Mitigation, Time, and the Immorality of DeathThe death penalty is a widely contested form of punishment plaguing legal theorists, juries, and society as a whole today. Current death...
Child-Criminals: The Unclear Relationship between Children and the Justice SystemIt is estimated that in 2017, nearly 809,700 children under the age of 18 were arrested in the United States for crimes including...
Locked Away for Life: Juvenile Life Without Parole in the American Criminal Justice System“They’re just looking at the crime. They don’t take into account how you grew up. They don’t take into account whether you had your...
Prison Labor: Modern-Day Slavery under the Thirteenth AmendmentAs numerous wildfires tore across California, approximately 1,500 inmates worked alongside professional firefighting crews to quell the...
Revising the Approach of Mandatory MinimumsThe Eighth Amendment states, “Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments...