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Bennett Nuss

Jul 13, 20234 min read

Counterman v. Colorado: 2022-23 Supreme Court Criminal Decisions

Counterman v. Colorado specifically dealt with the standard by which a criminal defendant can be found to have made a “true threat of...

Kirsten Rowe

Jul 7, 20233 min read

Visitation and protecting rights of incarcerated parents

According to the Prison Policy Initiative, approximately 47% of individuals incarcerated are parents of minors, with 19% of those...

Bennett Nuss

Jun 27, 20232 min read

Smith v. United States: 2022-23 Supreme Court criminal decisions

In Smith v. United States, the Northern District of Florida indicted Timothy Smith for theft of trade secrets of a website company with...

Bennett Nuss, Devin Iorio, Siena Roberts

Apr 30, 20236 min read

Legal tracking: Plea deals are an unjust bargain

The United States criminal court system is generally overwhelmed. According to the United States Sentencing Commission, 57,377 defendants...

Madelyn Nessler

Apr 26, 20233 min read

Human trafficking: The modern-day slavery

Globalization has undoubtedly facilitated the growth of businesses, technology, culture and communication as goods and services are...

Caitlyn Greene

Apr 26, 20234 min read

Juvenile brains are different, their mens rea analysis should be too

Courts should apply a child-centered mens rea analysis for all cases adjudicating juveniles, also known as the “reasonable child”...

Siena Roberts

Apr 26, 20233 min read

Why do we love true crime? The phenomenon behind our obsession

If you go on the Podcast charts on Apple or Spotify, you will find that at least three of the top 10 podcasts are true crime related....

Samuel Disario

Apr 25, 20232 min read

Cruel and unusual or adequate healthcare: Looking at the circuit split

In 1976, the United States Supreme Court handed down a landmark decision where the Court interpreted the Eighth Amendment’s “cruel and...

Sarah Pape

Apr 25, 20234 min read

Running an inherent risk: Executing the innocent

Charles Flores is a man with an innocence claim facing execution on Texas Death Row. Twenty-four years ago, Flores went to prison for the...

Andrew Gamble

Apr 18, 20234 min read

Admission not required: The conflict of repatriation and museums

The trafficking of arts, antiquities and cultural property is a criminal practice that has become inveterate in society as actors look to...

Angela Chen

Apr 17, 20234 min read

“Getaway Car” versus “Slatty:” Lyrics evidence exacerbates racial disparities

Jeffery Lamar Williams, known professionally as Young Thug, is standing trial for multiple charges, including conspiring to violate...

Elena Pomponio

Apr 17, 20233 min read

New Washington D.C. criminal code halted at the finish line

D.C.’s proposed new criminal code stood strong following Mayor Muriel Bowser’s attempted veto of the bill that would impose a rewrite to...

Nyia McCree

Mar 28, 20233 min read

Police brutality: Is it really a race problem?

TW: Racism, Police Brutality, Violence When asked about the recent murder of 29 year old Black civilian, Tyre Nichols, in Memphis,...

Madison Gestiehr

Mar 28, 20233 min read

Is investigative genetic genealogy a menace to our privacy rights?

Ever since investigators revealed that a genealogy website helped police catch one of America’s most notorious serial killers, the Golden...

Bennett Nuss, Devin Iorio, Siena Roberts

Mar 10, 20236 min read

Legal Tracking: ATF improves firearms tracking but misses an important target

Firearm casualties make up a considerable percentage of deaths in the United States, accounting for 45,222 deaths in 2020. While a...

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