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Kids, Not Commodities: Proposing A More Protective Interpretation Of The Child Sex Trafficking Statute For Victims And Defendants, Kimberly Blasey
Kids, Not Commodities: Proposing A More Protective Interpretation Of The Child Sex Trafficking Statute For Victims And Defendants, Kimberly Blasey
Washington and Lee Law Review
This Note addresses how courts should interpret the “reasonable opportunity to observe” standard when assessing evidence. In other words, what quantum of evidence is, and should be, sufficient to prove a defendant had a “reasonable opportunity to observe” a sex trafficking victim? Would a singular brief encounter with an older-appearing prostitute satisfy the standard? If so, would the mere fact that the “prostitute” was actually a minor be the only evidence needed to obtain a conviction? Or would the defendant’s intention and attempt to order services from an adult prostitute shed light on the reasonableness of his observation opportunity? Moreover, …
Sentence For The Damned: Using Atkins To Understand The “Irreparable Corruption” Standard For Juvenile Life Without Parole, Zachary Crawford-Pechukas
Sentence For The Damned: Using Atkins To Understand The “Irreparable Corruption” Standard For Juvenile Life Without Parole, Zachary Crawford-Pechukas
Washington and Lee Law Review
This Note suggests that guidance should be drawn from the Supreme Court’s death penalty jurisprudence regarding the execution of intellectually disabled offenders. Atkins v. Virginia paved the way for the juvenile sentencing cases as the Supreme Court for the first time found that, under the Eighth Amendment, a selected class of offenders—the intellectually disabled — were not eligible for the state’s harshest penalty—the death penalty— because of their diminished culpability. Atkins similarly left the state courts to figure out how to decide whether an individual offender met this amorphous standard, “intellectually disabled.” As state courts grappled with this standard and …
Has Time Rewritten Every Line?: Recovered-Memory Therapy And The Potential Expansion Of Psychotherapist Liability, Jeffrey A. Mullins
Has Time Rewritten Every Line?: Recovered-Memory Therapy And The Potential Expansion Of Psychotherapist Liability, Jeffrey A. Mullins
Washington and Lee Law Review
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Building Bridges: A Personal Reflection On Race, Crime, And The Juvenile Justice System, Fay Wilson Hobbs
Building Bridges: A Personal Reflection On Race, Crime, And The Juvenile Justice System, Fay Wilson Hobbs
Washington and Lee Law Review
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A Minority View Of Juvenile "Justice", Coramae Richey Mann
A Minority View Of Juvenile "Justice", Coramae Richey Mann
Washington and Lee Law Review
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I. The Problem Of The Juvenile, E. Barrett Prettyman
I. The Problem Of The Juvenile, E. Barrett Prettyman
Washington and Lee Law Review
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