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The Juris Master: A Proposal For Reducing Excessive Public Defender Caseloads, Blake Comeaux

Senior Honors Papers / Undergraduate Theses

The US public defense system is underfunded, understaffed, and underdelivering on the Constitutional promises of the 6^th Amendment, the right to a fair and speedy trial. This state of our public defense system results in monstrous impacts for indigent defendants nationwide. Through indefinite delays in litigation, being abandoned in jail while sitting on waiting lists for public defenders, and being outright denied representation, indigent defendants are deprived of their rights. Beyond just defendant neglect, our current system puts immense strain on public defenders, prosecutors, and state budgets. In an attempt to combat this current state of affairs, this paper …

Mental Distress Among Adults With Serious Mental Illness In A Criminal Legal Setting: A Secondary Data Analysis Of The Mcarthur Mental Health Court Study Data, Violette Cloud

Psychology ETDs

Chronic criminal legal system (CLS) involvement among individuals with serious mental illness (SMI) is of growing concern. Mental health courts (MHCs) are a known diversion strategy currently used by the CLS to address this problem. MHCs are seen as an effective method for linking individuals with SMI to needed treatment, removing them from a detention setting, and subsequently reducing recidivism. However, less is known about the impact of MHC enrollment on mental health related outcomes (mental distress). Using the McArthur Mental Health Court Study data, this study aimed to inspect the impact of MHC participation, legal coercion, and treatment motivation …

Should Have Known Better? The Standard Of Knowledge For Command Responsibility In International Criminal Law, Roee Bloch

International Law Studies

The criminal doctrine of command responsibility has a rich legal history, which makes it a widely recognized, if unsettled, concept of international criminal law. This article focuses on a key element of command responsibility: the commander’s knowledge of a subordinate's crimes. This article argues that current customary law instructs to apply a standard of actual knowledge of the commander, rather than the lower standard of constructive knowledge. The article reaches this conclusion by observing the primary shaping factor of international law—State behavior. Through the example of six diverse legal systems, the article demonstrates how the approach of legislative, executive, and …

Prostitution And Pornography: Reforming A Perspective, Mayce Combs

Helm's School of Government Conference - 2021-2024

Happiness is a subjective emotion that can quickly be twisted by the depravity of humanity’s sinful nature. Human trafficking deprives an individual’s natural right to life, liberty, and their pursuit to happiness. Of the two divisions of human trafficking, sex trafficking, especially involving children, is the most despicable and most evolved. The United States and further the state of Virginia is a crucial player in combating human trafficking. While there are currently many successful tactics state governments and nonprofit groups are utilizing in order eliminate human trafficking there are further more intense strategies the Virginia State Government should implement. One …

Drug Ideologies Of The United States, Macy Montgomery

Helm's School of Government Conference - 2021-2024

The United States has been increasingly creating lenient drug policies. Seventeen states and Washington, the District of Columbia, legalized marijuana, and Oregon decriminalized certain drugs, including methamphetamine, heroin, and cocaine. The medical community has proven that drugs, including marijuana, have myriad adverse health side effects. This leads to two questions: Why does the United States government continue to create lenient drug policies, and what reasons do citizens give for legalizing drugs when the medical community has proven them harmful? The paper hypothesizes that the disadvantages of drug legalization outweigh its benefits because of the numerous harms it causes, such as …

Crossfire In The Crosshairs: Why Prosecutions Are Necessary In The Interests Of The Republic, Christopher J. Boosey

Helm's School of Government Conference - 2021-2024

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The Law Of Equitable Distribution: When Is Domestic Violence More Than Just A Factor In Divorce?, Ada Tonkonogy

Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development

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Imagine you are married. After many years there are problems in your marriage. Some of these issues are beyond your control. You find out that your spouse is cheating on you. You plan to come home from work and confront your spouse about their infidelities. You even begin to think about the divorce process, confronting the concerns raised in your mind. I’ll be okay. I have a great career, I have worked my entire life, and I have saved. I will be okay.

