Will History Save the Insanity Defense?
On October 7th, the Supreme Court began its term with the oral argument for Kahler v. Kansas, a case which asks whether a state violates the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments if it essentially abolishes the insanity defense. The test for due process is traditionally...
Pennsylvania’s Proposed, Questionably Constitutional, Risk Assessment Instrument
In response to mounting concerns about inequity in the criminal legal system, the Pennsylvania Commission on Sentencing (“Commission”) has proposed a Sentencing Risk Assessment Instrument (“Instrument”) to standardize sentencing in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania....
Strip Searches Deny Prisoners Their Constitutional Rights
In March of 2011, a tactical team at Lincoln Correctional Center in Illinois rounded up and marched 200 handcuffed female prisoners into a gymnasium. Without saying why, guards took groups of four to ten prisoners into one of two adjoining rooms, both of which were...
California – 7, NCAA – 0: California Lawmakers’ Most Recent Touchdown
Written by Alexandra Butler and Annie Wilt In one fell swoop, California lawmakers have disrupted archaic and discriminatory NCAA policies. According to Lebron James, “this is[n’t] checkmate, but this is a major problem for the NCAA. It’s going to change college...
What Matter of Soram Got Wrong: “Child Abuse” Crimes that May Trigger Deportation Are Constantly Evolving and Even Target Good Parents
This is a guest post by Kari Hong* and Philip L. Torrey.** Many are surprised to learn that crime-based deportations[1] do not necessarily make intuitive sense. Under the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (IIRIRA)[2], a misdemeanor...
I just posted episode 399 of @IpseDixitPod, featuring @MikeGentithes of @AkronLaw discussing his article "Suspicionless Witness Stops: The New Racial Profiling," forthcoming in @HarvardCRCL. The stinger for this one is priceless, IMO. https://shows.pippa.io/ipse-dixit/episodes/michael-gentithes-on-suspicionless-witness-stops
Law Students: Submissions are open now for student notes to be published in @HarvardCRCL! If you have a note about civil rights, civil liberties, or advancing justice, to eics.crcl.vol55@gmail.com by *midnight on October 28*. More info here: https://harvardcrcl.org/submit/
"On October 7th, the Supreme Court began its term with the oral argument for Kahler v. Kansas, a case which asks whether a state violates the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments if it essentially abolishes the insanity defense."
https://harvardcrcl.org/will-history-save-the-insanity-defense/
We can’t wait to publish this incredible article!
Thank you for all the great comments on my paper Suspicionless Witness Stops (https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3420816) from colleagues at today’s #LatCrit conference! @GeorgiaStateLaw has been an excellent host for this @AkronLawScholar and @HarvardCRCL contributor.
"In one fell swoop, California lawmakers have disrupted archaic and discriminatory NCAA policies."
https://harvardcrcl.org/california-7-ncaa-0-california-lawmakers-most-recent-touchdown/
“The Supreme Court and lower federal courts have an opportunity to return the reach of the crime of child abuse to the deportability ground’s original purpose. Once the flaws of Matter of Soram are rejected, that realignment is possible.”
https://harvardcrcl.org/what-matter-of-soram-got-wrong-child-abuse-crimes-that-may-trigger-deportation-are-constantly-evolving-and-even-target-good-parents/
Just published an article on the @HarvardCRCL Amicus blog about the danger of lame-duck power grabs in North Carolina, Wisconsin, and around the country. #ncpol #wipolitics https://harvardcrcl.org/legislative-entrenchment-and-lame-duck-state-power-grabs/