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The Cost of Bigotry in the Justice System: How Appointed Counsel’s Racism and Bigotry Deprives Defendants of Constitutional Rights
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The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts granted Anthony Dew a new trial, citing an actual conflict of interest due to his court-appointed counsel’s racist and Islamophobic social media posts. The decision highlights systemic bias within the criminal justice system and underscores a critical precedent for future cases involving racial discrimination in legal representation.
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Roe Your Boat: Shipping Reproductive Care out to Sea as a Legal Workaround to State Abortion Restrictions in the Wake of Dobbs
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Introduction Dr. Rebecca Gomperts maneuvers through a throng of protestors at the harbor in Smir, Morocco, amidst chants of “go away” and “abortion is treachery” from the gathering crowd.As she addresses the cameras, Dr. Gomperts’s ship sails in the waters…
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The Protection Paradox: Negative Impacts of Anti-Trafficking Legislation and the Criminalization of Sex Work on Women in the United States
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*I would like to thank the New England Law Review v. 57 and v. 58 staff for their invaluable contributions. Thank you to my editors, Deyanira Gonzalez and Jocelyn Schafer, for your guidance throughout the writing process. And thank you…
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Is This Thing On?: Massachusetts Wiretap Act Now Offers Little Protection
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Introduction The Massachusetts Wiretap Act originally created a more restrictive version of the Federal Wiretap Act with a greater focus on individual privacy. While the Federal Wiretap Act allows one party to a conversation to record the conversation without…
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REVIEW OF USUAL CRUELTY: THE COMPLICITY OF LAWYERS IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM BY ALEC KARAKATSANIS
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Authors Note: George J. & Kathleen Waters Matthews Distinguished University Professor of Law, Northeastern University School of Law. The author was first assistant counsel to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund in the 1960s, co-founded the clinical program at Columbia Law…
