Feb 27, 2020 | Vol. 50 - Book 3
Our world has changed dramatically in the half-century since the first volume of the Suffolk University Law Review went to press. For one, we no longer need a press, or ink for that matter, to share our ideas widely. The Internet and technology more generally are...
Feb 14, 2020 | Vol. 50 - Book 2, Volume 50
“The Supreme Judicial Court and the Supreme Court of the United States have recognized that parents have a fundamental interest in their relationships with their children that is constitutionally protected. This interest is one of the ‘liberty’ interests protected by...
Feb 14, 2020 | Vol. 50 - Book 2, Volume 50
“[W]here the facts with regard to an issue lie peculiarly in the knowledge of a party, that party is best situated to bear the burden of proof. By abandoning that rule in cases involving aiding and abetting . . . the Court creates a perverse arrangement whereby the...
Feb 14, 2020 | Vol. 50 - Book 2, Volume 50
In domestic violence disputes, strangulation is one of the strongest indicators that the perpetrator will murder the victim; stranglers often use this violent act to demonstrate their power and control over their victims. Several studies reveal that thirty to...
Feb 14, 2020 | Vol. 50 - Book 2, Volume 50
Since the implementation of the Armed Career Criminal Act of 1984 (ACCA), the U.S. Supreme Court has grappled with defining certain aspects of it. The ACCA calls for a fifteen-year mandatory minimum prison sentence for offenders who illegally possess a firearm and...
Feb 14, 2020 | Case Comments, Vol. 50 - Book 2, Volume 50
A petition for a writ of habeas corpus is a civil post-conviction motion the first Congress borrowed from English common law to guard against the unconstitutional detainment of persons protected by the new Constitution. The Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty...