Monthly Archives: February 2011
Are You ‘Available?’: An Analysis of the Porco Appeal Before the N.Y. Court of Appeals
Written by David Szalda, Albany Government Law Review Member Introduction On the morning of November 15, 2004, the quiet Albany suburb of Delmar, N.Y. awoke to the news of the murder and attempted murder of Peter and Joan Porco.[1] … Continue reading
Filed under Constitutional Law, Criminal Law
Are Two Judicial Systems Better Than One?: A Look at the Debate Between Military Tribunal Commissions v. Federal Civilian Trials in Terrorism Cases
Lindsey Overton, Albany Government Law Review Member Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other individuals who are accused of planning and executing the September 11, 2001 attacks have been in U.S. custody since shortly after the attacks occurred and have … Continue reading
Filed under Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Human Rights, National Security
Same Sex Domestic Abuse and Orders of Protection
Zach Kansler, Albany Government Law Review Member Introduction No intimate relationship is immune from the danger of domestic abuse. Homosexual couples and heterosexual couples experience similar rates of harm inflected by domestic abuse. [1] Despite the similarities in rate of … Continue reading
Filed under Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Equal Protection
