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Against Criminal Law Localism, Brenner M. Fissell Jan 2022

Against Criminal Law Localism, Brenner M. Fissell

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.


Clamping Down On Faulty Forensics, Maneka Sinha Jan 2021

Clamping Down On Faulty Forensics, Maneka Sinha

Maryland Carey Law

No abstract provided.


Prosecutorial Discretion And Immigration Arrest: How Criminal Arrests Set Immigration Enforcement Priorities, Eisha Jain Jan 2021

Prosecutorial Discretion And Immigration Arrest: How Criminal Arrests Set Immigration Enforcement Priorities, Eisha Jain

Maryland Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.


Releasing Older Prisoners Convicted Of Violent Crimes: The Unger Story, Michael Millemann, Jennifer Elisa Chapman, Samuel P. Feder Jan 2021

Releasing Older Prisoners Convicted Of Violent Crimes: The Unger Story, Michael Millemann, Jennifer Elisa Chapman, Samuel P. Feder

University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class

No abstract provided.


State V. Thomas: An Improper Extension Of Involuntary Manslaughter To Combat The Opioid Epidemic, Daniel P. Mooney Jan 2020

State V. Thomas: An Improper Extension Of Involuntary Manslaughter To Combat The Opioid Epidemic, Daniel P. Mooney

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.


Punishing Victim As Perpetrator: In Re: S.K. And The Chilling Effect Of Labeling Teen Sexting As Child Pornography, Emma Kaufman Jan 2020

Punishing Victim As Perpetrator: In Re: S.K. And The Chilling Effect Of Labeling Teen Sexting As Child Pornography, Emma Kaufman

University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class

No abstract provided.


Class V. United States: An Imperfect Application Of The Menna-Blackledge Doctrine To Post-Guilty Plea Constitutional Claims, Nikolaus Albright Apr 2019

Class V. United States: An Imperfect Application Of The Menna-Blackledge Doctrine To Post-Guilty Plea Constitutional Claims, Nikolaus Albright

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.


Digital Expungement, Eldar Haber May 2018

Digital Expungement, Eldar Haber

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.


Rule 41 Amendments Provide For A Drastic Expansion Of Government Authority To Conduct Computer Searches And Should Not Have Been Adopted By The Supreme Court, Markus Rauschecker Jul 2017

Rule 41 Amendments Provide For A Drastic Expansion Of Government Authority To Conduct Computer Searches And Should Not Have Been Adopted By The Supreme Court, Markus Rauschecker

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.


Untangling The Court’S Sovereignty Doctrine To Allow For Greater Respect Of Tribal Authority In Addressing Domestic Violence, Lauren Oppenheimer Jun 2017

Untangling The Court’S Sovereignty Doctrine To Allow For Greater Respect Of Tribal Authority In Addressing Domestic Violence, Lauren Oppenheimer

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.


Do Muddy Waters Shift Burdens?, Carrie Sperling, Kimberly Holst Jun 2017

Do Muddy Waters Shift Burdens?, Carrie Sperling, Kimberly Holst

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.


Taking A Mulligan: The Special Challenges Of Narrative Creation In The Post-Conviction Context, Donald R. Caster, Brian C. Howe Jun 2017

Taking A Mulligan: The Special Challenges Of Narrative Creation In The Post-Conviction Context, Donald R. Caster, Brian C. Howe

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Color Of Fear: A Cognitive-Rhetorical Analysis Of How Florida’S Subjective Fear Standard In Stand Your Ground Cases Ratifies Racism, Elizabeth Esther Berenguer Jun 2017

The Color Of Fear: A Cognitive-Rhetorical Analysis Of How Florida’S Subjective Fear Standard In Stand Your Ground Cases Ratifies Racism, Elizabeth Esther Berenguer

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.


Charging The Poor: Criminal Justice Debt & Modern-Day Debtors’ Prisons, Neil L. Sobol Feb 2016

Charging The Poor: Criminal Justice Debt & Modern-Day Debtors’ Prisons, Neil L. Sobol

Maryland Law Review

Debtors’ prisons should no longer exist. While imprisonment for debt was common in colonial times in the United States, subsequent constitutional provisions, legislation, and court rulings all called for the abolition of incarcerating individuals to collect debt. Despite these prohibitions, individuals who are unable to pay debts are now regularly incarcerated, and the vast majority of them are indigent. In 2015, at least ten lawsuits were filed against municipalities for incarcerating individuals in modern-day debtors’ prisons.

Criminal justice debt is the primary source for this imprisonment. Criminal justice debt includes fines, restitution charges, court costs, and fees. Monetary charges exist …


Equality, Process, And Campus Sexual Assault, Julie Novkov Feb 2016

Equality, Process, And Campus Sexual Assault, Julie Novkov

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.


Cruel And Unusual Before And After 2012: Miller V. Alabama Must Apply Retroactively, Tracy A. Rhodes Jun 2015

Cruel And Unusual Before And After 2012: Miller V. Alabama Must Apply Retroactively, Tracy A. Rhodes

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.


