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Encampment closures displace, criminalize D.C. residents experiencing homelessness
On Dec. 21, 2021 the D.C. Council rejected an emergency bill aimed at restricting Mayor Bowser’s authority to remove homeless encampments...
Caitlyn Greene
Jan 9, 20227 min read
Pandemic, pistols & pandemonium: Rise in gun violence during the COVID-19 pandemic
On March 13, 2020, President Donald Trump declared COVID-19 a national emergency. Unfortunately, as cases of COVID-19 began to skyrocket...
Nikko Respeto
Dec 17, 20213 min read
Knock, knock . . . who’s there: DOJ policy to limit no-knock raids
In most states, police can secure a warrant that enables them to enter a house without knocking or announcing themselves first. The...
Felicia Sych
Nov 23, 20212 min read
Is the Fourth Amendment ready for the internet: Accessing the social media evidentiary goldmine
Digital communication traces back to as early as 1844 when Samuel F.B. Morse sent a series of dots and dashes from Washington, D.C. to...
Vicky Cheng
Nov 22, 20214 min read
Impartial or ignorant? How “impartiality” is an excuse to exclude Black jurors from courtrooms
The jury has finally been selected for the trial of Gregory McMichael, Travis McMichael, and William “Roddie” Bryan for the killing of...
Margaret Helein
Nov 17, 20213 min read
Facebook's criminal liability
Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen testified before the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data...
Samuel Kwan
Nov 16, 20213 min read
Urban legends and crime: The stigmatization of mental health
Crime has always been sensational. True crime books, movies, comics, and podcasts gather huge followings. And while the overwrought prose...
Adam K. Roberts
Nov 2, 20214 min read
D.C. hearing paves way for legalizing recreational cannabis sales
The District of Columbia Council set its first-ever hearing on a bill to legalize the sale of recreational marijuana. Chairman Phil...
Kayla Ollendorff
Oct 26, 20213 min read
Survivors want safety, not longer sentences
For decades, lawmakers have justified “tough on crime” sentencing regimes by invoking the desires of crime survivors, particularly survivors
Siena Richardson
Oct 25, 20213 min read
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...
Isabel Hagood
Aug 7, 20214 min read
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
Matthew Sokol
Aug 2, 20213 min read
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...
Adam K. Roberts
Jul 28, 20214 min read
The criminalization of mental illness
The criminalization of mental illness has become increasingly common in the United States. A disproportionate number of mentally-ill...
Annemarie Gregoire
Jul 23, 20212 min read
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...
Lawrence Culp Robinson
Jul 21, 20214 min read
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...
Margaret Helein
Jul 9, 20215 min read
The codefendant in Chauvin's trial: Race
As police departments’ roles are widened beyond their expertise, police are granted vast discretion to employ tactics of force, and there is
Caitlyn Greene
May 25, 20214 min read
Can the law adequately define hate: Punishing the intangible
#StopAsianHate. #BlackLivesMatter. For a plethora of reasons, 2020 and 2021 so far have been the hardest and harshest times for many people,
Vicky Cheng
Apr 13, 20214 min read
Why would military veterans commit insurrection?
The violent January 6, 2021 Capitol insurrection is still fresh in our minds. As a veteran, I was particularly saddened and dismayed, yet al
Samuel Kwan
Apr 12, 20214 min read
Revolution or riot? The legal issues of prosecuting the January 6 insurrection
On January 6, 2021, then President Trump exhorted a mob of his supporters to march on the Capitol building with a vague mission of “stopping
Peter Coetzee
Apr 5, 20214 min read
COVID-19's impact on jury selection
As COVID-19 continues to persist after hitting the year mark this March, trials have started to resume in courthouses across the country. Th
Kaitlyn Wallace
Apr 5, 20213 min read
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