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Data Monetization Without Compensation

By Kyle Steenland, Feature Editor The contemporary Wild West pans for its gold not through the streams of Mother Nature, but rather through the streams of internet connections created in the 1990s. This panning has yielded a New Age commodity: data. The value of this digital data rush rivals that […]

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The Rate of Rights: Wrongful Conviction Compensation

By: Kyle Steenland, Feature Editor   Imagine finding yourself trapped in the criminal justice system and later thrust into the hands of the department of corrections. Along the way, you pled your innocence but for reasons outside your control, your last contact with outside society was a judge handing down […]

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Police Fragmentation: A Discussion on Consolidation

By Kyle Steenland, Feature Editor It’s no secret that Pennsylvania’s police department structure is one of the most fragmented in the country. Fragmented systems – meaning a structure of police departments without any central governing agency – result from municipalities, counties, and communities creating their own departments to provide for […]

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Contemporary Colonialism or Crimean Conquistadors? Tensions Flare Between Russia and the United States

By Kyle Steenland, Feature Editor Over the course of its 200-year history, the relationship between the United States and Russia has been symptomatic of their statuses as two world superpowers – riddled with ups and downs, and constantly tense.[1] Even since the de-escalation of Cold War fears, petty political skirmishes […]

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Juris Magazine Summer 2018

Juris Magazine Summer 2018

Letter from the Editor Law and the Media | Media and the Law Discussing the media has perhaps never been more relevant than ever before, and the events from the past academic year produced the perfect storm of subjects to weigh in on. Where media distrust seems to be at […]

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Pennsylvania Supreme Court Calls “Implied Consent” DUI Law into Question

By Kyle Steenland, Associate Editor Pennsylvania’s driving under the influence laws may be unconstitutional after a recent Pennsylvania Supreme Court holding. The Court interpreted the constitutionality of “implied consent” roadway statutes – to which vehicle operators automatically consent by simply using that state’s roads – and their interaction with accidents […]

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Juris Magazine Winter 2018

Letter from the Editor It would be an understatement to say that 2017 has been a year of remarkable change. From the confirmation of Justice Neil Gorsuch, to renewed tensions about “fake news” (reflected on by former editor-in-chief Mike Jones just one year ago), it can be overwhelming to think […]

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