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Andre Boyer V. City Of Philadelphia Aug 2026

Andre Boyer V. City Of Philadelphia

2026 Decisions

USDC for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania


Carlos Baires-Rivas V. Attorney General United States Of America Aug 2026

Carlos Baires-Rivas V. Attorney General United States Of America

2026 Decisions

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Usa V. Christian Walther Aug 2026

Usa V. Christian Walther

2026 Decisions

USDC for the District of New Jersey


Usa V. Lamar Mccullough Aug 2026

Usa V. Lamar Mccullough

2026 Decisions

USDC for the District of New Jersey


Usa V. Gregory Turbe Jul 2026

Usa V. Gregory Turbe

2026 Decisions

USDC for the District Court of the Virgin Islands


Stanford Williams V. Superintendent Fayette Sci Jul 2026

Stanford Williams V. Superintendent Fayette Sci

2026 Decisions

USDC for the Western District of Pennsylvania


Usa V. Brian Burrows Jun 2026

Usa V. Brian Burrows

2026 Decisions

USDC for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania


Usa V. Manuel Guillermo Carrillo Jun 2026

Usa V. Manuel Guillermo Carrillo

2026 Decisions

USDC for the Middle District of Pennsylvania


Usa V. Julio Otero Apr 2026

Usa V. Julio Otero

2026 Decisions

USDC for the Middle District of Pennsylvania


Species Of State Constitutional Lockstepping, Michael L. Smith Apr 2026

Species Of State Constitutional Lockstepping, Michael L. Smith

Villanova Law Review (1956 - )

No abstract provided.


Usa V. Fuquan Hill Apr 2026

Usa V. Fuquan Hill

2026 Decisions

USDC for the District of New Jersey


Constructive Falsity, Legal Truth, And The Public Interest In Not Reporting On Expunged Records, Itay Ravid Apr 2026

Constructive Falsity, Legal Truth, And The Public Interest In Not Reporting On Expunged Records, Itay Ravid

Villanova Law Review (1956 - )

No abstract provided.


The Press, Privacy, Expungement, And Second Chances: Shifting The Paradigm, Brian M. Murray Apr 2026

The Press, Privacy, Expungement, And Second Chances: Shifting The Paradigm, Brian M. Murray

Villanova Law Review (1956 - )

No abstract provided.


Usa V. Hunter Anderson Mar 2026

Usa V. Hunter Anderson

2026 Decisions

USDC for the Middle District of Pennsylvania


Usa V. Quaheem Bethea Mar 2026

Usa V. Quaheem Bethea

2026 Decisions

USDC for the District of New Jersey


(Re)Individualizing Criminal Law, Itay Ravid Jan 2026

(Re)Individualizing Criminal Law, Itay Ravid

Faculty Publications

Criminal law purports to care about the individual culpability of those committing crimes. Individual mental states or defenses based on one’s beliefs are considered foundational to moral responsibility and criminal conviction. The expansion of algorithmic risk assessment tools in the criminal legal system, however, threatens these principles, changing the criminal law subject from an autonomous individual to merely a predicted object. This Article argues that risk assessment tools—now functioning as gatekeepers at both the entry and exit stages of the criminal process, from predictive policing to compassionate release eligibility—have shifted the criminal system away from its foundation in individual culpability. …


Rodney Phath V. Central Transport Llc Jan 2026

Rodney Phath V. Central Transport Llc

2026 Decisions

USDC for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania


High At Home: How The Continued Federal Prohibition Of Cannabis In Federally Subsidized Housing Perpetuates The War On Drugs, Marcella Jackson Dec 2025

High At Home: How The Continued Federal Prohibition Of Cannabis In Federally Subsidized Housing Perpetuates The War On Drugs, Marcella Jackson

Villanova Law Review (1956 - )

No abstract provided.


