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Northwestern Pritzker School of Law

2021

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American Law Enforcement Responses To Covid-19, Matthew B. Kugler, Mariana Oliver, Jonathan Chu, Nathan R. Lee Apr 2021

American Law Enforcement Responses To Covid-19, Matthew B. Kugler, Mariana Oliver, Jonathan Chu, Nathan R. Lee

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No abstract provided.


State Courts Must Combat Mass Incarceration By Granting Broader Retroactivity To New Rules Than Is Provided Under The Federal Teague V. Lane Test, Jamila Johnson, Talia Macmath Apr 2021

State Courts Must Combat Mass Incarceration By Granting Broader Retroactivity To New Rules Than Is Provided Under The Federal Teague V. Lane Test, Jamila Johnson, Talia Macmath

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No abstract provided.


Where Should We Land?: Flyover Districts As Proper Venue For Crimes Committed In Air On Domestic Flights, Megan E. Mccarthy Apr 2021

Where Should We Land?: Flyover Districts As Proper Venue For Crimes Committed In Air On Domestic Flights, Megan E. Mccarthy

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This Essay explores the recently resolved circuit split between the Ninth, Tenth, and Eleventh Circuits regarding the proper venue for crimes committed on an airplane during flight. In 2019, the Ninth Circuit held that the proper venue for trying an assault that happened midflight was the district over which the airplane was flying when the assault occurred. While flyover districts may seem like a surprising and inconvenient choice for venue, flyover districts are the only constitutionally proper venue for point-in-time offenses that occur on airplanes during flight. Furthermore, using current aviation tracking protocols and GPS technology, courts can pinpoint the …