by mmcclain | Feb 3, 2022 | Legislation
What is Fetal Personhood Ongoing attacks to the reproductive justice movement—both moral affronts and legal challenges—have been in steady supply since Roe v. Wade was handed down in 1973.[1] While anti-choice supporters often attempt to roll back reproductive...
by bkouroupas | Feb 3, 2022 | Criminal Justice Reform, Criminal Procedure, Domestic Violence
Introduction On May 24, 2019, 50-year-old mother of five, Jennifer Dulos, disappeared.[1] Jennifer was last seen dropping her children off at school and on a neighbor’s security camera returning home at 8:05 a.m. in New Canaan Connecticut.[2] Authorities believe that...
by Eric Smith | Jan 21, 2022 | All, Criminal Justice Reform
America has a mass incarceration problem. Though the United States makes up about four percent of the world’s population, it accounts for twenty-two percent of the world’s prisoners.[1] In recent years, the idea that criminal prosecutions in the United...
by Gina McKlveen | Nov 11, 2021 | Criminal Justice Reform, Juvenile Justice
Admittedly, since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2019, a lot of individuals have encountered unexpected circumstances such as social distancing measures, shelter-in-place ordinances, and mask mandates. However, when I accepted a position as a Non-profit...
by Alexis Mayer | Nov 11, 2021 | Criminal Justice Reform, Juvenile Justice
I. INTRODUCTION Young people are developmentally different from and morally less culpable than adults.[1] Despite these differences, many children are detained in juvenile detention facilities, where they sleep in cells, similar to prisons where...
by aijaz | Nov 2, 2021 | Criminal Justice Reform
The tide is shifting. A nascent yet invigorating movement is threatening to displace the old-guard school of prosecution: progressive prosecution. While this movement may have once been thought of as an oxymoron, prosecutors running on progressive platforms are...
by Olivia Graham | Oct 4, 2021 | All, Criminal Justice Reform, Sex Crime
The past couple years have been filled with more newsworthy stories than we know what to do with. Sifting through the countless moments of shock and despair has become a disheartening experience for most. Yet Harvey Weinstein’s conviction deserves recognition as a...
by Sean Lee | Oct 4, 2021 | Criminal Justice Reform, Police Reform
Footage of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin kneeling on George Floyd neck for 8 minutes and 46 seconds until his death, shocked the nation and led to protests around the world calling for an end to police brutality.[1] Unfortunately, for the Black...
by Jason Zubata | Aug 19, 2021 | Counterterrorism Law, Criminal Justice Reform, Supreme Court Cases
The Criminal Origins of Immigration Law Who should be able to enter and stay in the United States? This question has remained central to the discussion of migration since the country first established its immigration system under the 1790 Naturalization Act.[1] Upon...
by iakers | Aug 9, 2021 | All, Criminal Justice Reform
The Batson Challenge: A Due Process Staple or Trial Court Quagmire? A peremptory challenge is “[o]ne of a limited number of special jury challenges given to each party before trial. [It] results in the exclusion of a potential juror without the need for any...
