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This article examines one of the most often called for remedies for sexual abuse of female inmates - ending cross-gender supervision of female inmates by male correctional staff. Part I of the article describes the context of sexual misconduct against prisoners in the United States, highlighting...
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This paper details the FISA court and statutes including its historical development. The operations of the Court are detailed. The number of surveillance orders issued and denied are detailed. Changes wrought by the Patriot Act are discussed. this paper asks whether the FISC is a new Star...
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This article analyzes legislation and policies that limit prisoners' sexual expression and autonomy. The article juxtaposes prisoners interest in sexual expression against the interests of the state in regulating sex by and between prisoners. The article concludes that the state has an interest...
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The middle finger is one of the most commonly used insulting gestures in the United States. The finger, which is used to convey a wide range of emotions, is visible on streets and highways, in schools, shopping malls, and sporting events, in courts and execution chambers, in advertisements and...
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the public fears that a person facing severe punishment was convicted of a crime he or she did not commit. Although the …
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There is no right of appeal against a verdict of a court or jury at common law. The Court of Kings Bench had the prerogative power to supervise other tribunals and the prerogative writs of certiorari, mandamus and prohibition gave that court an appellate-like function. Also, in English law there...
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This paper argues that the plain view doctrine, an exception to the Fourth Amendment, should not apply to digital evidence. Searches pursuant to warrants for digital property are easily transformed into general searches of a suspect's digital property because police, by necessity, must perform a...
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This article provides a survey of the causal factors linking public sector corruption and organized crime. The framework of analysis presented has been tested by the authors in a sample of 45 countries worldwide. Moreover, the piece also includes policy prescriptions, founded on best...
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The procedural and substantive complexities of disciplinary systems maintained by institutions of higher education for the purpose of student governance have steadily increased over the recent decades. Notwithstanding that fact, many such institutions have refused to allow students to be...
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No one can deny the terrible toll that a nuclear bomb has on humans and our environment. But what about the impacts of weapons containing depleted uranium (DU), a low-level radioactive waste product? A number of countries, including the United States, have used DU munitions during times of war....
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