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Melissa Kucemba
Apr 7, 20203 min read
Progressive Prosecution: the Oxymoron Reshaping the Criminal Justice System
Lately, public defenders are leaving their positions to work for the other side – the prosecution. To many aspiring public defenders, or...
Annaka Groschinski
Apr 7, 20205 min read
The United States and the International Criminal Court
The United States government has been very critical towards the International Criminal Court (ICC) ever since George W. Bush wanted to...
Maria Latimer
Jan 24, 20204 min read
Judicial Colloquialisms in Juvenile Courts
Numerous issues plague our criminal justice system, both in adult and juvenile courts. Prosecutorial, and judicial discretion can impact...
Kieya Simpson
Jan 14, 20204 min read
New Legislation to Address the Sentencing of Juvenile Offenders, Leaves Many Unsatisfied
“David Bailey walks free today without having served his full sentence while we as a family serve the life sentence that he inflicted on...
Alexandra Perona
Dec 21, 20193 min read
Tension in the Law: Confrontation Clause and Whistleblower Protection
Recently, a whistleblower from the intelligence community came forward with a concern regarding a phone call between President Trump and...
Amanda Perez
Dec 17, 20194 min read
Law and Television: Streaming Advocates Unit
United States consumers have a morbid fascination with crime. The media is consumed with docuseries, podcasts, television shows, books,...
Antonio Nunes
Dec 17, 20193 min read
The Intersection of Election Security and Criminal Law: For the People Act of 2019
At the start of the first session of the 116th Congress, the House of Representatives introduced H.R.1, or better known as the For the...
Sasha Brisbon
Nov 25, 20194 min read
Facial Recognition Failures
Facial Recognition is a technology capable of identifying (or verifying) a person from a digital image or a video frame from a video...
Kyle Ehlers
Nov 14, 20194 min read
If Not For Him, For Others: Supreme Court To Re-Examine Lee Boyd Malvo’s Sentence
The Supreme Court is considering whether Lee Boyd Malvo, who was 17 when he and his partner killed ten people in the DMV (District of...
Emily Glasser
Nov 14, 20193 min read
Bite Mark Analysis: Fake Science with Real Consequences
In 1992, Levon Brooks was sentenced to life in prison for the rape and murder of a three-year-old girl. Four months after his conviction,...
Jack Thole
Nov 11, 20194 min read
President Trump, Secretary Pompeo, and Criminal Contempt of Congress
On September 27, three House Committees issued subpoenas demanding that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo turn over documents related to...
Marjorie Lluveres
Nov 11, 20193 min read
As Maryland Continues to Decriminalize Weed, its Highest Court Holds its Smell No Longer Provides Of
Maryland’s Court of Appeals quoted Bob Dylan’s “The Times They Are-A-Changing” in a ruling earlier this year, which held that the smell...
Peter Coetzee
Oct 31, 20195 min read
Should Improper Entry into the United States be Decriminalized?
In recent months, decriminalization of improper entry into the United States has become a mainstream issue in the Democratic primary....
Jewel Lightfoot
Oct 18, 20195 min read
The Modern Brazen Bull: The Eighth Amendment and Air Conditioning in American Prisons
On July 19, 2018 inmate Robert Robinson died from environmental hyperthermia, essentially receiving a death sentence for burglary. Mr....
Aminah Muhammad
Oct 10, 20195 min read
The Crime Behind Design
Forgery is still a major problem in the fashion industry, and most consumers cannot determine real versus counterfeit merchandise. ...
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