Volume 50, Issue 1

Through the War on Drugs and the deinstitutionalization movement, our criminal justice system became quicksand for individuals afflicted with mental illness and substance use disorder. We criminalized minor offenses, imprisoned those who needed treatment rather than incarceration,and provided few safe spaces for those individuals to receive proper medical treatment and housing. As a result, homelessness…

It is a foundational right, protected by the First Amendment, that citizens of the United States have freedom of speech and expression in public fora. However, traditional public fora have become obsolete and archaic in the digital age. Social media platforms are the modern-day equivalent of the public town square where anyone with an internet…

This Note contains candid discussions with descriptions of sexual assault and sexual misconduct to further the Note’s argument in favor of criminal punishment of certain behaviors in virtual settings such as the metaverse. Such descriptive discussions may be triggering and distressing for some readers. Reader discretion is advised. Additionally, this Note takes a holistic approach…

Dr. H: What were the ages of your children? Ms. K: They were one and two when it began. When I lost my parental rights, they were two, three, and four years old. And I had given birth to another one and they came and took him when he was six months old. When they…

On April 29, 2022, Casey White and Vicky White walked out of the Lauderdale County Detention Center in Florence, Alabama, and began an eleven-day escape together. What sparked this journey depends on who tells the story. Some believe that Casey—an inmate—manipulated Vicky—a corrections officer—into helping him escape using complex coercion tactics. Others liken the story…

“Life is as dear to mute creature as it is to man. Just as one wants happiness and fears pain, just as one wants to live and not die, so do other creatures.” -Dalai Lama Each year, approximately 920,000 dogs and cats are euthanized in shelters around the United States. To many people, this fact…