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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
Your Car is Spying on You May. 20, 2025
Most late-model vehicles have the ability to log speed, when and where a vehicle's lights are turned... Read More
What Is Due Process and Why Is It Important? Apr. 15, 2025
As we slide into the second quarter of 2025, if I were to predict the word or phrase of the year, it... Read More
A New Twist on the "Reviled" Advocate Mar. 18, 2025
American criminal jurisprudence has been turned on its head. For centuries lawyers have been attacke... Read More
The Dubious Origin of "Three Strikes Law" Mar. 11, 2025
The rising tide of urban violence during the 1980s and 1990s caused lawmakers to consider ways to up... Read More
The Politics of Quid Pro Quo Feb. 18, 2025
In Texas, bribery is intentionally conferring a benefit as consideration for the recipient's exercis... Read More
DNA Reveals Flaws in Criminal Justice System Feb. 11, 2025
The Innocence Project used to track all DNA exonerations throughout the country. An exoneration clea... Read More
A Call to Vigilantly Protect and Enforce the 22nd Amendment Feb. 04, 2025
The 22nd Amendment provides, "No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than tw... Read More
Trump's Death Penalty Order a Challenge to the 8th Amendment Jan. 28, 2025
The first Trump administration carried out more executions than any president in at least a century.... Read More
Keeping Sex Offenders Beyond Their Sentence Jan. 21, 2025
Twenty states, the District of Columbia, and the federal government have laws allowing for continued... Read More
Rewriting History on the Anniversary of the Jan. 6 Insurrection Jan. 07, 2025
Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.) recently released his "Interim Report on the Failures and Politicizati... Read More
Will Biden's Commutation Further Chill Clemency in Pennsylvania? Dec. 17, 2024
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro recently pointed out that "Governors and presidents have unique power... Read More
Alex Murdaugh: The Making of a Red-Collar Criminal Dec. 10, 2024
Disbarred South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh — the heir to a legal dynasty in the Palmetto st... Read More
The State Must Be Bound by Its Word Dec. 03, 2024
The Illinois Supreme Court recently overturned Jussie Smollett's conviction for falsely portraying h... Read More
Day 1: Protecting Our 'Precious Bodily Fluids' Nov. 26, 2024
Sixty years ago, Stanley Kubrick co-wrote, produced and directed a black comedy, "Dr. Strangelove or... Read More
Escape Into a Classic Hollywood Courtroom Drama Nov. 19, 2024
As Thanksgiving quickly approaches, if you're looking for an interesting escape between the turkey a... Read More
Kohberger's Attorneys Provide Glimpse Into Death Penalty Nov. 12, 2024
The death penalty is a complex and controversial form of punishment. The penalty has been around for... Read More
What? Pleading Guilty While Maintaining Your Innocence Nov. 05, 2024
America's massive criminal justice industrial complex devours billions of dollars every year. The ma... Read More
Homicides Are Down but More Murderers Are Walking the Streets Oct. 29, 2024
In September, The New York Times declared that "the number of murders reported in the United States ... Read More
In 1933, Germany's Chancellor Began To Undermine Government Institutions. Thus Was Born a Dictator Oct. 22, 2024
Nearly 80 years ago, at the outset of the Battle of the Bulge, during the final months of World War ... Read More
