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Nicole Navarro
May 3, 20173 min read
Hate Crimes in Trump America
This month marks the forty-ninth anniversary of one of the most dreadful hate crimes to send shock waves across the world. On April 4,...
Chelsea Jacobi
Apr 27, 20173 min read
The Respect State Marijuana Laws Act of 2017: Federalism and Recreational Marijuana
Under current federal law, a grower in Oregon could face “not less than twenty years” for selling marijuana to dispensaries in its...
Apoorva Deshmukh
Apr 21, 20176 min read
The Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (PREA) and Relevant State Statutes in Maryland, Virginia
In 2001, there were approximately 2,100,146 persons incarcerated throughout the United States, with 1,324,464 individuals in federal or...
Jenna Holmes
Apr 16, 20176 min read
Maryland Bail Reform Up in the Air
In February 2017 Maryland’s highest court unanimously approved Rule 4-216.1. This rule provides guidance to judges regarding pre-trial...
Joshua Couce
Mar 21, 20175 min read
Does Bail Reform Work as Intended?
The State of New Jersey has become a leader in criminal justice reform, from Drug Court to Pre-Trial Intervention. One of the many recent...
Kaitlin Bigger
Mar 15, 20175 min read
Update: Supreme Court Overturns Death Sentence in Buck v. Davis, Finding Ineffective Assistance of C
On February 22, 2017, Chief Justice John Roberts of the United States Supreme Court issued an opinion vacating and remanding Buck v....
Shaniqua Butler
Mar 12, 20174 min read
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...
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...
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