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The Politics of Prosecution Podcast examines the relationship between politics, broadly defined, and local, state, and federal prosecution. Politics is the use and distribution of power. Criminal prosecution is the government's coercive use of that power. Therefore, we must understand the relationship between politics and prosecution. This podcast does so in a non-partisan and interdisciplinary manner. We hope to contribute to the academic and public discourse on the subject. Language: en Genres: Government Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Politics of Prosecution, Series 1, Ep 23; The CFAA
Monday, 30 November, 2020
Welcome back to the Politics of Prosecution Podcast! This podcast examines the interaction between politics, broadly defined, and criminal prosecution on the local, state and federal levels. Our goal is to produce a variety of shows using different media. The podcast’s first series is created and produced by students in High Point University’s Honors Program. They will look at a variety of issues raised by ongoing events. In the twenty-third episode of the first series, the hosts introduce the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) in a dicussion of how malleable laws increase prosecutotial discretion and power. The hosts examine prior court cases where the CFAA was charged, including United States v Rodriguez (2010), John v United States (2013), United States v Valle (2015), and United States v Nosal (2017). Additionally, the hosts analyze the possible outcomes and inplications of Van Buren v United States, the first case involving the CFAA that will go before the Supreme Court. Finally, the hosts consider how the CFAA can be improved and how the CFAA could limit prosecutorial discretion. The resources used for reference in this episode include: https://academic.oup.com/jpart/advance-article/doi/10.1093/jopart/muaa017/5837923 https://doi.org/10.1093/sf/77.3.1163 https://law.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/National-Study-Prosecutor-Elections-2020.pdf https://lawreview.law.ucdavis.edu/online/vol50/Sklansky.pdf https://newsinteractive.post-gazette.com/thedigs/2014/10/13/anne-alpern-first-woman-on-pennsylvanias-high-court/ https://www.acslaw.org/event/progressive-prosecution-and-the-carceral-state/#:~:text=Proponents%20of%20%E2%80%9Cprogressive%20prosecution%E2%80%9D%20commonly,limiting%20the%20number%20of%20people https://www.fairvote.org/voter_turnout#measuring_voter_turnout https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/05/03/in-year-of-record-midterm-turnout-women-continued-to-vote-at-higher-rates-than-men/ https://www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/pie2020.html https://www.themarshallproject.org/2020/01/16/facing-intimidation-black-women-prosecutors-say-enough https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1030 https://www.nacdl.org/Landing/ComputerFraudandAbuseAct https://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-11th-circuit/1549806.html https://www.eff.org/cases/van-buren-v-united-states https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/19/19-783/146727/20200701130402295_19- 783BriefForPetitioner.pdf https://www.scotusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/16-1344-Nosal-petition.pdf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._John_(2010) https://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-2nd-circuit/1719750.html A special thank you goes to HPU’s Media Services Librarian Josh Harris for allowing us to use his outstanding recording equipment. Taylor Cunningham performed the editing this week. If you have any comments, questions, concerns, or criticisms, please contact us via: Twitter: @Poli_Pros Instagram: Poli.n.Pros poli.n.pros@gmail.com More episodes of this podcast can be found on iTunes and Spotify.
