by Jessica Mugler | Dec 30, 2020 | All, Criminal Justice Reform, Police Reform
Today, cries to “defund the police” or “abolish the police” fill newsfeeds and protests.[1] Demands are not hard to spot—go to city hall or scroll through a social media site, and you will likely find advocates pushing to redistribute some (or all) funding from the...
by sgoldberg | Aug 5, 2020 | All, Criminal Justice Reform
Justice Sutherland’s oft-quoted observation in Berger v. United States that “while [a prosecutor] may strike hard blows, he is not at liberty to strike foul ones” is but one example of the Supreme Court espousing the view that the unique role of the prosecutor...
by Natalie Puletti | Jul 26, 2020 | All, Criminal Justice Reform, Legislation
As 2019 came to a close, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 2534: Insider Trading Prohibition Act (“ITPA”) in a 410-13 bipartisan vote.[1] Congressman Jim Himes (D-Conn.) sponsored the bill to establish, for the first time, a statutory...
by Gina McKlveen | Feb 10, 2020 | All, Art Crime, Criminal Justice Reform
Sunday afternoon shortly after 1:00 PM, the Amtrak train slowly staggers into Union Station after a long journey from the inner city of Chicago. I boarded the train back in Pennsylvania, and over the next six hours I witnessed the view outside my window transform from...
by Kevin Coleman | Oct 14, 2019 | All, Criminal Justice Reform, Supreme Court Cases
In November 2015, Terrence Gamble was driving in Mobile, Alabama, when he was pulled over by a police officer because of a damaged headlight on his vehicle.[1] Approaching the vehicle, the officer noticed an odor of marijuana emanating from Gamble’s car, leading the...
by Alexis Mayer | Sep 14, 2019 | All, Criminal Justice Reform, Juvenile Justice
Minors who are charged with violating a penal code are typically tried in juvenile proceedings in a juvenile court.[1] In these proceedings, unlike criminal proceedings, judges do not determine whether minors are guilty of a crime; instead, they determine whether...
