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Sexual Abuse Of Female Inmates In Federal Prisons, Brenda Smith
Sexual Abuse Of Female Inmates In Federal Prisons, Brenda Smith
Congressional and Other Testimony
This Article discusses the modest aspirations of the Prison Rape Elimination Act (“PREA”) that passed unanimously in the United States Congress in 2003. The Article posits that PREA created opportunities for holding correctional authorities accountable by creating a baseline for safety and setting more transparent expectations for agencies’ practices for protecting prisoners from sexual abuse. Additionally, the Article posits that PREA enhanced the evolving standards of decency for the Eighth Amendment and articulated clear expectations of correctional authorities to provide sexual safety for people in custody.
Statement Of David E. Aaronson In Support Of Hb 1075 To Repeal The Death Penalty, David E. Aaronson
Statement Of David E. Aaronson In Support Of Hb 1075 To Repeal The Death Penalty, David E. Aaronson
Congressional and Other Testimony
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Rise Of The Drones: Unmanned Systems And The Future Of War, Kenneth Anderson
Rise Of The Drones: Unmanned Systems And The Future Of War, Kenneth Anderson
Congressional and Other Testimony
This document is written testimony submitted to the Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs, for a hearing under the general title of "Rise of the Drones: Unmanned Systems and the Future of War." The hearing covered military, strategic, technological, and economic issues related to unmanned aerial vehicles in military, intelligence, and civilian commercial use. This written testimony addressed certain international law and legal policy issues raised by the use of drones as a means of projecting force. It is primarily addressed to the question of the CIA campaign of drone attacks in Pakistan and beyond, rather than the use …