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Euthanasia in America

By: Emma Hurst, Staff Writer   Oregon, Montana, Washington, Vermont, Hawaii, California, Colorado, and Washington D.C. were among the first states to introduce and pass legislation that would allow physician assisted suicide, or euthanasia, to terminally ill patients.[1] In Oregon alone, 1,275 patients have died from the drugs provided to […]

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Pennsylvania Offers Clean Slate for Misdemeanor Records

By: Samantha Cook, Feature Editor   “Get a clean slate!” offers the Community Legal Services of Philadelphia. “Do You Have a Criminal Record that Might Be Sealed Under Pennsylvania’s New Clean Slate Law?”[1] Studies of the criminal justice system in recent years have addressed the issue of collateral consequences, the concept […]

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States Shifting Their Stance on the Death Penalty Reflects the Growing Trend Towards Abolishing Capital Punishment

By: Brandon Schall, Staff Writer   Currently, 30 states have capital punishment laws for certain crimes.[1] In recent years, four state legislatures, have abolished their death penalty and replaced it with life imprisonment, those states include, New Mexico (2009), Illinois (2011), Connecticut (2012), and Maryland (2013).[2] Additionally, Nebraska’s legislature abolished […]

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Juror Anonymity and the El Chapo Trial

By: Amanda Leonard, Staff Writer   During jury selection for the recent El Chapo trial, one juror broke down crying in front of the judge, claiming coworkers identified her as a potential juror and she feared that public identification would follow suit.[1] The judge had previously granted requests from prospective […]

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The Resignation of a United Nations’ International Criminal Court Judge Sheds Light on the Current Relationship Between the United States and the International Criminal Court

By: Samantha Dorn, Staff Writer   Recently, Christoph Flügge, a senior judge at one of the United Nations’ International Criminal Court (ICC), made international headlines when he resigned from his position citing political interference from Turkey and the United States.[1]  Flügge, a German judge who had been a judge on […]

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