The Resurgence of MS-13 in the Metropolitan Area and Its Impact on the Criminal Justice System
The Mara Salvatrucha gang also known as MS-13 is a Latino gang with ties to El Salvador. The gang originated in Los Angeles, California...
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Erin Haney
Mar 1, 20172 min read
Human Trafficking: Identifying and Prosecuting Traffickers.
There might be a misconception that human trafficking is solely an international issue. But clearly human trafficking is an issue that...
Ramy Simpson
Feb 28, 20177 min read
Russian connections and the law: A challenge for the Trump administration
The resignation of Michael Flynn, the National Security Advisor to President Trump, has raised important legal issues. Before Donald...
Dolores Sinistaj
Feb 14, 20175 min read
California Passes Mandatory Sentencing for Rape
While 2016 was a year filled with many newsworthy stories in the criminal law world, the story of Stanford student, Brock Turner,...
Shaniqua Butler
Jan 5, 20173 min read
Innocent Lives Matter: Government Use of Informant Testimony and Its Impact on Wrongful Convictions
One of the most important tools that the government often uses is informant testimony. An informant can come in many forms. For...
Apoorva Deshmukh
Dec 13, 20164 min read
DC Community Court Expansion: A Step in the Right Direction
As of September 2016, 1,845 individuals are under the supervision of the DC Department of Corrections (DOC). The DOC has calculated a...
Ramy Simpson
Nov 30, 20165 min read
Bail Reform Measures Inch Closer to Equality
The money bail system that has been so pervasive throughout our judicial system is beginning to see reform around the nation. The money...
Chelsea Jacobi
Nov 26, 20164 min read
Choosing Capital Punishment: 2016 Referendums and the Death Penalty
As of July 1, 2016, there are 2,905 Americans on death row. Almost one-third of those inmates live in one of these three states:...
Matt Goldstein
Nov 17, 20165 min read
Prosecutorial Discretion and Dylann Roof
The trial of Dylann Roof, the young man that fatally shot nine individuals attending a Bible study meeting at Emanuel African Methodist...
Nicole Navarro
Nov 14, 20163 min read
Blocking Sex Offenders from Social Media: Packingham v. North Carolina
In 2008, North Carolina passed N.C.G.S.A. § 14-202.5, a statute placing a ban on registered sex offenders from accessing social media...
Kaitlin Bigger
Nov 11, 20162 min read
Indefensible: Recent Supreme Court Case Highlights Continued Racial Bias in Death Penalty
Duane Buck was sentenced to death by a jury in 1997 after his own counsel called an expert witness who testified that Mr. Buck would be a...
Zac Johnston
Nov 9, 20163 min read
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act: Government Deterrence or a Cash Grab?
On October 24, 2016, Brazilian aircraft maker Embraer SA settled with U.S. authorities to deferred prosecution based on an investigation...
Kaitlin Bigger
Nov 8, 20162 min read
"Indefensible": Recent Supreme Court Case Highlights Continued Racial Bias in Death Penalty
Duane Buck was sentenced to death by a jury in 1997 after his own counsel called an expert witness who testified that Mr. Buck would be a...
Maria Thompson
Nov 8, 20164 min read
Privacy in the Time of Birchfield
In the Supreme Court’s June 2016 decision in Birchfield v. North Dakota, the Court held that police officers do not need a warrant to...
Erin Haney
Oct 26, 20165 min read
Juveniles in the Justice System: Rehabilitation and Reform
Before coming to law school, I volunteered in the Public Defender’s Office in Ohio and specifically worked in the juvenile justice...
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