by Joseph Payne | Mar 20, 2017 | Blog Posts, Uncategorized
Chijindu Obiofuma, Columbia Law School Class of 2018 This past week, the Supreme Court handed down their decision Buck v. Davis[1]. Although, for many in the circles of social justice and capital reform, the decision was uncontroversial, it was by no means inevitable....
by Joseph Payne | Mar 3, 2017 | Blog Posts, Uncategorized
Patricia Okonta, Columbia Law School Class of 2018 Just over a week ago, a public defender asked a judge in Louisiana’s Orleans Parish to strike down a provision of the state’s constitution that allows for non-unanimous jury verdicts to result in felony...
