Criminal Justice Marshall Bierson | 6 Jul 2021 Conservatorships and the Problem of Possessing People The relationship between guardians and their charges raises important questions; representing the interests of others is often fraught with peril.
Criminal Justice Tucker Sechrest | 29 Jun 2021 Revenge Porn, Public Interest, and Free Speech In what circumstances could revenge porn ever be considered protected speech?
Creation, Destruction, and the Ethics of “Murderabelia” Does the state have a compelling interest in stifling some individuals' freedom of expression? 25 Jun 2021 | Rachel Robison-Greene
Re-Examining Scared Straight Programs Mounting evidence questions the efficacy of disciplinary programs and the balancing of child and parental rights. 22 Jun 2021 | Kiara Goodwine
Automation in the Courtroom: On Algorithms Predicting Crime The justice system's growing reliance on artificial intelligence threatens to remove human sensibility from sentencing. 25 May 2021 | Beatrice Harvey
Justice for All?: William Kelly and Kyle Rittenhouse Should departments really be in the business of policing their officers' off-duty behavior? 26 Apr 2021 | Tucker Sechrest
Qualified Immunity: An Unqualified Disaster? Can the lengths the law goes to hide institutional actors from public accountability be morally justified? 21 Apr 2021 | Evan Butts
Do Police Intentions Matter? If the prevalence of racial bias and the demands of law enforcement makes rights violations predictable, are we not then complicit in maintaining the status quo? 20 Apr 2021 | David Millar
More Than Words: Hate Crime Laws and the Atlanta Attack Deploying the vocabulary of hate crime legislation might be more important than prosecuting offenders. 22 Mar 2021 | Tucker Sechrest
Sarah Everard and the Politics of Fear The kidnapping and murder of Sarah Everard represents structural violence and is not the unexplainable and unimaginable act it's been made out to be. 15 Mar 2021 | Beatrice Harvey
The Ethics of Digidog Concerns over privacy and the use of police funds may hobble the deployment of new peacekeeping technology. 12 Mar 2021 | Kiara Goodwine
Implications of Exonerations What might explain the difference in our intuitions regarding the death penalty and life in prison? 2 Mar 2021 | Marshall Bierson
Under Discussion: Right to Riot? Can looting and vandalism ever be considered a justified response to oppression? Does it effectively communicate a message of resistance? 11 Sep 2020 | Benjamin Rossi
Under Discussion: Law and Order as Suppression and Oppression The "law and order" slogan is nothing more than a wish return to the status quo that is fundamentally opposed to the project of racial justice. 10 Sep 2020 | Meredith McFadden
Under Discussion: Law and Order, Human Nature, and Substantive Justice What function is the law supposed to serve and why is that aim sometimes at odds with justice? 10 Sep 2020 | Rachel Robison-Greene
Kyle Rittenhouse and the Legal/Moral Limits of Self-Defense Depictions of Rittenhouse as a brave patriot standing his ground and acting in self-defense are doing legal and moral harm. 8 Sep 2020 | Meredith McFadden
Wildfires and Prison Labor: Crisis Continues to Expose Systemic Inequity Upon what theory of punishment do the incarcerated not deserve protection from exploitation? 26 Aug 2020 | Meredith McFadden
The "Wall of Moms" and Manipulating Implicit Bias Media narratives regarding the "Wall of Moms" protests in Portland have a lot to say about implicit bias and the responsibilities of white allyship. 14 Aug 2020 | Meredith McFadden
To Requite, To Restore, or To Deter: Punishing Amy Cooper What model of punishment best accommodates our intuitions in this particular case? 20 Jul 2020 | Kiara Goodwine
The BARD Standard and Justified Execution Does the very possibility of wrongful conviction — inherent to the BARD standard — render capital punishment unconscionable? 15 Jul 2020 | Benjamin Rossi
Censoring "Gratuitous" Violence Confronting real-world violence can be an important agent of change. Might we have a social responsibility to share and bear witness to real-life horrors? 30 Jun 2020 | Alexander Spencer
Undoing White Privilege Identifying and disassembling the institutions of white supremacy will require a concerted effort. What does allyship require? 29 Jun 2020 | Desmonda Lawrence