That night you approach your spouse. After an argument breaks out, you tell your spouse that …

Camera-Enforced Streets: Creating An Anti-Racist System Of Traffic Enforcement, Katie O'Brien

Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development

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On July 10, 2015, Sandra Bland was pulled over while driving in Prairie View, Texas, for failure to signal a lane change after moving to allow a trooper’s vehicle to pass her car. As the stop progressed, the trooper ordered Bland to get out of her car. When she refused, the trooper threatened to “yank [Bland] out” of her car and “light [her] up” with his taser. After Bland left her vehicle, Trooper Encinia handcuffed her, wrestled her to the ground, and kneeled on her. He later falsely claimed that Bland assaulted him. Three days later, police found Bland …

State Criminal Laws Could Be A Light In The Dark For The Hidden Victims Of Forced Marriage, Rebekah Marcarelli

Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development

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“There’s something you need to know about me . . . I am dead,” said Fraidy Reiss, a survivor of an abusive forced marriage, as she stood alone on a stage, speaking to a crowd. “I know what you’re thinking, [I don’t] look particularly dead . . . you might want to tell that to my family [because] they declared me dead almost thirteen years ago.”

Reiss, who founded the organization Unchained at Last to help forced marriage victims like herself, grew up in an ultra-Orthodox Jewish community in Brooklyn. Right after finishing high school, Reiss was asked to …

A Business Doing Pleasure: Combating Sex Trafficking By Decriminalizing Sex Work, Annalise Leonelli

Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development

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On the night police officers pounded on Yang Song’s door, she ran to the balcony of her fourth-floor apartment, which overlooks 40th Road in Flushing, Queens. Four years earlier, she had arrived at John F. Kennedy Airport with a dream of opening a restaurant. After a waitressing job failed, as well as a short-lived Chinese fast-food venture, she took a massage therapy course. There, she learned about a “lucrative opportunity” on 40th Road.

Flushing’s underground sex economy has been notorious for years. In fact, massage parlor arrests across the United States consistently lead back to addresses in Flushing. Because …

Conviction On Interpretation, Advocate Adaptability, And The Future Of Emojis And Emoticons As Evidence, Samantha Lyons

Seattle Journal of Technology, Environmental, & Innovation Law

The dawning of the digital age introduced new and unique interpretive quandaries for judges and litigators alike. These quandaries include (but are not limited to) misinterpretation of pictorial slang as used in instant messaging, new or collateral meanings invented by phrases paired with specific emoticons or emojis, and the existence of emojis alone as communicative accessories.

This Note analyzes how lawyers and judges have essential free reign to treat emojis as they see fit: a prosecutor can argue, even in good faith, that the inclusion of an emoji depicting an open flame means the sender knew the heroin he sold …

From Hashtag To Hash Value: Using The Hash Value Model To Report Child Sex Abuse Material, Jessica Mcgarvie

Seattle Journal of Technology, Environmental, & Innovation Law

In the summer of 2021, Apple announced it would release a Child Safety Feature (CSF) aimed at reducing Child Sex Abuse Materials (CSAM) on its platform. The CSF would scan all images a user uploaded to their iCloud for CSAM, and Apple would report an account with 30 or more flagged images to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Despite Apple’s good intentions, they received intense backlash, with many critics arguing the proposed CSF eroded a user’s privacy. This article explores the technology behind Apple’s CSF and compares it to similar features used by other prominent tech companies. …

“Take The Motherless Children Off The Street”: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome And The Criminal Justice System, Michael L. Perlin, Heather Ellis Cucolo

University of Miami Law Review

Remarkably, there has been minimal academic legal literature about the interplay between fetal alcohol syndrome dis- order (“FASD”) and critical aspects of many criminal trials, including issues related to the role of experts, quality of counsel, competency to stand trial, the insanity defense, and sentencing and the death penalty. In this Article, the co-authors will first define fetal alcohol syndrome and explain its significance to the criminal justice system. We will then look at the specific role of experts in cases involving defendants with FASD and consider adequacy of counsel. Next, we will discuss the impact of FASD on the …

Bisakah Alam Menjadi Subyek Hukum? Refleksi Atas Beberapa Pengalaman, Rian Adhivira Prabowo, Adi Seno, Fajar Ahmad Setiawan, Unu P. Herlambang, Edho R. Ermansyah, Gerry Pindonta Ginting

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

This paper discusses three legal precedents regarding the legal personhood of nature in three countries; Ecuador, New Zealand, and India. Each country has recognized some natural areas as legal persons through different means. In Ecuador, the rights of nature, which resemble legal personhood of the nature, are recognized in the 2008 Amendment of Ecuador Constitution. Meanwhile, New Zealand has recognized the legal personhood of Whanganui River through legislated settlement treaty between the government and Maori peoples. Whereas in India, the rivers of Ganges and Yamuna have been recognized its legal personhood through the Uttarakhand High Court’s decisions. These three legal …

