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Why Capital Punishment Is No Punishment At All, Jason Iuliano Jan 2015

Why Capital Punishment Is No Punishment At All, Jason Iuliano

American University Law Review

Capital punishment has generated an incredible amount of public debate. Is the practice constitutional? Does it deter crime? Is it humane? Supporters and opponents of capital punishment disagree on all of these issues and many more. There is perhaps only one thing that unites these two camps: the belief that the death penalty is society's most severe punishment. In this Article, I argue that this belief is mistaken. Capital punishment is not at the top of the punishment hierarchy. In fact, it is no punishment at all. My argument builds from a basic conception of punishment endorsed by the Supreme …


Remarks On Collateral Consequences Of Mass Incarceration, William C. Hubbard Jan 2015

Remarks On Collateral Consequences Of Mass Incarceration, William C. Hubbard

Criminal Law Practitioner

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Collateral Consequences For Non-Citizen Defendants: When A Criminal Conviction Results In The Loss Of All That Makes Life Worth Living, Sara Elizabeth Dill Jan 2015

Collateral Consequences For Non-Citizen Defendants: When A Criminal Conviction Results In The Loss Of All That Makes Life Worth Living, Sara Elizabeth Dill

Criminal Law Practitioner

No abstract provided.


The Fourth Amendment In The Digital Age Symposium, Braxton Marcela Jan 2015

The Fourth Amendment In The Digital Age Symposium, Braxton Marcela

Criminal Law Practitioner

No abstract provided.


Adult Rape Victims Should Be Permitted To Testify By Closed-Circuit Television, Matthew Marthaler Jan 2015

Adult Rape Victims Should Be Permitted To Testify By Closed-Circuit Television, Matthew Marthaler

Criminal Law Practitioner

No abstract provided.


Visualizing Dna Proof, Nicholas L. Georgakopoulos Jan 2015

Visualizing Dna Proof, Nicholas L. Georgakopoulos

Criminal Law Practitioner

No abstract provided.


High Times: Is The Federal Legalization Of Marijuana Next? What The Food And Drug Administration Could Learn From Its Existing Regulations, Christopher B. Erly Jan 2015

High Times: Is The Federal Legalization Of Marijuana Next? What The Food And Drug Administration Could Learn From Its Existing Regulations, Christopher B. Erly

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

This student comment examines the efficacy of marijuana being regulated by the Food and Drug Administration. The author discusses and applies potential FDA regulatory models that could be used to regulate marijuana. The comment concludes marijuana could be easily regulated under the current Food and Drug Administration regulatory scheme and suggests that marijuana should be regulated in a manner akin to tobacco rather than as a drug.


From The Editors, Raleigh Mark, Trevor Addie Jan 2015

From The Editors, Raleigh Mark, Trevor Addie

Criminal Law Practitioner

No abstract provided.


Around The Nation, Jonathan Yunes Jan 2015

Around The Nation, Jonathan Yunes

Criminal Law Practitioner

No abstract provided.


An End To The Mystery, A New Beginning For The Debate: National Inventory Of Collateral Consequences Of Conviction (Niccc) Provides Complete List Of Every Collateral Consequence In The Country, Alex Tway, Jonathan K. Gitlen Jan 2015

An End To The Mystery, A New Beginning For The Debate: National Inventory Of Collateral Consequences Of Conviction (Niccc) Provides Complete List Of Every Collateral Consequence In The Country, Alex Tway, Jonathan K. Gitlen

Criminal Law Practitioner

No abstract provided.


Amending The Uniform Collateral Consequence Of Conviction Act, Stephen A. Saltzburg Jan 2015

Amending The Uniform Collateral Consequence Of Conviction Act, Stephen A. Saltzburg

Criminal Law Practitioner

No abstract provided.


Prosecutors Should Consider Collateral Consequences, Robert M.A. Johnson Jan 2015

Prosecutors Should Consider Collateral Consequences, Robert M.A. Johnson

Criminal Law Practitioner

No abstract provided.


Aba Collateral Consequences Summit: A Focused Dialogue For Improvement, Kelly Lyn Mitchell Jan 2015

Aba Collateral Consequences Summit: A Focused Dialogue For Improvement, Kelly Lyn Mitchell

Criminal Law Practitioner

No abstract provided.


'A Rose By Any Other Name Would Smell As Sweet': How Aggregate Sentencing Violates Miller V. Alabama, Elizabeth C. Kingston Jan 2015

'A Rose By Any Other Name Would Smell As Sweet': How Aggregate Sentencing Violates Miller V. Alabama, Elizabeth C. Kingston

Criminal Law Practitioner

No abstract provided.


Unspringing The Witness Memory And Demeanor Trap: What Every Judge And Juror Needs To Know About Cognitive Psychology And Witness Credibility, Mark W. Bennett Jan 2015

Unspringing The Witness Memory And Demeanor Trap: What Every Judge And Juror Needs To Know About Cognitive Psychology And Witness Credibility, Mark W. Bennett

American University Law Review

The soul of America's civil and criminal justice systems is the ability of jurors and judges to accurately determine the facts of a dispute. This invariably implicates the credibility of witnesses. In making credibility determinations, jurors and judges necessarily decide the accuracy of witnesses' memories and the effect of the witnesses' demeanor on their credibility. Almost all jurisdictions' pattern jury instructions about witness credibility explain nothing about how a witness's memories for events and conversations work-and how startlingly fallible memories actually are. They simply instruct the jurors to consider the witness's "memory" with no additional guidance. Similarly, the same pattern …


Possibilities For Evaluation And Reform: Suggested Uses Of The National Inventory Of Collateral Consequences Of Conviction Database, Jonathan Gitlen, Eric Martin Jan 2015

Possibilities For Evaluation And Reform: Suggested Uses Of The National Inventory Of Collateral Consequences Of Conviction Database, Jonathan Gitlen, Eric Martin

Criminal Law Practitioner

No abstract provided.


Overcoming Obstacles To Succeed: Notifying Youth Of Their Juvenile Record Expungement Rights And Eligibility, Riya Saha Shah, Lourdes M. Rosado Jan 2015

Overcoming Obstacles To Succeed: Notifying Youth Of Their Juvenile Record Expungement Rights And Eligibility, Riya Saha Shah, Lourdes M. Rosado

Criminal Law Practitioner

No abstract provided.


Looking For Love In The Online Age - Convicted Felons Need Not Apply: Why Bans On Felons Using Internet Dating Sites Are Problematic And Could Lead To Violations Of The Computer Fraud & Abuse Act, Amy Tenney Jan 2015

Looking For Love In The Online Age - Convicted Felons Need Not Apply: Why Bans On Felons Using Internet Dating Sites Are Problematic And Could Lead To Violations Of The Computer Fraud & Abuse Act, Amy Tenney

Criminal Law Practitioner

No abstract provided.


Collateral Consequences And The Piling On Of The Utah White Collar Registry, Walter Pavlo Jan 2015

Collateral Consequences And The Piling On Of The Utah White Collar Registry, Walter Pavlo

Criminal Law Practitioner

No abstract provided.


From The Editors, Trevor Addie Jan 2015

From The Editors, Trevor Addie

Criminal Law Practitioner

No abstract provided.


Kids, Leave The Guns At Home: Why Maryland's 'Good And Substantial Reason' Requirement Comports With Constitutional Aims In The Post-Heller Era, Julia Johnson Jan 2015

Kids, Leave The Guns At Home: Why Maryland's 'Good And Substantial Reason' Requirement Comports With Constitutional Aims In The Post-Heller Era, Julia Johnson

Criminal Law Practitioner

No abstract provided.