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...
