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Trump Administration Breathes Life Into Lost Cause of the Confederacy Sep. 02, 2025
The Trump administration is talking about making the nation's capital and places like California and... Read More
The Turbulent 1960s Continue to Shape America's Criminal Justice System Aug. 26, 2025
The 1960s were turbulent. The nation was in the midst of two wars. First, the Cold War with the Sovi... Read More
Has The Death Penalty Become Arbitrary and Capricious? Aug. 19, 2025
Those who write about the death penalty often do so from a certain bias. I wanted to take a crack at... Read More
Eyewitness Identification Under Scrutiny Aug. 12, 2025
For decades, eyewitness identification was considered the gold standard when it came to evidence use... Read More
The Tragic Abduction and Murder of Etan Patz is Back in the News Aug. 05, 2025
In 1979, a 6-year-old boy disappeared on his way to his Manhattan school bus stop. Etan Patz's disap... Read More
Gaza Is a Moral Reckoning for Israel -- And for You and Me Jul. 30, 2025
Some outrages are so outrageous that I don't even want to talk about them. But that's when we must s... Read More
How to Keep Kids from Killing Kids Jul. 29, 2025
What once would have shocked the conscience is now forgotten by the end of the article. Consider the... Read More
Florida's Convoluted Death Penalty Process Jul. 29, 2025
Last week, a Florida jury deliberated for one hour and 42 minutes before recommending the death pena... Read More
Overburdened Public Defense Puts Justice at Risk Jul. 22, 2025
Lawyers are personally responsible for the quality of representation they provide. Public defenders ... Read More
The Growing, and Impactful, Phenomenon of True Crime Jul. 08, 2025
Recently, I was scrolling through some news articles and came across this headline, "Nearly 2 in 3 A... Read More
Courts Not Compelled to Accept 'Obviously Absurd' Presidential Directive Jul. 01, 2025
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals granted a stay of a temporary restraining order (TRO) granted to ... Read More
The End May Be Near for Miranda v. Arizona Jun. 24, 2025
Nearly 60 years ago, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart asked Attorney John J. Flynn, represe... Read More
The Obsolescence of Proof Beyond a Reasonable Doubt Jun. 17, 2025
Former Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy acknowledged in 2012 — when writing an opinion... Read More
Prosecuting Parents for Unsafe Sleep Environments Jun. 10, 2025
Every year in this country over 4,500 babies die of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). Children's ... Read More
Should The "Local Shrimp" You Buy Come From 8,000 Miles Away? Jun. 04, 2025
Let's say you like shrimp. Whether you go for a chain restaurant's happy hour shrimp boil or a price... Read More
The Deadly Consequences of Campus Chants Jun. 03, 2025
Ideas have consequences. The ideas pushed on many college campuses have deadly consequences. Elias R... Read More
The Presidential Pardon as a Tool of Political Repression Jun. 03, 2025
American presidents are empowered by Article II, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution, "to grant repri... Read More
GOP's Medicaid Reforms are Reasonable May. 27, 2025
Republicans need to explain the Medicaid reforms in President Donald Trump's big, beautiful bill, no... Read More
The Expanding Presidency, 200 Years in the Making May. 27, 2025
The dominance of the executive in American government today was set in motion nearly two centuries a... Read More
The Road to Bankruptcy May. 23, 2025
President Donald Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act has passed the House of Representatives. There w... Read More
