by Braden Storer | Jan 8, 2019 | Articles, Case Law, Legal Blog
By: BRADEN STORER This August, the Nebraska Supreme Court upheld the conviction of Anthony Swindle, who was sentenced to 180 years in prison on two counts of sexual assault of a minor – one of sex trafficking and one of sex trafficking of a minor. This marks one of...
by Jasmine Dela Luna | Dec 19, 2018 | Articles, Case Law, Legal Blog
By: JASMINE DELA LUNA In April 2018, the Supreme Court dealt a blow to human rights advocacy efforts when it held that foreign corporations may not be defendants in civil suits brought under the Alien Tort Statute (ATS) in Jesner v. Arab Bank.1 This ruling means...
by Jessica Skocik | Dec 4, 2018 | Articles, Case Law, Legal Blog
By: JESSICA SKOCIK Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson knew something was not right about GEO Group’s immigration detention facilities when he stated, “Let’s be honest about what’s going on: GEO has a captive population of vulnerable individuals who cannot...
by Taylor King | Jun 29, 2018 | Articles, Case Law, Legal Blog
By: TAYLOR KING On June 29, 1988, the U.S. Supreme Court reached a decision that dramatically changed the legal landscape of human trafficking law and ushered in the Trafficking Victims Protections Act (TVPA) of 2000. Today, marks 30 years since that Supreme Court...