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Margaret Helein

Jul 9, 20215 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...

Jordan Hulseberg

Jul 2, 20212 min read

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

Jul 2, 20211 min read

Practitioner profile: Be featured!

If you are a criminal law practitioner and you would like to be featured in a practitioner profile, please contact the editor-in-chief at cl

Caitlyn Greene

May 25, 20214 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

Editorial Board statement on Chauvin conviction

Jordan Hulseberg

May 8, 20211 min read

Editorial Board statement on Chauvin conviction

Last week, a jury affirmed what the world saw: Derek Chauvin murdered George Floyd. As we continue to reflect on the murder of George...

Vicky Cheng

Apr 13, 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,

Samuel Kwan

Apr 12, 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

Peter Coetzee

Apr 5, 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

Kaitlyn Wallace

Apr 5, 20213 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

Emily Gorin

Mar 31, 20215 min read

Court proceedings and trials during COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in courts shutting down in-person appearances. Courts then turned to virtual proceedings as it continued. In

Madeline Bergstrom

Mar 31, 20213 min read

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, 20213 min read

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...

Madison Howard

Mar 22, 20213 min read

Second chances: A look at D.C.’s second look act

Prisoners who committed offenses in their youths are finally getting a second chance. D.C. recently passed the Second Look Amendment Act,...

Hana Sangid

Mar 8, 20214 min read

Is the good faith exception actually good?

As many people already know, the Fourth Amendment limits the government’s ability to intrude upon, confiscate or detain, the physical...

Alexandra Perona

Feb 23, 20213 min read

Diversion in the time of COVID-19

The criminal justice system has various purposes, with incapacitation, otherwise referred to as incarceration, being the most common....

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