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Criminal Law No, There Is No Evidence that the F.B.I. Organized the Jan. 6 Capitol Riot Ira P. Robbins June 25, 2021 Criminal Law If Society Values Redemption, Then Changes to Sentencing Rule Are Necessary Margaret Martin Barr June 23, 2021 Immigration Law Republican Resistance to Easy Naturalization Will Likely Backfire Amanda Frost March 9, 2021 Communications & Media Law Facebook's Unconscionable Action in Australia and What It Means for the Rest of the World Rebecca Hamilton February 19, 2021 Criminal Law Sham Subpoenas and Prosecutorial Ethics Ira P. Robbins February 5, 2021 Technology, Law, Security De-platforming Following Capitol Insurrection Highlights Global Inequities Behind Content Moderation Rebecca Hamilton January 21, 2021 Human Rights An American History of Separating Families Anita Sinha November 4, 2020 International Law Sudan Has Made Amends. Let's Take It Off the Terrorism List. Rebecca Hamilton October 6, 2020 Constitutional Law 'You Are Not an American:' Women and People of Color Running for Office Have Heard It Before Amanda Frost August 19, 2020 Law & Government Police Reform Must Also Address Federal Law Enforcement Cori Alonso-Yoder June 23, 2020 Technology, Law, Security Publisher or Public Square - the Challenge of Trump's Executive Order Jennifer Daskal June 9, 2020 Immigration Law Crisis within a Crisis: U.S. Immigration Law & Policy After COVID 19 Amanda Frost May 14, 2020 Health Law Exporting the Italian Model to Fight COVID-19 Fernanda Nicola April 23, 2020 Health Law COVID-19 Reinforces the Argument for "Regular" Judicial Review - Not Suspension of Civil Liberties - In Times of Crisis Lindsay F. Wiley & Steve Vladeck April 13, 2020 Immigration Law Justices' Border Patrol Ruling Could Extend to U.S. Citizens Cori Alonso-Yoder March 4, 2020 Legal Education Conduct Yourselves Accordingly: Amending Bar Character and Fitness Questions to Promote Lawyer Well-Being David Jaffe and Janet Stearns February 6, 2020 Law & Government Senators Know They Don't Know the Whole Story Kimberly Wehle January 23, 2020 International & Comparative Law The Enemies of Sudan's Democracy Are Lurking Everywhere Rebecca Hamilton December 9, 2019 Law & Government The GOP Says Trump Was Fighting Corruption. He Hasn't Done that Anywhere. Nancy Boswell November 27, 2019 Immigration Law The Fragility of American Citizenship Amanda Frost October 9, 2019 Criminal Law Perjury by Omission Ira Robbins September 27, 2019 Immigration Law The Racism Behind Trump's New 'Public Charge' Immigration Policy, Explained Cori Alonso-Yoder August 26, 2019 Public Interest Law Holes in the Safety Net: Federalism and Poverty Ezra Rosser August 1, 2019 Washington College of Law Justice John Paul Stevens and the Slow Evolution of the Law Amanda Cohen Leiter July 18, 2019 Human Rights & Humanitarian Law Draft Charter of Pompeo's "Commission on Unalienable Rights" Hides Anti-Human Rights Agenda Rebecca Hamilton June 7, 2019 Intellectual Property, Technology & Cyber This 'Fake News' Law Threatens Free Speech. But It Doesn't Stop There. Jeniffer Daskal May 31, 2019 Washington College of Law Acting Differently: How Science on the Social Brain Can Inform Antidiscrimination Law Susan Carle May 31, 2019 International Law Sudan's New Ruler is No Democrat - and He Has Darfur to Answer for Rebecca Hamilton April 12, 2019 Immigration Law Defining "the": In Nielsen v. Preap the Court Relies on Language Arts to Justify Detention of Immigrants Cori Alonso-Yoder April 1, 2019 Constitutional Law Trump's Travel Ban Faces Fresh Legal Jeopardy Robert L. Tsai March 27, 2019 International Law Sudan's Unlawful State of Emergency Rebecca Hamilton March 5, 2019 Criminal Law A Deadly Pair: Conflicts of Interest Between Death Investigators and Prosecutors Ira P. Robbins February 21, 2019 Environmental Law A Pattern of Ruling Against Mother Nature: Wildlife Species Cases Decided by Justice Kavanaugh on the DC Circuit William J. Snape, III February 12, 2019 Constitutional Law How Activists Resisted - and Ultimately Overturned - An Unjust Supreme Court Decision Robert L. Tsai January 31, 2019 International & Comparative Law The Hidden Danger of User-Generated Evidence for International Criminal Justice Rebecca Hamilton January 24, 2019 Intellectual Property Law Innovation