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Jack Thole
Dec 28, 20205 min read
As States Legalize, the Struggle to Clear Marijuana Convictions Continues
On June 17, 1971, President Richard Nixon addressed the nation in what would become known as the War on Drugs Speech. Labeling drug abuse...
Kayla Ollendorff
Dec 28, 20203 min read
Compassionate Releases During COVID-19 for High-Risk Individuals
In July, the Journal of the American Medical Association published a research letter asserting that inmates are five and a half times...
Annemarie Gregoire
Dec 28, 20203 min read
Prosecutorial Discretion and its Impact on Racial Inequality in the Criminal Justice System
The disproportionate impact of mass incarceration on black communities has been widely recognized for years. Various causes of racial...
Kieya Simpson
Dec 28, 20204 min read
“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...
Kaitlyn Wallace
Nov 13, 20205 min read
Jury Diversification: Correcting Prosecutorial Misconduct in the Aftermath of Flowers
After two decades behind bars, Curtis Flowers was released from the Mississippi correctional facility where he was imprisoned for charges...
Aaron Earlywine
Nov 13, 20207 min read
The Punishment Begets the Crime
Toledo, Ohio, home of the Rockets and known as the Glass City, hugs both sides of the Maumee River. Toledo is a relatively large city...
Andrew Park
Aug 7, 20202 min read
Letter from the editor, Volume XI, Issue I
We are in extraordinary times. Amidst protest and the struggle for a fulfillment of the promises of our democracy, there is still an...
Janee (JD) LeFrere
Jun 20, 20204 min read
Defining Essential Services in a State of Emergency: Abortion Access and the COVID-19 Pandemic
In 1973, Roe v. Wade(1) asserted that access to safe and legal abortions was a constitutionally protected right in the United States....
Allison Norder
Jun 20, 20205 min read
“Why Didn’t She Just Leave?” The Judicial Reluctancy to Apply the Domestic Violence Survivors Justic
On average, nearly 20 people per minute are physically abused by an intimate partner in the United States, which equates to more than 10...
Blake Turley
May 30, 20205 min read
A Conservative Approach to Parole Reform
Parole in the United States is an enormous network of nearly 4.5 million people. The definition is a conditional release of prisoners....
Sasha Brisbon
May 30, 20204 min read
As Coronavirus Surges, Crime Declines
The U.S. confirmed its first coronavirus case January 20th and its first death by the end of February. However, it was not until March...
crimlawpracblog
May 28, 20204 min read
COVID-19’s Effect on New York’s Speedy Trial Statute
As COVID-19 rages on, New York courts have postponed new jury trials in an attempt to slow the virus’ spread, and criminal cases are no...
Andrew Park
Apr 7, 20206 min read
One Too Many Cocktails: A Lethal Dose of Uncertainty in Executions
On November 20, 2019, U.S. District Judge Tanya S. Chutkan issued a preliminary injunction halting four executions that the Justice...
John Olorin
Apr 7, 20203 min read
Can Mandatory Minimums Ever Be Applied to Juvenile Offenders?
Since the United States Supreme Court handed down the Graham v. Florida decision in 2010 and Graham’s inevitable sequel, Miller v....
Madison Howard
Apr 7, 20204 min read
SCOTUS 2020 and Potential Criminal Charges for Abortion Providers
Following the Supreme Court’s decision in Roe v. Wade in 1973, abortion became one of the most polarizing topics in America’s political...
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