Criminal Justice Spring 2020

Local Government

The Legalization of Marijuana and Its Impact on Traffic Safety and Impaired Driving

Honorable Neil E. Axel

This article looks at some of the ways that marijuana and its legalization has impacted traffic safety and the adjudication of marijuana-impaired driving cases.

Criminal

Can the “Criminally Insane” Commit a Crime? The Supreme Court and Kahler v. Kansas

By Alisha Marie S. Nair

The Eighth Amendment as it relates to the insanity defense is discussed, including whether the Supreme Court will mandate states to provide an insanity defense in criminal proceedings.

Criminal

Implied Consent Laws: More Than Meets the Eye

Captain Thomas N. Wheatley

Implied consent laws are invaluable in the fight against drunk driving. But they’re also controversial. What are they and how do they work?

Mental Health

Advocacy and the Age-Related Mental Health Issues of the Older Client

J. Vincent Aprile II

This article focuses on identifying, investigating, and appreciating an elderly client’s age-related mental illness, such as Alzheimer’s and dementia, and using those mental health issues in all aspects of defending an elderly client from pretrial issues, such as discovery, to mitigation at sentencing and prison placement.

Criminal

Perfecting Our Vision

Kim T. Parker

A message from the chair

Public Defense

Underestimate Me. Please.

Allison Jackson Mathis

Mental Health

Just Wait until Your Father Gets Home: The “Interested Adult” and Juvenile Interrogations

Eric Y. Drogin

Union

Trend in Public Defense: Unionization

Malia Brink

Nationwide, union membership numbers have been on the decline for decades. In public defense, however, an opposite trend seems to be taking hold. More and more public defender offices across the country have moved to form collective bargaining units.

Criminal

Usual Cruelty: The Complicity of Lawyers in the Criminal Injustice System

Reviewed by Robert Costello

Women in the Law

Heavy Purse: A Law Student’s Reflection on the CJS Women in Criminal Justice Task Force’s NYC Listening Session

Daniela M. Donoso

Criminal

Improper Golden Rule Argument

Stephen A. Saltzburg

Federal Government

Supreme Court Cases of Interest

Anthony Franze

Technology

Using the Clean Slate Clearinghouse to Inform Criminal Record Clearance

Alex Lesman

Science & Engineering

“Bullet Points”

Jules Epstein

Criminal

Fall Meeting Highlights

Kyo Suh