Moving Forward: One Year Later
This week marks one year since Donald Trump won the presidential election. The next day, I wrote a reflection piece […]
Criminal Justice
Corporations Profit as Prisoners Remain Isolated from Loved Ones
How long does a typical phone conversation take you? Five minutes? What about with a parent or grandparent who you
To Protect and to Serve (and to Steal)
While most people are familiar with criminal forfeiture––a practice that allows the government to confiscate your property if it proves
Supreme Court Death Penalty Jurisprudence and an Ardent Call for Abolition
Death has been knocking on the Supreme Court’s door for years. But like a homeowner dismissing away an unsolicited salesman,
A “Disturbing Trend” in Qualified Immunity Doctrine
By looking to see whether Salazar-Limon denied reaching for his waistband, the Court implicitly accepted Thompson’s account of the encounter as true, or at least, more credible than Salazar-Limon’s. Doing so, Justice Sotomayor noted, adds to “the increased frequency of incidents in which [police allege that] unarmed men . . . reach empty waistbands when facing armed officers.” Once again, she noted, the Court had accepted officer Thompson’s arguably implausible testimony as implicitly more credible than that of the actual unarmed citizen.
Electronic Monitoring: Punishment and Liberty in the Age of GPS
Sam,[1] who I met last summer, was a teenager on probation. He sported an electronic monitor strapped around his ankle
Marijuana Legalization and the Future of Drug-Sniffing Dogs
On the night of February 3, 2015, Kevin McKnight was driving around in his pickup truck when the police stopped
A “Particularly Severe Penalty”
Last spring, I wrote about Lee v. United States,[1] a case on appeal from the Sixth Circuit that was still
Executive Overreach: Executive Orders and the Death Penalty in Florida
Last month, State Attorney Aramis Ayala, who represents the Orlando area counties, announced that she would not be seeking the death
Bias in The Jury Room: Where To Draw The Line
Guest post by Harmann Singh. Harmann is a first-year student at Harvard Law School and is interested in civil rights
The Death Penalty Carries on through an Onslaught of New and Unresolved Challenges
In February, Florida enacted a new death penalty statute that resolved the constitutional issues the U.S. Supreme Court found in 2016. Even