Pregnant and Detained: Constitutional Rights and Remedies for Pregnant Detainees
Pregnant and Detained: Constitutional Rights and Remedies for Pregnant Detainees Over the last thirty years, the United States has increasingly expanded what is already the largest immigration detention system in…
Defending Constitutional Rights in Imbalanced Courtrooms
Defending Constitutional Rights in Imbalanced Courtrooms Safeguarding Fourth Amendment protections is critical to preserving individual privacy rights and fostering positive perceptions of police legitimacy within communities. Maintaining an effective accountability…
The Modern Common Law of Crime
The Modern Common Law of Crime Two visions of American criminal law have emerged. The first vision is that criminal law is statutory and posits that legislatures, not courts, draft…
Prison Abolition: From Naïve Idealism to Technological Pragmatism
Prison Abolition: From Naïve Idealism to Technological Pragmatism The United States is finally recoiling from the mass incarceration crisis that has plagued it for half a century. The world’s largest…
Homicide or Suicide: How Nudity Factors into This Determination
Homicide or Suicide: How Nudity Factors into This Determination Homicide Studies, Ahead of Print. Anecdotal reports of deceased celebrities being found nude abound, yet research is lacking regarding the frequency…
The effect of target, catchment, and comparison site operationalization on CCTV impact evaluations: methodological considerations from a case study
The effect of target, catchment, and comparison site operationalization on CCTV impact evaluations: methodological considerations from a case study Abstract Objectives To examine the extent to which different operationalizations of target,…
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Justice Department & The Department and IRS announced that over 14,700 taxpayers have come forward to report previously-undisclosed foreign bank accounts under the voluntary disclosure program the IRS implemented following…
Indiana Man Sentenced on Child Pornography Charge
Indiana Man Sentenced on Child Pornography Charge James W. Dotts Jr., 33, of Georgetown, Ind., pleaded guilty today in New Albany, Ind., to one count of possession of child pornography…
Three Brothers Sentenced to Life Prison Terms for Conspiring to Kill U.S. Soldiers
Three Brothers Sentenced to Life Prison Terms for Conspiring to Kill Soldiers Three brothers who were convicted of plotting to kill members of the military during an armed attack on…
Justice Department Settles Lawsuit to Enforce N.Y. Army Servicemembers Employment Rights
Justice Department Settles Lawsuit to Enforce Army Servicemembers Employment Rights The Department today has reached a settlement that, if approved by the District Court in Philadelphia, will resolve its lawsuit…
Colombian National Arraigned on Charges of Providing Material Support to the FARC
Colombian National Arraigned on Charges of Providing Material Support to the FARC A 32-year-old Colombian citizen, Luz Mery Gutierrez Vergara, who was extradited from the Republic of Colombia on Thursday,…
Justice Department Sues Nobel Learning Communities Inc. for Discrimination Against Children with Disabilities
Justice Department Sues Nobel Learning Communities Inc. for Discrimination Against Children with Disabilities The Department has filed a lawsuit in District Court in Philadelphia against Nobel Learning Communities Inc. (Nobel)…