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Guilty Until The Check Clears: How Money Bail Incentivizes Wealth And Criminalizes Poverty, Caroline Jarcho Jan 2022

Guilty Until The Check Clears: How Money Bail Incentivizes Wealth And Criminalizes Poverty, Caroline Jarcho

Public Interest Law Reporter

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Table Of Contents, Public Interest Law Reporter Jan 2022

Table Of Contents, Public Interest Law Reporter

Public Interest Law Reporter

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The Pretrial Fairness Act: Certainties And Suspicions, Ethan Mora Jan 2022

The Pretrial Fairness Act: Certainties And Suspicions, Ethan Mora

Public Interest Law Reporter

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12+ Hours A Day: How Juvenile Detention Centers Diminish The Goal Of Rehabilition In Juvenile Justice, Melanie Persangi Jan 2022

12+ Hours A Day: How Juvenile Detention Centers Diminish The Goal Of Rehabilition In Juvenile Justice, Melanie Persangi

Public Interest Law Reporter

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Chicago Is Not A Sundown Town: A Closer Look At Youth Curfews, Nneka Ugwu Jan 2022

Chicago Is Not A Sundown Town: A Closer Look At Youth Curfews, Nneka Ugwu

Public Interest Law Reporter

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The Chicago Police Department's Murder Of Adam Toledo Was Not Justifiable Self-Defense, Cruz Rodriguez Jan 2021

The Chicago Police Department's Murder Of Adam Toledo Was Not Justifiable Self-Defense, Cruz Rodriguez

Public Interest Law Reporter

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Justice Delayed Is Justice Denied: Holding Cash Bail Unconstitutional, Ashli Giles-Perkins Jan 2020

Justice Delayed Is Justice Denied: Holding Cash Bail Unconstitutional, Ashli Giles-Perkins

Public Interest Law Reporter

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The Presence Of Racial Disparities At Every Decisional Phase Of The Criminal Legal System, Nadia Woods Jan 2020

The Presence Of Racial Disparities At Every Decisional Phase Of The Criminal Legal System, Nadia Woods

Public Interest Law Reporter

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Defunding The Police: A "Snappy Slogan" Or A Way Forward For People Of Color?, Adonis Totten Jan 2020

Defunding The Police: A "Snappy Slogan" Or A Way Forward For People Of Color?, Adonis Totten

Public Interest Law Reporter

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Disenfranchisement Of People With Felony Records And The Racial Discrimination Behind It, Giovanni Padilla Jan 2020

Disenfranchisement Of People With Felony Records And The Racial Discrimination Behind It, Giovanni Padilla

Public Interest Law Reporter

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1986 Mass Legalization: How The Irca Can Guide A Modern-Day Amnesty Act, Louisa Carhart Jan 2020

1986 Mass Legalization: How The Irca Can Guide A Modern-Day Amnesty Act, Louisa Carhart

Public Interest Law Reporter

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Prosecutorial Accountability: The Epidemic Of Prosecutorial Misconduct In America, Brei'a Womack Jan 2019

Prosecutorial Accountability: The Epidemic Of Prosecutorial Misconduct In America, Brei'a Womack

Public Interest Law Reporter

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Table Of Contents, Public Interest Law Reporter Jan 2019

Table Of Contents, Public Interest Law Reporter

Public Interest Law Reporter

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The Best We Can Be: How Toxic Masculinity Creates A Second Inescapable Situation For Inmates, Mariah Woodson Jan 2019

The Best We Can Be: How Toxic Masculinity Creates A Second Inescapable Situation For Inmates, Mariah Woodson

Public Interest Law Reporter

Toxic masculinity is a concept that has been in modern society for some time now. However, the recent release of the controversial Gillette razor commercial has sparked an uptick in discussions, from those who lauded the company for addressing the negative traits often associated with traditional masculinity to those who felt as though the company was unfairly targeting masculinity altogether. Regardless of where one falls on the debate, there is no denying the need for conversation. One point of discussion is what areas of our society embody these traits the most? An area that may be less intuitive are prisons …


