Recent Blog Posts
Is it Possible to Have Unbiased Jurors in High-Profile Criminal Cases?
In criminal proceedings, a defendant is permitted to request to be tried in front of a jury of his or her peers. It is a constitutional right and one that many believe allows for the human heart and sympathy to enter into the legal sphere. But there are times when having a jury of… Read More »
Proposed Bill Will Prohibit the Use of Tracking Devices by Private Individuals Without Consent
The rights of Americans have been codified and outlined within the Constitution and in federal and state laws. The fundamental rights of Americans to be free from invasion by the Government and its agents is espoused within the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution, which prohibits unreasonable search and seizures by the government without probable… Read More »
HIV-Specific Criminal Laws Contemplated by Florida Supreme Court
The HIV/AIDs epidemic has had profound impact on all aspects of our lives since the 1980s when the virus was originally discovered. Since its discovery, the way in which medical professions teach us to protect ourselves has had an influence on our not only our sexual education, but also aspects of hygiene in the… Read More »
SCOTUS Stays a Florida Execution: A Review on the Current Lethal Injection Protocol
Florida’s execution protocol has been put under the microscope by the United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS), which on February 25, 2015 decided to uphold a stay of execution for a defendant on death row in Florida. This stay of execution comes at the heels of three Oklahoma defendants who petitioned against the current lethal… Read More »
Insider Trading: Why is it So Hard to Spot and Punish?
Confidence in Wall Street and the stock market has been considerably low in the last five years. After the 2008 market crash and the underlying illegal activities and misconduct seen as a result of the crash, it is no wonder that people distrust the market. Although in the last five years, more legislation has… Read More »
Pro-Defendant Protections: The Brady Rule Against Prosecutorial Misconduct
The criminal justice system is often described as an adversarial system. This is because the purpose of our criminal justice system is to allow any defendant who has been arrested and charged for commission of a crime the right to have a day in court and present information that sways the jury into believing… Read More »
Criminal Artificial Intelligence: How Should the Legal System Deal with Criminal Robots?
It is incredibly fascinating to imagine how technology will reinvent society as we know it today. Our society is dramatically different than the one that the generation before us had lived, and with the speed in which innovation and technology have progressed, it can only be understood that future generations will experience a different… Read More »
Florida’s Hate Crimes Act
In the last few months, the limelight has shifted to focusing in on discrimination issues on various levels. With the brutal attack on two gay men in Philadelphia last year and within the last few days, the brutal murder of three Muslims who were allegedly killed for their religion, these types of differences have… Read More »
“Forced Accompaniment”: SCOTUS Upholds and Applies 1934 Dillinger Law
The way in which our legal system works, on the most basic level, is that there are a series of laws that are built around the way in which our civil society reacts to moral and ethical indicators, and as society progresses, our laws reflect that change. This concept of constant legal change to… Read More »
“When They Came for the Rappers, I Did Not Speak Out; As I Was Not A Rapper…”: Rap Music and the Freedom of Artistic Expression On Trial
One of the first lessons that we learn with regards to our rights that are considered inalienable in the Constitution is that we have the right to freedom of speech. This right, though tempered by the scope and limitations so as to ensure the safety of the general population, has allowed culture and discourse… Read More »