The High Cost of Low Minimum Sentences
By: Maya Kushner United States has the highest rate of incarceration than any other country, and so the topic is often debated anywhere from the Senate floor to the dinner […]
Criminal Law
The Death Penalty By Lethal Injection: Is the End Near?
By: Samantha Lewis Prisons across the United States are scrambling to respond to a lethal injection shortage that is plaguing the American penitentiary system. In 2011, Hospira Inc., the sole […]
The (Warning) Shot Heard Round the State… of Florida
By: Brittany Sullivan Along with several other states, Florida has been heavily featured in the national news cycle with stories of gun possession, use, abuse, and the resulting legal action. […]
The Military’s Need for Sexual Assault Prosecution Reform
By: Erin Mee The United States military has an enormous sexual assault problem. Roughly 23,000 cases of military sexual assault went untried this past year. Of cases of sexual assault […]
The Fourth Amendment and the Supreme Court’s 2012-2013 Term
By: Erin Mee The Supreme Court greatly expanded the scope of the Fourth Amendment during its recent term. The Court decided that blood testing DUI suspects without the suspects’ consent […]
Free Speech v. Privacy Rights Concerns in California’s “Revenge Porn” Legislation
By: Elaine Ding As California State Senator Canella adequately put it, “the law does not keep up with […] technology.” SB 255 is the California Legislature’s attempt to counter the […]