INTERVIEW: Heritage’s Robert Alt on Overcriminalization
Robert Alt is director of the Rule of Law Programs and senior legal fellow at The Heritage Foundation’s Center for Legal and Judicial Studies. He… Read More
Progressives Want to Send Innocent People to Jail…to Set an Example?
Should society throw people into jail who admittedly did nothing blameworthy just to set an example for others? That is exactly what the Center for… Read More
Is Dropping a Banana Peel a Crime?
Can a person be convicted of a felony for ordinary negligence? Surprisingly, yes. Today there are a number of statutes and regulations that make ordinary… Read More
Mexico: Cautious Hope in Battle Against Transnational Organized Crime
The violence brought about in Mexico’s drug war may finally be reaching a plateau. At least that is the hope of many, as the nation… Read More
How Many Ways Can You Spell “Fraud”?
The Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act of 2013, introduced in the Senate last month, would make it a felony to make false statements… Read More
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Family Fact of the Week: Pro-Marriage Studies the Press Isn’t Reporting
Marriage, these days, is getting bad press. For example, a string of recent headlines claim that living together is healthier than marriage, citing a study… Read More
Occupy D.C. Protesters Flee Camps Amid Cold Weather, Rat Sightings
The tents still occupy two parks in Washington, D.C., but there are fewer people living in them as protesters with the Occupy movement flee for… Read More
Unemployment Up, Crime Down
According to new data from the FBI, violent and property crime rates fell in America last year, despite continued high unemployment rates. Unlike previous press… Read More
Operation Fast and Furious: An Obama Foreign Policy Disconnect
During the past week, the U.S. and Colombia indicted and arrested more than 50 individuals charged with organizing maritime and aerial smuggling of cocaine from… Read More
Unemployment Up, Crime Down
Violent and property crime fell in America last year, the second full year of the current recession, according to new data from the FBI. Recently,… Read More
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Chances for U.S. Success in Kampala Take a Hit
In the International Criminal Court (ICC) Review Conference’s discussion of the “crime of aggression,” the U.S. agenda — convincing ICC member states to adopt a… Read More
LawNews
Adult Time for Adult Crime: Chawa See
On November 9th, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments challenging the constitutionality of juvenile life without parole (JLWOP) sentences. In preparation for oral… Read More
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Adult Time for Adult Crime: Adam Sarabia
On November 9th, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments challenging the constitutionality of juvenile life without parole (JLWOP) sentences. In preparation for oral… Read More
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Adult Time for Adult Crime: Rudolfo Sandoval
On November 9th, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments challenging the constitutionality of juvenile life without parole (JLWOP) sentences. In preparation for oral… Read More
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Adult Time for Adult Crime: Samuel Puebla
On November 9th, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments challenging the constitutionality of juvenile life without parole (JLWOP) sentences. In preparation for oral… Read More
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Adult Time for Adult Crime: Life Without Parole for Juvenile Offenders Is Constitutional
In 2005, the Supreme Court held in Roper v. Simmons that the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution bar the application of the… Read More
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Adult Time for Adult Crime: Jesus Mandujano
On November 9th, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments challenging the constitutionality of juvenile life without parole (JLWOP) sentences. In preparation for oral… Read More
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Adult Time for Adult Crime: Eduardo Lopez
On November 9th, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments challenging the constitutionality of juvenile life without parole (JLWOP) sentences. In preparation for oral… Read More
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Adult Time for Adult Crime: Ashley Jones
The Equal Justice Initiative’s 2007 report describes Ashley’s Jones offense as follows: “At 14, Ashley tried to escape the violence and abuse by running away… Read More
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Adult Time for Adult Crime: The U.S. Has a Juvenile Crime Problem
The U.S. Has a Juvenile Crime Problem Underlying nearly every argument made by opponents of life without parole for juvenile offenders is the premise that,… Read More
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Adult Time for Adult Crime: Sarah Johnson
On November 9th, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments challenging the constitutionality of juvenile life without parole (JLWOP) sentences. In preparation for oral… Read More
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Adult Time for Adult Crime: Eric Hancock
On November 9th, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments challenging the constitutionality of juvenile life without parole (JLWOP) sentences. In preparation for oral… Read More
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Adult Time for Adult Crime: Manufacturing Statistics for 19-Year-Old “Juveniles”
Nearly every report, newspaper article, editorial, and court brief on this topic states that there are 2,225 juvenile offenders serving life-without-parole sentences in the United… Read More
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Adult Time for Adult Crime: David Garcia
On November 9th, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments challenging the constitutionality of juvenile life without parole (JLWOP) sentences. In preparation for oral… Read More
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Adult Time for Adult Crime: Ralph David Cruz, Jr.
On November 9th, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments challenging the constitutionality of juvenile life without parole (JLWOP) sentences. In preparation for oral… Read More
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Adult Time for Adult Crimes: Gang Member Andres Contreras
On November 9th, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments challenging the constitutionality of juvenile life without parole (JLWOP) sentences. In preparation for oral… Read More
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Adult Time for Adult Crime: Sentencing Under Siege
This report was undertaken in response to litigation and legislation against the use of life-without-parole sentences for juvenile offenders. Following several challenges in state supreme… Read More
New Fall Foundry Series: Adult Time for Adult Crimes
On November 9th, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments challenging the constitutionality of juvenile life without parole (JLWOP) sentences. In preparation for oral… Read More
Not Social Networking
On a grand scale, social networking is a popular and efficient way of communicating in an expeditious time frame; getting your information out to whomever,… Read More
Crime and Recession: Initial Clues
With the recession officially beginning in December 2007, some speculated the economic downturn would result in increased crime, especially property crime. Yet, the Department of… Read More
