The path to ending juvenile life without parole
The United States is the only country in the world that sentences children under the age of eighteen to life imprisonment. Juvenile life...
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Matthew Sokol
- Aug 2, 2021
- 3 min
Police accountability under the ADA: Why deaf civilians fear interaction with law enforcement
In the aftermath of the killing of George Floyd, protests erupted in cities across the United States with the goal of reforming American pol
Lawrence Culp Robinson
- Jul 21, 2021
- 4 min
Why local corruption cases belong in local courts
In early 2019, Front Royal and surrounding Warren County, Virginia were rocked by allegations that the executive director of the Warren...
Madeline Bergstrom
- Mar 31, 2021
- 3 min
Bail reform: The impact cash bail has on minority populations
In an important first step to making substantial reform to the American criminal justice system, Illinois became the first state to abolish
Kayla Ollendorff
- Mar 22, 2021
- 3 min
Removal of Symbols of Oppression in Courtrooms
In December 2020, Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge David Bernhard ordered the removal of the portraiture that hung in the courtroom...
Kieya Simpson
- Dec 28, 2020
- 4 min
“Your Eyes are Playing Tricks on You”: Eyewitness Identification Reform
Otis Boone insisted that he was innocent after being accused of two robberies in 2011. He was nineteen at the time, and two separate...
Samantha Fournier
- Apr 22, 2018
- 3 min
Critiques of FOSTA: Combating sex trafficking or redirecting the problem?
*Formatting updated Oct. 25, 2023 On April 11, 2018, President Donald Trump signed the Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex...
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