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NoteVol. 103 · Iss. 3
Good Kids, m.A.A.d State: Effects of Georgia House Bill 462 and Keeping the Age of Criminal Responsibility for Gang-Related Crimes Under Eighteen
Despite decades of proposed legislation and cries for juvenile justice reform, Georgia cannot cross the finish line—it is one of only three U.S. states…
Danielle S. Williams -
NoteVol. 100 · Iss. 5
Automatic F: Reforming Teacher Disqualification Laws in New Jersey
Introduction In 1971, when Peter Bond was about twenty years old, he was convicted of a drug offense. He served his penalty: one year…
Sean Milligan -
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Registered for Life: Addressing the Removal Issue within Missouri’s Sex Offender Registration Act
Introduction Based on plain text, Missouri’s Sex Offender Registration Act (SORA) appears to permit sex offenders to petition for removal from the state’s sex…
Michael McWaters -
ArticleVol. 99 · Iss. 4
Criminalized Students, Reparations, and the Limits of Prospective Reform
Introduction Criminalization of students occurs when schools refer children to criminal law enforcement for everyday disciplinary infractions—infractions that school administrators and counselors could appropriately…
Amber Baylor -
ArticleVol. 95 · Iss. 3
Deportation Deadline
Deadlines regulate nearly all facets of life. In U.S. law, deadlines control the timeliness of a claim in the forms of statutes of limitations…
Andrew Tae-Hyun Kim -
NoteVol. 96 · Iss. 4
Ban the Black Box: Criminal Background Screening and the Information-Withholding Problem
Beverly Harrison worked for the city of Dallas, Texas, for twenty-eight years before she retired to devote more time to her grandchildren and her…
Jennifer Stocker -
ArticleVol. 96 · Iss. 4
A Theory of Poverty: Legal Immobility
The puzzle of why the cycle of poverty persists and upward socioeconomic mobility is so difficult has long captivated scholars and the public alike.…
Sara S. Greene -
ArticleVol. 93 · Iss. 1
When Any Sentence is a Life Sentence: Employment Discrimination Against Ex-Offenders
For the sixty-five million Americans with a criminal record, it is cruelly ironic that perhaps the most important resource for turning their lives around—employment—is…
Dallan F. Flake -
ArticleVol. 92 · Iss. 2
Zero Tolerance Policies: Criminalizing Childhood and Disenfranchising the Next Generation of Citizens
Columbine High School, Littleton, Colorado. Heath High School, West Paducah, Kentucky. Westside Middle School, Jonesboro, Arkansas. Zero tolerance policies were adopted in these schools…
S. David Mitchell -
ArticleVol. 91 · Iss. 6
The Anti-Bottleneck Principle in Employment Discrimination Law
State legislatures and the Equal Opportunity Employment Commission (EEOC) have moved in parallel in recent years to provide new protections for the employment prospects…
Joseph Fishkin -
NoteVol. 97 · Iss. 3
Littering for $500: How Does Judicial Estoppel Solve the Problems that Factually Baseless Pleas Pose to the Double Jeopardy Clause?
A factually baseless plea is one entered by a defendant for an offense that the defense, prosecution, and judge know that the defendant did…
Rob Mangone -
ArticleVol. 98 · Iss. 5
Pleading the Fifth in Immigration Court: A Regulatory Proposal
Protections of noncitizens’ rights in immigration removal proceedings have remained minimal even as immigration enforcement has exponentially increased. An overlooked, but commonplace, problem in immigration court is…
Tania Valdez