Missing Children Discrimination, Itay Ravid, Tanisha Brown Nov 2025

Missing Children Discrimination, Itay Ravid, Tanisha Brown

Faculty Publications

The problem of missing children in America—many of whom are victims of crime—has haunted society for decades. In response, a range of laws and policies have emerged, culminating in the nationwide adoption of the AMBER Alert system in the early 2000s. While often hailed as a success, this Article reveals a sad truth: Not all children benefit equally from AMBER. In particular, missing Black children are systematically underserved by the system, which ultimately contributes to the disproportionate impact of the missing children crisis on Black communities. While this issue received limited scholarly attention, states have recently started recognizing it. In …


Usa V. Marc Anthony Nov 2025

Usa V. Marc Anthony

2025 Decisions

USDC for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania


Anti-Holistic Algorithms, Itay Ravid Nov 2025

Anti-Holistic Algorithms, Itay Ravid

Faculty Publications

This Article presents a critical tension in modern criminal justice between holistic criminal-justice aspirations and algorithmic governance: whether the holistic rehabilitation and reintegration project can survive technological determinism. As criminal legal systems embrace algorithmic risk- assessment tools as solutions to address recidivism, this Article reveals a profound epistemological concern: the fundamental incompatibility between viewing offenders as “whole persons” capable of transformation and reducing them to statistical probabilities within computational matrices. By doing so, it demonstrates how algorithmic mediation fundamentally alters—and potentially destroys—the holistic message itself.

In establishing this argument, the Article advances in two stages. It first identifies the development …


Christopher Thieme V. Warden Fort Dix Fci Oct 2025

Christopher Thieme V. Warden Fort Dix Fci

2025 Decisions

USDC for the District of New Jersey


Localizing Public Order, Brenner M. Fissell Oct 2025

Localizing Public Order, Brenner M. Fissell

Faculty Publications

Public order offenses—public intoxication, sleeping outside, etc.—seem trivial, but they have enormous consequences for marginalized populations. These are the offenses that justify coercive police interactions, as well as entry into the procedural morass of the criminal legal system. Accordingly, these offenses have received extensive scholarly attention, with decades of research addressing their vagueness and their impact on urban communities of color. But no work has been done to survey how much of this conduct is criminalized and at what jurisdictional level—city or state.

This Article picks up that task, undertaking a comprehensive analysis of the criminal codes of the fifty …


A Different Form Of Post-Op: Healing Survivors Of Domestic Violence Through Prosecutorial Anatomy, Elizabeth Ellick Sep 2025

A Different Form Of Post-Op: Healing Survivors Of Domestic Violence Through Prosecutorial Anatomy, Elizabeth Ellick

Villanova Law Review (1956 - )

No abstract provided.


Estate Of Frank P Lagano V. Bergen County Prosecutors Office Sep 2025

Estate Of Frank P Lagano V. Bergen County Prosecutors Office

2025 Decisions

USDC for the District of New Jersey


September 15, 2025 Sep 2025

September 15, 2025

The Gavel Gazette

No abstract provided.


September 8, 2025 Sep 2025

September 8, 2025

The Gavel Gazette

No abstract provided.


Categorial Declinations & Democracy, Brenner M. Fissell Sep 2025

Categorial Declinations & Democracy, Brenner M. Fissell

Faculty Publications

The most contentious action taken by reform prosecutors has been the issuance of categorical declination policies. Opponents decry this as bureaucratic nullification of democratically enacted offenses, while the prosecutors themselves counter that they are responding to the will of their local electorate. Democracy claims, it appears, have taken center stage in this debate, and they are deployed by both sides. How should we think about democracy and categorical declinations? The most comprehensive scholarly work on this subject is a 2021 article by Professor Kerrel Murray. In this essay, I hope to continue the work begun by Murray, offering additional insights …


Kevin Johnson V. Superintendent Mahanoy Sci Jul 2025

Kevin Johnson V. Superintendent Mahanoy Sci

2025 Decisions

USDC for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania


Usa V. Lynell Guyton Jul 2025

Usa V. Lynell Guyton

2025 Decisions

USDC for the Western District of Pennsylvania