Aaron BalcazarOct 3, 20202 min readJails and Prisons: COVID-19 Hotspots that need to be ContainedThe coronavirus pandemic has exacerbated many socioeconomic difficulties in our society. If you were lucky, you were able to stay home...
cinthya MagallanesSep 25, 20201 min readAre kids too immature to plea?If you were arrested right now, do you feel confident enough in your knowledge of the criminal justice system to navigate the arrest,...
Priscila RodanteSep 18, 20202 min readMother Knows Best.... When She is Legally Informed Review of Mothers’ Legal Knowledge and Juvenile Arrests by Cavanaugh, Paruk & Cauffman (2020)
Grace HanzelinSep 11, 20203 min read“Jury of your peers”: A standard we aren’t currently meetingIf you were asked to describe the American justice system, how would you describe it? Does your description include the phrase “jury of...
Rubi GonzalesSep 4, 20202 min readCan we view police body cam evidence objectively? Review of Subjective Interpretation of “Objective” Video Evidence by Salerno and Sanchez (2020)
Vanessa RiveroAug 28, 20203 min readEyewitness Identifications: How reliable are they really? Review of Wells et al. (2020) revised Eyewitness White Paper.
Brenda TorresAug 21, 20202 min readDoes mathematical ability make you a better juror?Imagine you were called for jury duty and asked to decide a case where a pedestrian was hit by a car. It was clear the driver was...