The Implementation Of Modest And Simple Principle To Mahr As A Contribution To The Indonesian Marriage Law, Nur Mohamad Kasim

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

Mahr was one of the groom's provisions to the bride and regulated by the Islamic sharia. Mahr was one of the series in a marriage procession. Islam regarded mahr as the bride's private rights, so it should not be transferred to her guardian or family. Islam defined mahr as the groom's duty, and it should not be violated. The bride would fully authorize mahr. QS. An-Nisa (4) recited, “And give the women (upon marriage) their (bridal) gifts graciously.” The gift was mahr, whose amount was determined on behalf of two parties' agreement, as it should have been voluntarily given. Nevertheless, …

Tinjauan Yuridis Prompt Release Procedure Dalam Menangani Tindak Pidana Perikanan Di Zona Ekonomi Eksklusif Indonesia, Haridus Haridus, Sudardi Sudardi, Kresno Buntoro

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

Article 292 UNCLOS is a novel provision, both in the law of the sea and in general international law, as no such provision existed before the Convention was adopted. The purpose of procedure is to reconcile the interests of the detaining State in its measures against the flag State. Generally, the flag State wishes its vessel and its crew released promptly while the interest of the detaining State to secure the court appearance of the Master and the payment of penalties. Under Indonesian law, the procedure regarding prompt release is regulated in the provisions of Article 104 of Law Number …

Sebuah Kerangka Teoretis Hubungan Institusional Berbasis Konstitusionalisme, Titon Slamet Kurnia

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

This article discusses legal issue pertaining to institutional relationship between the Constitutional Court and the Supreme Court in case of constitutional interpretation, particularly the bindingness of the Constitutional Court’s opinion over the Supreme Court. Responding the issue, this article conveys departmentalist view, and rejects judicial supremacist view within the Constitutional Court in prescribing the constitutional interpretation authority. In line with departmentalism, this article argues that the Supreme Court should be given authority in constitutional interpretation, concurrent with the Constitutional Court. It is further argued that constitutional interpretation should be viewed as constitutional discourse in which the Supreme Court should be …

Ijtihad Berbasis Maqashid Syari’Ah Sebagai Pijakan Konseptual Dalam Pembaruan Hukum Keluarga Islam Indonesia, Ilham Tohari, Moh. Anas Kholish

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

Many circles consider that Islamic family law in Indonesia must be renewed. But Islamic family law renewal is not an easy matter. The rejection of various parties to the Counter Legal Draft-Compilation of Islamic Law (CLD-KHI), as an effort to renew Islamic family law, become evidence of the difficulty of the renewal. Rejection of the CLD-KHI on the other hand also shows that Islamic family law reform must be carried out with approaches and methodologies derived from the tradition of Islamic thought itself. In this context, ijtihad based on maqashid syari'ah acts as a conceptual basis for the methodology of …

Subsidi Angkutan Udara Kargo Dalam Kerangka Program Jembatan Udara Sebagai Kewajiban Pelayanan Publik Di Indonesia, Muhammad Ikram Afif

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

The state is obliged to subsidize cargo air transport to Air Transport Business Entities in the form of State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) and non-SOEs. This provision is carried out by the application of public service obligation through the Air Bridge program carried out by the government through assignments to SOEs and/or private Air Transport Business Entities through the selection of other service providers in accordance with statutory provisions. This study attempts to analyze the problems related to the implementation of subsidized cargo air transport as a public service obligation based on the legal framework of public services in Indonesia; comparison of …

Model Pengaturan Kedaruratan Dan Pilihan Kedaruratan Indonesia Dalam Menghadapi Pandemi Covid-19, Fitra Arsil, Qurrata Ayuni

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

Indonesia own various of legal models uses to deal with emergencies. Two emergency arrangements in the 1945 Constitution are represented by the phrase "state of danger" in Article 12 of the 1945 Constitution and the phrase " coercive importance " in Article 22 of the 1945 Constitution. Both have different characters and implications for both the power generated and the oversight mechanism. In addition, there are also emergency legal instruments based on laws, which are represented among others by the Disaster Mitigation Act and the Health Quarantine Act. Interestingly, an emergency based on this law is not directly related to …