A case currently before the United States Supreme Court (USCS) may ultimately influence whether Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal to obtain DNA from all persons arrested
A fundamental principle of criminal law holds that people should be able to understand what behavior is criminal and what is not in order to
One of the nation’s most influential judges recently spoke out on the subject of incarceration-related sentencing. His position on the subject came to light in
A Temple University expert named Laurence Steinberg is convincingly advocating for reform of the juvenile justice system based on recent neurological research on adolescent brain
Media coverage of the sex scandal involving former general David Petraeus has shed light on a little-understood crime: adultery. In most states adultery remains a
Last week, the United States Supreme Court heard arguments in a wiretapping case that could affect untold numbers of Americans for years to come. Human
It has been observed that incarceration without available resources for rehabilitation tends to result in more crime when offenders leave prison walls. Without rehabilitation, life-skills
he Massachusetts state crime lab came under scrutiny recently after it was discovered that one of its scientists may have tainted evidence used in thousands
Earlier this week, we began a discussion about one very distinct difference between Wisconsin and Minnesota. Even though both states have similar population demographics, geography
Wisconsin’s neighbor to the west is similar in population size, political, social, and educational demographics and geography. Yet, law enforcement officers in Minnesota arrest half
