Juveniles and Life In Prison Under the Felony Murder Rule

By Sarah Cowan

What exactly is cruel and unusual in contemporary American society? We know the ban on cruel and unusual punishment proscribes execution as punishment for certain types of people: minors, insane persons, and mentally retarded adults. What about a juvenile who is an accomplice to felony-murder, but did not participate in the killing? Should this individual be immune to a sentence of life without parole as well?

Fractured Justice: No Expungement for Exonerees

By Brandon Haubert

Expungement is the legal process by which a citizen can clear his or her record of a prior criminal conviction and start fresh. In Arkansas, when an individual’s record is expunged, the “conduct shall be deemed as a matter of law never to have occurred, and the individual may state that no such conduct ever occurred, and that no such records exist.”

Support Non-profit Organizations

By Chevera Blakemore

Non-profit organizations need all of the support they can receive, but, more importantly, our society needs non-profit organizations.