The article explains how the federal Crime Victims' Rights Act and other crime victim protections contain a broad definition of the term "victim." Today, I posted on SSRN my new, co-authored law ...

A panel of 12 lawyers from around the world has proposed a legal definition for a new crime that the lawyers want to see outlawed internationally: ecocide, or widespread destruction of the environment ...

Leading academics, researchers, and journalists dedicated to the study of organized crime around the world convened November 15 in Bogotá, Colombia, to share the latest findings and major trends, and ...

WASHINGTON (CN) — Justice Clarence Thomas invoked “Alice in Wonderland” Tuesday as the Supreme Court tackled the question of whether an attempted robbery can be considered a crime of violence. “It ...

User-Created Clip February 14, 2021 2021-02-11T15:36:01-05:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/ca8/20210211153731002_hd.jpgRaskin, who taught constitutional law for ...

The shadow of a Louisville Police officers arresting a demonstrator is seen on a wall on September 23, 2020 in Louisville, Kentucky. A Kentucky grand jury indicted one police officer involved in the ...

Samantha Lakin, PhD, is a specialist in comparative genocide and a Senior Fellow at The Center for Peace, Democracy, and Development (CPDD) at the University of Massachusetts-Boston, where she also ...

Archbishop Filippo Iannone, right, and Bishop Juan Ignacio Arrieta Ochoa hold a press conference to illustrate the changes in the Catholic Church’s Code of Canon Law at the Vatican, Tuesday, June 1, ...

THE HOUSE OF Representatives has passed a new hate crime bill that pleases gays and lesbians, angers the religious right and has provoked a veto threat from President Bush. But the Local Law ...

Unless a dozen Republicans change their minds after reviewing the evidence presented by the House impeachment managers, the Senate will not convict former president Donald Trump. Congress, therefore, ...

Georgia lawmakers reached across the aisle Tuesday to pass a contentious hate-crimes bill that aims to protect people in the Peach State from acts of violence or property damage perpetrated because of ...