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The Case for Eliminating the VAWA's Financial Support for Pro-Arrest Domestic Violence Laws
EDITOR'S NOTE: This article was originally published in print under the title, "Arrested Development: The Case for Eliminating the...
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Adam K. Roberts
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Guilty of nothing: False convictions for misdemeanors and plea bargains
“[H]orse trading determines who goes to jail and for how long. That is what plea bargaining is. It is not some adjunct to the criminal...
Annemarie Gregoire
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The criminalization of mental illness
The criminalization of mental illness has become increasingly common in the United States. A disproportionate number of mentally-ill...
Lawrence Culp Robinson
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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...
Margaret Helein
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Virginia kills death penalty: How it affects the future of state-sanctioned lynching in the South
On March 24, 2021, Gov. Ralph Northam, D-Va., ended a 400-year run of the death penalty in Virginia, making it the first southern state...
Jordan Hulseberg
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Practitioner Profile: Allison Heldreth
Allison Heldreth is a Maryland public defender and alumna of American University Washington College of Law. She received her J.D. in 2013 an
Jordan Hulseberg
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