News and announcements

December 19, 2024 – The Weldon Project and the Academy for Justice (A4J) celebrate the introduction of the Weldon Angelos Presidential Pardon Expungements Act (H.R. 10248), a bipartisan effort aimed at bridging the gap between presidential pardons and true second chances.

December 19, 2024 – In a significant step toward criminal justice reform, the Weldon Angelos Presidential Pardon Expungements Act (H.R. 10248) has been introduced in Congress, offering new hope to those who have received presidential pardons but still face the lasting consequences of their criminal records.

New York University Law Review This Article reinvigorates the case for abolishing strict liability in the criminal law. Undertaking an intellectual history of mens rea policy, I spotlight two fundamental

Maryland Law Review This Article develops a new vision of mens rea by returning to a bygone era’s conception of the guilty mind. The common law understanding of mens rea

April 21, 2023 – Mississippi Today Attorneys for a woman convicted of capital murder in the death of her then-fiance’s son are once again asking the court for a new trial.

2023 Wisconsin Law Review 287 Does mens rea matter to the criminal legal system? Our study addresses this question by performing the first-ever empirical analysis of a culpable mental state’s

March 15, 2023 –Tulane University The impact of politics on jails, prisons, courts, prosecutors, police, and defense attorneys are just a few of the topics that will be addressed at

New York University Law Review This spring, A4J Deputy Director Valena Beety completed revisions on her essay, Policing Pregnancy “Crimes”, which documents particular wrongful convictions, and proposes methods to challenge