The One Where the Defendant is Already Serving a Life Sentence Izzy Bielamowicz One of the more confusing cases that I have studied and coded in my time with tPP is the ‘Fleurinord’ group case, which I completed with my partner earlier this semester. This particular case includes three defendants: Hitler Fleurinord, Billy Alexander, and […]
Life in Prison over Childhood Beliefs: Psychology behind the Ritchie case Megan Roques (@meganroques) When coding cases, we examine multiple cases with various motivations in order to determine if they fit the inclusion criteria. Lately, most of the cases that I have found have been the result of scraping documents and databases. Therefore, coding these […]
New York Bail Reform and Its Implications on a tPP Case Caitlin Marsengill New York’s well intended cash bail reform policy has created unintended consequences and sparked controversy in policymakers, law enforcement, and the public in one fell swoop. On January 1, 2020, New York’s new bail reform policy went into effect. They are following […]
The Changing Nature of Assault & Hate Crimes Nitya Sunil Last Spring semester, while working on coding cases, I came across a case with characteristics that would determine prosecution for many future cases. The State of Texas v. John Rayne Rivello determines whether a tweet, or any message-sending medium utilized on the Internet, can be […]
The Roaring Twenty-Twenties: White Nationalism Rising and the Coronavirus Zion Miller While the Prosecution Project’s objectives primarily relate to how sociopolitical crimes are prosecuted, the Project also studies the trends of how and who commits sociopolitical crime change over time. Examples of past trends was a large right-wing anti-government movement during the 1990s, a massive […]