Problem-Solving Courts And Pragmatism, Richard C. Boldt Jan 2014

Problem-Solving Courts And Pragmatism, Richard C. Boldt

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.


State Prisoners With Federal Claims In Federal Court: When Can A State Prisoner Overcome Procedural Default?, Megan Raker Jan 2014

State Prisoners With Federal Claims In Federal Court: When Can A State Prisoner Overcome Procedural Default?, Megan Raker

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.


Strickland-Lite: Padilla’S Two-Tiered Duty For Noncitizens, César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández Jan 2013

Strickland-Lite: Padilla’S Two-Tiered Duty For Noncitizens, César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.


A Lawyer For John Doe: Alternative Models For Representing Maryland's Middle Class, Lucy B. Bansal Jan 2013

A Lawyer For John Doe: Alternative Models For Representing Maryland's Middle Class, Lucy B. Bansal

University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class

"A Lawyer for John Doe," explores the growing disparity between the legal services available to the upper class and the poor in the state of Maryland. The article offers four models or solutions that creatively show different ways in which middle class citizens can obtain adequate and substantive legal representation for issues that specifically concern them.


Teaching The Carceral Crisis: An Ethical And Pedagogical Imperative, Taja-Nia Y. Henderson Jan 2013

Teaching The Carceral Crisis: An Ethical And Pedagogical Imperative, Taja-Nia Y. Henderson

University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class

"Teaching the Carceral Crisis: An Ethical and Pedagogical Imperative," demonstrates that although mass incarceration and mass conviction has increased in the United States, law school curricula has continued to lack any substantive discussion on these issues. The article highlights the need for law schools to improve their current curricula in order to prevent further stigmatization of criminal offenders and the continued increase of incarceration rates.


The Law And Economics Of Fluctuating Criminal Tendencies And Incapacitation, Murat C. Mungan Jan 2012

The Law And Economics Of Fluctuating Criminal Tendencies And Incapacitation, Murat C. Mungan

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.


An Eighth Amendment Analysis Of Juvenile Life Without Parole: Extending Graham To All Juvenile Offenders, Robert Johnson, Chris Miller Jan 2012

An Eighth Amendment Analysis Of Juvenile Life Without Parole: Extending Graham To All Juvenile Offenders, Robert Johnson, Chris Miller

University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class

No abstract provided.


Arizona V. Gant: Missing An Opportunity To Banish Bright Lines From The Court’S Vehicular Search Incident To Arrest Jurisprudence, Jack Blum Jan 2011

Arizona V. Gant: Missing An Opportunity To Banish Bright Lines From The Court’S Vehicular Search Incident To Arrest Jurisprudence, Jack Blum

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.


Reaching Batson's Challenge Twenty-Five Years Later: Eliminating The Peremptory Challenge And Loosening The Challenge For Cause Standard, Matt Haven Jan 2011

Reaching Batson's Challenge Twenty-Five Years Later: Eliminating The Peremptory Challenge And Loosening The Challenge For Cause Standard, Matt Haven

University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class

No abstract provided.


Limiting Death: Maryland’S New Death Penalty Law, Michael Millemann Jan 2010

Limiting Death: Maryland’S New Death Penalty Law, Michael Millemann

Maryland Law Review

In this Article, I describe and analyze the State of Maryland's 2009 death penalty law. This law adds three new death-eligibility criteria to the pre-existing law. These new evidentiary criteria supplement the pre-existing substantive death-eligibility criteria. As a result, Maryland now has one of the most restrictive death penalties in the country.


Does An Individual Government Official Qualify For Immunity Under The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act?: A Human Rights-Based Approach To Resolving A Problematic Circuit Split, Heather L. Williams Jan 2010

Does An Individual Government Official Qualify For Immunity Under The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act?: A Human Rights-Based Approach To Resolving A Problematic Circuit Split, Heather L. Williams

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.


United States V. Malloy: Unreasonably Denying Criminal Defendants A Reasonable Mistake Of Age Defense In The Fourth Circuit, Anne E. Di Salvo Jan 2010

United States V. Malloy: Unreasonably Denying Criminal Defendants A Reasonable Mistake Of Age Defense In The Fourth Circuit, Anne E. Di Salvo

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.


Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor…And Your Convicted? Teaching “Justice” To Law Students By Defending Criminal Immigrants In Removal Proceedings, Michael S. Vastine Jan 2010

Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor…And Your Convicted? Teaching “Justice” To Law Students By Defending Criminal Immigrants In Removal Proceedings, Michael S. Vastine

University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class

No abstract provided.


State V. Baby: One Step Forward For Maryland— Protecting A Woman’S Right To Withdraw Consent, But Sending A Conflicting Message To Appellate Courts Reviewing Multiple-Conviction Cases, Michelle D. Albert Jan 2009

State V. Baby: One Step Forward For Maryland— Protecting A Woman’S Right To Withdraw Consent, But Sending A Conflicting Message To Appellate Courts Reviewing Multiple-Conviction Cases, Michelle D. Albert

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.