U.S. v. Palacios, 2025 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 96248 (E.D.N.Y. 2025)
Stress of Injustice
Cross Examination Rules 2025 SAYDAP
Looking for the Right Mental Health Expert (new for 2025)
LGBTQ+ Glossary by It Gets Better
Role of Counsel Forensic Exercise Fact Pattern
You are Made of Medicine
In re M.D.S., 2025-Ohio-1761 (Ohio Ct. App. 2025)
The (In)visible Immigrant’s Privacy
K.B. v. State, 2025 Ind. App. LEXIS 168 (Ind. Ct. App. 2025)
Organizational Sign-On Letter for Maine LD 1849: An Act to Establish a Minimum Age at Which a Juvenile May Be Adjudicated
“My mind was the only place I found freedom from my reality”: The Cruel Effects and Illegality of Punitive Juvenile Solitary Confinement
People v. Shannon, 2025 Cal. App. Unpub. LEXIS 2895 (Cal. Ct. App. 2025)
Solitary Confinement, Human Dignity, and the Eighth Amendment
From the introduction: “This Article proffers human dignity as a novel conceptual vehicle for capturing and articulating solitary confinement’s harm to personhood. Starting from the Supreme Court’s edict that “the basic concept underlying the Eighth Amendment is nothing less than the dignity of man,” this Article employs a construct of dignity-as-integrity—or wholeness—of personhood. Using dignity-as-integrity…
Read MoreMade in America: The Constitutional Guarantee of Birthright Citizenship
State v. K.B., 2025 La. LEXIS 708 (La. 2025)
In Re Luis G., 2025 Cal. App. Unpub. LEXIS 2839 (Cal. Ct. App. 2025)
16 to 25: Building Pathways toward a Thriving Adulthood
From the conclusion: “The years between 16 and 25 are an important window to build pathways toward a thriving adulthood. By later adolescence, we have the cognitive abilities and social understanding to connect with others and navigate the world in new ways. We have new agency to pursue our own goals and new responsibilities that…
Read MorePeople v. Negrete, 2025 Cal.App.Unpub. LEXIS 2753 (Cal. Dist. Ct. App. 2025)
California’s Ban on Cruel or Unusual Punishment, A State Constitutional Analysis of Anti-Camping Ordinances
From the introduction: “Sleep is a biological necessity. If camping on public property is banned across the board, those without access to shelter must unequivocally break the law. Houseless individuals have therefore challenged the constitutionality of anti-camping ordinances on several occasions, particularly under the Cruel and Unusual Punishment Clause of the Eighth Amendment. In a…
Read MoreKnow Your Rights When Confronted by ICE (Immigrant Legal Resource Center)
The Forgotten History of Prison Law Judicial Oversight of Detention Facilities in the Nation’s Early Years
(Attenuating) the Taint of Poverty: How Fourteenth Amendment Jurisprudence and the Attenuated Doctrine Lead to Lesser Fourth Amendment Rights for the Poor
Immature Minds in a “Maturing Society”
Following the 20th anniversary of the Roper v. Simmons decision that ruled the death penalty unconstitutional for youth under the age of 18, the Death Penalty Information Center released a report on the latest science of adolescent brain development and evolving societal standards that recognize the need for heightened legal protections for 18- to 20-year-olds.…
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