and Tradition: A Survey of Intellectual Property and Technology Legal Clinics Victoria F. Phillips January 8, 2019 Law & Government Thankfully, We're Getting More Native Americans Reps in Congress this January Ezra Rosser December 10, 2018 Gender & the Law Open Letter to Federal Bureau of Prisoners on Changes to Transgender Offender Manual Brenda V. Smith November 21, 2018 Sports & Entertainment Law In Search of the Final Head Ball: The Case for Eliminating Heading from Soccer N. Jeremi Duru November 8, 2018 Public Interest Law Perspective: California Takes Important Step to Decriminalize Microenterprise Joseph Pileri October 30, 2018 Human Rights Human Rights Protections in International Supply Chains - Protecting Workers and Managing Company Risk David Snyder October 16, 2018 Criminal Law Guns N' Ganja: How Federalism Criminalizes the Lawful Use of Marijuana Ira Robbins October 1, 2018 Law & Government Kavanaugh and the 'Boys Will Be Boys' Sentiment is a Poor Excuse for Bad Behavior Ezra Rosser September 18, 2018 Environmental Law Trump's EPA Is Poisoning Our Children Herman Schwartz August 21, 2018 Criminal Law How Criminal Justice Reformers Should Confront Justice Kennedy's Retirement Angela J. Davis August 6, 2018 Immigration Law Trump v. Hawaii: Bait and Switch – The Supreme Court's Travel Ban Decision and Korematsu Anita Sinha July 16, 2018 Human Rights & Humanitarian Law Messing with International Human Rights Institutions Center for Human Rights & Humanitarian Law July 11, 2018 Public Interest Law The Trump Administration Doesn't Really Care about Poverty Ezra Rosser June 25, 2018 International Law International Law and Reparations: The Inter-American System Claudio Grossman May 24, 2018 Legal Language 'And/Or' and the Proper Use of Legal Language Ira P. Robbins May 7, 2018 Sports & Entertainment Law Tik Tok: Time to Eradicate Sexual Assault in the Music Industry through the Implied Covenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing Chanel Chasanov, JD '18 May 1, 2018 Immigration Law Sessions v. Dimaya: Refusing to Leave "judges to their intuitions and the people to their fate," Gorsuch Positions Himself as Scalia's Jurisprudential Heir in Deportation Case Cori Alonso-Yoder May 1, 2018 Human Rights & Humanitarian Law A Venezuelan Refugee Crisis Jenna Ruddock, JD '20 May 1, 2018 Public Interest Law Pulling from a Dated Playbook: President Trump's Executive Order on Poverty Ezra Rosser April 20, 2018 Environmental Law Unlearned Lessons from the "Toxic Soup": Floods, Industrialization, and Missed Opportunities Elena Franco, JD '18 April 20, 2018 Gender & the Law Gender Perspectives on Torture: Law and Practice Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law April 13, 2018 Human Rights & Humanitarian Law Paying Attention to Land Rights in Syria Negotiations Deyaa Alrwishdi and Rebecca Hamilton April 12, 2018 Immigration Law Special Immigrant Juvenile Status Bench Book: A National Guide to Best Practice for Judges and Courts National Immigrant Women’s Advocacy Project April 11, 2018 Human Rights & Humanitarian Law Some Kind of Justice: The ICTY's Impact in Bosnia and Serbia Diane Orentlicher April 9, 2018 Washington College of Law Remembering Dr. King: Now is the Time to Strengthen the Mantle of Civic Engagement and Civil Discourse and Forge Ahead Kendra Brown April 4, 2018 Law & Government Mastering the DC Rental Market - Taking Lessons from Scott Pruitt's $50 per Night Rental Deal Ezra Rosser April 3, 2018 Intellectual Property Law Miles to Go Before We Sleep Jonathan Stroud March 22, 2018 Immigration Law Jennings v. Rodriguez: Against the Backdrop of Executive Enforcement and Legislative Inaction, the Court Revisits the Issue of Prolonged Immigration Detention Cori Alonso-Yoder March 14, 2018 Gender & the Law The Trans Athlete Dilemma: A Constitutional Analysis of High School Transgender Student-Athlete Policies Michael J. Lenzi March 12, 2018 Intellectual Property Law Comments to the Mexican Senate on Copyright Provisions in the NAFTA Renegotiation Sean Flynn March 5, 2018 Criminal Law My Testimony on "Pervasive Problem of Sexual Abuse against Women in Prison & Best Practices for Prevention and Reporting within the Prison Setting" Brenda V. Smith February 27, 2018 Public Interest Law Trump's All-Out War on the Poor Ezra Rosser February 23, 2018 Trade & Investment Paradigm Lost? U.S. Trade Policy as an Instrument of Foreign Policy Alan Wm. Wolff, Deputy Director General of World Trade Organization February 8, 2018 Legal Education The Key to Law Student Well-Being? We Have to Love Our Law Students David B. Jaffe February 6, 2018 Administrative Law Meme-ocracy and Prison Rape: How Our Slogan-Based Politics Destroys Reality-Based Government Roderick Hills, NYU School of Law January 19, 2018 Diversity and Inclusion Global Diversity: The Key to Success of an American University An open letter to international students and alumni in light of recent events | Professor Padideh Ala’i January 18, 2018 Immigration Law An Apology to My Son's Salvadorian Caretaker Ezra Rosser January 10, 2018 Gender & the Law No, Naming and Shaming Sexual Offenders Doesn't Always Help Rebecca Hamilton January 8, 2018 International & Comparative Law Hate Speech Is not Free Speech for Europe Flaka Pollozhani, International Visiting Scholar December 14, 2017 Public Interest Law The Previously Unrecognized Costs of Booze, Women, and Movies Thank you Sen. Grassley for explaining why people are not rich | Ezra Rosser December 7, 2017 Law & Government The Role and Impact of Nationwide Injunctions by District Courts Amanda Frost December 5, 2017 International & Comparative Law Inform to Reform: Using Comparative Law to Make Change Fernanda Nicola November 26, 2017 Public Interest Law Pushing Back Against the Criminalization of Poverty Ezra Rosser November 25, 2017 Constitutional Law Academic Highlight: Vázquez and Vladeck on the Constitutional Right to Post-Conviction Review Amanda Frost November 15, 2017 Arbitration & Dispute Resolution State Succession and BITs: Challenges for Investment Arbitration Raúl Pereira Fleury, LL.M. ’15 November 13, 2017 International & Comparative Law The Season of Self-Determination: An Analysis of Catalonia's Independence Referendum Paul Williams & Margaux J. Day November 13, 2017 Human Rights & Humanitarian Law Implementation of Alternative Measures for Women in Venezuelan Prisons Based on the Bangkok Rules Maria Corina Muskus Toro, LL.M. '16 November 7, 2017 Human Rights & Humanitarian Law The Prohibition of Torture: An Introductory Guide Center for Human Rights & Humanitarian Law November 3, 2017 Constitutional Law Encouraging Constitutional Literacy in Youth Lisa M. Curtis, Associate Director of the Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project October 25, 2017 Intellectual Property, Technology & Cyber There's No Good Decision in the Next Big Data Privacy Case Jennifer Daskal October 18, 2017 Intellectual Property, Technology & Cyber Protecting a Free and Open Internet: My Testimony Before the House Commerce Committee Professor Jennifer Daskal October 12, 2017 Administrative Law President Trump's "Two-for-One" Executive Order (12,771), Requiring Agencies to Repeal Two Regulations for Every New One, Raises Many Questions Jeffrey Lubbers October 6, 2017 Immigration Law Hope for Some 'Dreamers' Despite Trump Move to End DACA Professor Amanda Frost September 7, 2017 Constitutional Law The Troubling Sheriffs' Movement that Joe Arpaio Supports Robert L. Tsai September 1, 2017 Public Interest Law The Republican Party Is a Threat to School Lunches for Hungry Kids Ezra Rosser August 25, 2017 Human Rights & Humanitarian Law Continued Crackdown on Ethnic Minorities After the Regime Change in Burma Ericha Penzien, JD '19 April 18, 2017

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If Society Values Redemption, Then Changes to Sentencing Rule Are Necessary

Margaret Martin Barry

June 23, 2021

If Society Values Redemption, Then Changes to Sentencing Rule Are Necessary

Opportunity for parole should be based on two factors: meeting terms of punishment and rehabilitation,” says Professor Margaret Martin Barry, director of American University Washington College of Law's Re-Entry Clinic (REC). Professor Barry’s op-ed piece in Maryland Matters advocates in favor of proposed changes to the Maryland Rules that would provide a basis for courts to revise long prison sentences imposed on individuals for crimes committed when they were under 25 years of age if they have served a considerable portion of their sentence and demonstrated that they have been rehabilitated.

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