Blog Posts in September, 2019

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  • California’s Hate Crime Laws Are Leading to Harsher Sentencing
    California’s Hate Crime Laws Are Leading to Harsher Sentencing

    Politics and other current, newsworthy events have led to an increase in attention to possible affronts made because of one’s affiliation with a minority group. The data shows that, despite the ...

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  • California’s Age of Consent, and What it Means for You
    California’s Age of Consent, and What it Means for You

    Understanding Consent in California Since 2014, California has defined consent as an “affirmative and ongoing” process for any sexual activity. This standard is useful for determining what counts as ...

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  • A Prosecutor's Duty: Defining Justice
    A Prosecutor's Duty: Defining Justice

    In my last blog, I began talking about the structural imbalances in the criminal justice system between the government and the accused and the ways the Constitution and courts have devised to attempt ...

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  • Who Will Watch the Watchers
    Who Will Watch the Watchers

    There are few places in which the balance of power is as uneven as in criminal prosecution. On one side, you have the government, with essentially unlimited resources. On the other, you have the ...

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