Privacy Collateral Consequences and the English “Right to Be Forgotten” Christine Braamskamp and Peter B. Pope A UK and US lawyer together examine the vast differences under their nations’ laws in having old convictions and arrests “forgotten” as part of rehabilitation.
Criminal The Demise of Money Bail By Alexander Bunin Many jurisdictions require that criminal defendants post money bail. These rules often violate due process and equal protection, as well as being ineffective.
Criminal Policing the Prosecutor: Race, the Fourth Amendment, and the Prosecution of Criminal Cases By Renée McDonald Hutchins The author argues that a straight line can be drawn from expansive Fourth Amendment police power over black and brown bodies to expansive prosecutorial power over black and brown lives.
Bias & Discrimination The Constitutional Legacy of Lynching Victim Ed Johnson—Where Are We Now? By Lise Pearlman This article revisits, in light of the AEDPA, the landmark 1906 case establishing the right to seek federal review for fairness of state criminal trials.
Prosecution A New Vision for Public Safety: Realigning Prosecutorial Priorities to Fight for Residents’ Rights By Jill E. Habig and Jenny Montoya Tansey Forward-thinking prosecutors are using their broad special prosecution authority to bring impact litigation that protects residents' access to jobs, housing, and education.
Ethics Police Misconduct and Release-Dismissal Agreements By Peter A. Joy and Kevin C. McMunigal Column
Mental Health Detrimental Reliance? The Value Experts Place on Evidence, and Whether That Matters By Eric Y. Drogin A look at Counsel's discussion with a client's doctor
Civil Rights & Constitution The “Reasonable Black Child”—Youth, Race, and the Fourth Amendment By Laura Cohen Column
Criminal Reasonable Certainty: A Term It Is Certainly Reasonable to Repudiate By Jules M. Epstein Column