Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health, this quasi-experimental study employed propensity score matching to compare children of incarcerated fathers with a ...

Prisons, Prosecutors, and the Politics of Punishment TalkLeft JURIST Verdict ...

Law360 has this lengthy new article providing a detail examination of the Supreme Court's rulings in an array of criminal cases during its October 2024 Term. The article's headline, "High Court Term ...

Security and privacy must be balanced in prison technology upgrades: Implementing transdermal microchips requires strict data encryption, limited access, and clear policies to protect inmate privacy ...

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Eighteen month ago, as reported in this post, the full en banc Third Circuit found unconstitutional, on the basis of the landmark Second Amendment Bruen opinion, the application of federal ...

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As reported in this new Hill piece, the "Justice Department (DOJ) plans to create a process for those with criminal convictions to restore their gun rights." Here is more: The interim rule, posted in ...

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The Kentucky case reads like a long shot. Statutory habeas is not the same thing as constitutional habeas. The mere fact that there is a judgement from a court of competent jurisdiction is enough to ...

As first noted here, the federal defenders are hard at work on an important post-Gall/Kimbrough project entitled "Deconstructing the Guidelines." The first paper in the series addressed the child porn ...

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