Criminal Law
United States v. Wilson
Ninth Circuit Holds That Officer's Warrantless Review of Images Flagged by Google as Apparent Child Sexual Abuse Material Violated Fourth Amendment
Ninth Circuit Holds That Officer's Warrantless Review of Images Flagged by Google as Apparent Child Sexual Abuse Material Violated Fourth Amendment
Ninth Circuit Holds that Certain Chinese State-Owned Companies Are Not Foreign "Instrumentalities" and Thus Lack Immunity Under the FSIA from Criminal Prosecution
Chapter One
In 2010, the New York Police Department arrested sixteen-year-old Kalief Browder on suspicion of stealing a backpack.Jennifer Gonnerman, Before the Law, New Yorker (Sept. 29, 2014), https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/10/06/before-the-law [https://perma.cc/K3WV-776H]. Browder maintained…
Eleventh Circuit Creates Circuit Split by Holding that the FIRST STEP Act Does Not Grant Courts the Authority to Determine What Circumstances Justify Compassionate Release
California Supreme Court Holds Detention Solely Because of Inability to Pay Bail Unconstitutional
Criminal prosecution is rampant within the United States. Politicians, legal scholars, and activists have cried for reform…
Sixth Circuit Holds that Apartment Hallway Wall Is Not Curtilage.