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Criminal Law

American University Washington College of Law

2018

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2017 Symposium Discussion: The Life Of An Immigration Attorney, Cori Alonso-Yoder Jan 2018

2017 Symposium Discussion: The Life Of An Immigration Attorney, Cori Alonso-Yoder

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Microsoft Ireland, The Cloud Act, And International Lawmaking 2.0, Jennifer Daskal Jan 2018

Microsoft Ireland, The Cloud Act, And International Lawmaking 2.0, Jennifer Daskal

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On March 23, President Trump signed the CLOUD Act, 1 thereby mooting one of the most closely watched Supreme Court cases this term: the Microsoft Ireland case. 2 This essay examines these extraordinary and fast-moving developments, explaining how the Act resolves the Supreme Court case and addresses the complicated questions of jurisdiction over data in the cloud. The developments represent a classic case of international lawmaking via domestic regulation, as mediated by major multinational corporations that manage so much of the world's data.


The Progressive Prosecutor: An Imperative For Criminal Justice Reform, Angela J. Davis Jan 2018

The Progressive Prosecutor: An Imperative For Criminal Justice Reform, Angela J. Davis

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The Innocence Movement And Misdemeanors, Jenny M. Roberts Jan 2018

The Innocence Movement And Misdemeanors, Jenny M. Roberts

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In recent years, the Innocent Movement has begun to focus its attention on wrongful misdemeanor convictions as a systemic problem. This Article analyzes eighty-five documented misdemeanor exonerations and concludes that innocence has been demonstrated primarily in two ways: laboratory tests of alleged unlawful drugs that reveal “no controlled substance” despite the individual having pled guilty to misdemeanor drug possession; and police body camera or citizen videos that surface after a misdemeanor conviction to contradict the factual basis for that conviction. Strategic use of these relatively definitive methods of revealing wrongful misdemeanor convictions can call attention to the flaws in misdemeanor …