Feb 24, 20233 min read
The foster care-to-prison pipeline: A road to incarceration
In 2020, the Children’s Bureau at the Administration for Children and Families, a division of the United States Department of Health and...
Jaxzia Perez
Feb 24, 20233 min read
A CASE FOR CONCEPTUALIZING SCIENCE LITERACY FOR LAWYERS
To read the entire article, click here for the PDF. Abstract Forensic science is routinely used in the service of the United States’...
Sarah Cooper & Amelia Shooter
Feb 8, 202310 min read
Domestic Violence and Firearm Relinquishment: Closing the Fatal Chasm Between Federal Law and State
To read the article in full, click here for the PDF. Introduction Verbal and emotional abuse became a daily occurrence. When Katie would...
Danielle M. Woo
Feb 8, 20238 min read
Missing and murdered Indigenous women: A silent epidemic
TW: Violence and Trauma Connected to Racism and Racial Conflict In light of the recent coverage of the missing person’s case of Gabby...
Emily Moran
Feb 7, 20233 min read
'Some things cannot be fixed': Rikers Island and pretrial detention
Kalief Browder was only 16 years old when he was arrested and incarcerated. He was held in solitary confinement for almost two years out...
Sarah Pape
Dec 23, 20224 min read
Practitioner Profile: Will Mount
Will Mount is the founding partner at the Mount Law Firm, PLLC, where he primarily represents clients in appointed juvenile delinquency...
Chelsey Rogers
Nov 17, 20222 min read
Legal tracking: Blanket pardons - A revolutionary policy idea or merely missing the point?
On Oct. 6, 2022, President Biden issued the following proclamation on the White House website: “Acting Pursuant to the grant of authority...
Bennett Nuss
Nov 13, 20223 min read
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
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