The School To Prison Pipeline: Widespread Disparities In School Discipline Based On Race, Tara Carone Jan 2019

The School To Prison Pipeline: Widespread Disparities In School Discipline Based On Race, Tara Carone

Public Interest Law Reporter

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Students For Fair Admissions V. Harvard: Admissions Administrators Threaten The Future Of Affirmative Action In The United States, Seth Johnson Jan 2019

Students For Fair Admissions V. Harvard: Admissions Administrators Threaten The Future Of Affirmative Action In The United States, Seth Johnson

Public Interest Law Reporter

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Juveniles, Mass Incarceration, And Why "Raising The Age" Is Not Enough, Kenya Barbara Jan 2019

Juveniles, Mass Incarceration, And Why "Raising The Age" Is Not Enough, Kenya Barbara

Public Interest Law Reporter

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Flawed Forensics: Cautionary Tales From Our Criminal Justice Past, Marisa Tisbo Jan 2019

Flawed Forensics: Cautionary Tales From Our Criminal Justice Past, Marisa Tisbo

Public Interest Law Reporter

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Table Of Contents, Public Interest Law Reporter Jan 2019

Table Of Contents, Public Interest Law Reporter

Public Interest Law Reporter

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Legalization Of Marijuana In Illinois: The Broader Implications On Social Justice, Colleen Ahern Jan 2019

Legalization Of Marijuana In Illinois: The Broader Implications On Social Justice, Colleen Ahern

Public Interest Law Reporter

No abstract provided.


International Lessons In The Systematic Adoption Of Felony Restorative Justice In Chicago, Sean Hux Jan 2019

International Lessons In The Systematic Adoption Of Felony Restorative Justice In Chicago, Sean Hux

Public Interest Law Reporter

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Wrongfully Convicted Does Not Need To Mean Wrongfully Compensated: Using State Legislation To Assure Accurate Compensation, Lilia Valdez Jan 2019

Wrongfully Convicted Does Not Need To Mean Wrongfully Compensated: Using State Legislation To Assure Accurate Compensation, Lilia Valdez

Public Interest Law Reporter

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Restorative Justice In Illinois: A Holistic Approach To Reformation And Juveniles In Conflict With The Law, Emily Knox Jan 2018

Restorative Justice In Illinois: A Holistic Approach To Reformation And Juveniles In Conflict With The Law, Emily Knox

Public Interest Law Reporter

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Criminal Law And Mental Illness, Marisa Tisbo Jan 2018

Criminal Law And Mental Illness, Marisa Tisbo

Public Interest Law Reporter

No abstract provided.


The Fight To Be Equal And Equally Different, Melissa Dupor Jan 2018

The Fight To Be Equal And Equally Different, Melissa Dupor

Public Interest Law Reporter

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Driving On The Edge: How Municipal Fines For Traffic Violations Negatively Affect Marginalized Communities, Mariah Woodson Jan 2018

Driving On The Edge: How Municipal Fines For Traffic Violations Negatively Affect Marginalized Communities, Mariah Woodson

Public Interest Law Reporter

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The Plan For Transformation: How A Plan With Lofty Goals Has Underperformed And Forever Changed Public Housing In Chicago, Kenya Barbara Jan 2018

The Plan For Transformation: How A Plan With Lofty Goals Has Underperformed And Forever Changed Public Housing In Chicago, Kenya Barbara

Public Interest Law Reporter

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Table Of Contents, Public Interest Law Reporter Jan 2017

Table Of Contents, Public Interest Law Reporter

Public Interest Law Reporter

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Los Angeles As A Blueprint For Police Reform In Chicago, Stephen Rushin Jan 2017

Los Angeles As A Blueprint For Police Reform In Chicago, Stephen Rushin

Public Interest Law Reporter

No abstract provided.


Juvenile Justice: Oppose H.R. 3697, The Criminal Alien Gang Member Removal Act, Elizabeth Rodriguez Jan 2017

Juvenile Justice: Oppose H.R. 3697, The Criminal Alien Gang Member Removal Act, Elizabeth Rodriguez

Public Interest Law Reporter

No abstract provided.