Malum in Se: The Use of Tear Gas by Police
If tear gas is a substance that is "evil in itself" (malum in se), why can police use tear gas on protesters? Just war theory provides criticism.
Complications in Our Picture of Looting
While the vast majority of protests have been peaceful, those that aren't challenge us in ways that require further investigation.
Call It What It Is: On Our Legal Language for Racialized...
We need greater legal resources for identifying and acknowledging the various forms racial violence takes.
Solitary Confinement and COVID-19
Are the conditions inmate find themselves in during the pandemic consistent with the purpose incarceration is meant to serve?
Freedom of Religion Is Not Absolute
By what right can government officials prohibit worshipers from the physical and public practice of their faith?
Re-Thinking Mass Incarceration: COVID-19 in Jails and Prisons
Prisons are a hotbed for spreading infectious disease, and we've changed policies to accommodate this fact. But these changes should also make us reconsider how they function in normal circumstances.
The Case of Gabriel Fernandez: Social Work and Public Responsibility
The decision by prosecutors to lay blame at the social workers door paints an unrealistic and overly simplistic picture.
Justice and Rodney Reed: Evidence, Sentencing, and Appeal
The case of Rodney Reed raises a number of troubling issues from the public's impact on procedural fairness to retrial's claim to justice.
Cruel and Unusual Reasoning? Some Recent SCOTUS Decisions on the Eighth...
Lee Boyd Malvo's appeal asks the Supreme Court to explain the bounds of what cruel and unusual punishment - what it does, and does not, mean.
Is Death Forever?: The Case of Benjamin Schreiber
Schreiber's case highlights the ambiguity surrounding terms like "death" and "life without parole."