Posts in Criminal Defense

Nov 24 M.J. Was Mistaken: It Does Matter if You Are Black or White.

As the opioid crisis continues to ravage neighborhoods and communities throughout the nation, city and state governments have set ...

Oct 30 Risk-Assessment Algorithms: Bringing Racial Bias into the 21st Century

In July of this year, the Pennsylvania Sentencing Commission provided judges in the state with an algorithm-based risk-assessment ...

Sep 01 When The Canine Comes: Temporary Detention Is Unconstitutional

The use of dogs in law enforcement became widespread in the United States during the 1970s . Since then, they have become one of ...

Aug 03 The Scientific Method For Reducing Drunk Driving Fatalities

Every year, approximately 10,000 Americans die in traffic collisions that were caused by drunk driving. Though this figure is ...

Jun 10 Lost In Translation: The Courtroom Confusion Caused By Emoji Communication

If you were sitting on a jury and saw a series of text messages between defendants which read, "Did you rob the bank?" - followed ...

Apr 17 Fairness In The Court: How AI Can Help To Make Judges Less Biased

When your freedom or financial stability sits in the hands of a judge, you would hope that they will endeavor to be as fair-minded ...