Tag Archives: race and social justice

Digital Stop-and-Frisk: Wearable Technology and its Implications on the Fourth Amendment

By: Juliana Gorina Wearable technology has become ubiquitous, seamlessly integrating into daily life through devices like smartwatches, rings, and now even glasses. These tools make it effortless to monitor our health, document our routines, and capture the smallest details of our day. Yet this very convenience raises pressing concerns about the intersection of emerging technology […]

Florida’s Alligator Alcatraz: Testing the Limits of 287(g)

By: Arianna Roque In August 2025, a federal district court judge momentarily halted operations at Florida’s controversial immigration facility following reports of environmental violations and concerns about damage to surrounding wetlands.[1] Nicknamed “Alligator Alcatraz,” the injunction was later stayed by the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals.[2] While the environmental debate initially captured the courts and […]

Dark Pleas and Faulty Forensics: The Role of Flawed DNA Evidence in Coerced Guilty Pleas

By: Sydney Perkins             Post-conviction proceedings reveal a striking asymmetry. While the introduction of scientifically invalid forensic evidence can easily secure a conviction, newly discovered evidence undermining that conviction rarely guarantees relief. Such evidence, rather than securing immediate exoneration, frequently becomes the basis for coercive prosecutorial bargaining.             Consider the following scenario: after spending nearly […]

The Operant Conditioning of Prosecutors: How a Lack of Accountability Breeds Corruption

By Angel Richardson As children, we learned that if we behaved or performed well, our behavior would be followed by a reward or positive feedback. Whereas, if we behaved in a negative manner or did something bad, we were met with punishment as a consequence. Behavioral psychologist, B.F. Skinner, codified this theory into what is […]