Juvenile Status Offenders: Let Them Have Their Day [Out of] Court
Status Offenders: Guilty of Youthful Offenses There are two types of juveniles represented within North Carolina’s juvenile justice system: status […]
Criminal Law & Procedure
To Ban or Not To Ban: The Death Penalty in Limbo
The idea of capital punishment and its legality have enveloped the news and media for centuries. But where did the death penalty come from, how has it developed over time, and how much longer will it be around?
Raise the Age 2.0: N.C. Remains the Only State in America to Prosecute Six-Year-Old Children in Juvenile Court – Advocates Say it is Time to Raise the Minimum Age of Juvenile Jurisdiction
North Carolina is the only state in the nation where the law declares a 6-year-old an eligible defendant in the juvenile justice system. North Carolina has proven it can raise the maximum, and now it is time to raise the minimum age.
Mugshots & the Degradation of the Presumption of Innocence
What do Johnny Cash, Bill Gates, Al Capone, and Martin Luther King Jr. all have in common? Mugshots. All of
Insurrection at the Capitol Revives Debate Over Statute Outlawing Domestic Terrorism
Currently, there is no federal law or crime that directly addresses and outlaws “domestic terrorism.” Thus, domestic terrorism is not a chargeable criminal offense. Despite the fact that lawmakers, experts, and the media have identified the reprehensible events of January 6th as domestic terrorism, prosecutors cannot actually charge the rioters specifically with domestic terrorism.
Cops, Not Robbers: The Clash Between No-Knock Warrants and the Castle Doctrine
The use of no-knock warrants has increased exponentially over the last few decades, highlighting a fatal clash between no-knock warrants
The Insanity Defense: From Fundamental Legal Principle to Legal Fiction
In Kahler, the Court did not merely uphold Kansas’ interpretation of a vital protection; it allowed Kansas to, in effect, eviscerate the protection entirely.
Cell Site Simulators Meet the Fourth Amendment: When can the police track your phone (read: you) without a warrant?
“[M]odern cell phones . . . are now such a pervasive and insistent part of daily life that the proverbial visitor from Mars might conclude they were an important feature of human anatomy.” Riley v. California, 134 S. Ct. 2473, 2484 (2014)
Tracking the Recent Decisions in North Carolina’s Satellite-Based Monitoring Jurisprudence
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures,
What Monopoly Can Teach Us About Cash Bail Reform: Recent Efforts, Pros and Cons, and the Community Response
“Go to Jail. Go directly to jail. Do not pass go. Do not collect $200.” Jail is one of the
Is that Legal Hemp or Illegal Marijuana? Essential Differences and the Consequences of Treating Them the Same
The 2019 North Carolina Farm Bill looks to ban smokable hemp throughout the state. The North Carolina House of Representatives
NYPD demands Waze navigation application disallow users to mark the location of police officers
Criticism over the popular GPS navigation application, Waze, has been renewed once again. The unique mapping application provides users with
Constitutional & Public Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
Pot & Patents: How the Federal Government has Monopolized Marijuana
The growing conflict between America’s drug enforcement policies and the federal government’s control of the marijuana-based pharmaceutical market is laden
Excessive use of force: where decisions made in seconds are scrutinized for years
The truth is that only those officers, under those circumstances, at that scene, on that day, can truly account for both what was and was not reasonable.
No protection under law: The unchecked prevalence of violence against women in North Korea
The government of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, commonly referred to as North Korea, has found itself under international scrutiny and condemnation once again as the subject of a recent Human Rights Watch report.