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.

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. The twenty-second episode of the first looks broadly at the notion of progressive prosecutors. Since 2016, a new wave of prosecutors have won elected office. They promise to reform the criminal court process in order to rectify perceived biases and undue harshness. This episode explores who they are and what they believe. https://www.nap.edu/read/10114/chapter/3 https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/schools/law/academics-faculty/law-reviews/bclr/e-supp-online/taking-a-deeper-dive-into-progressive-prosecution-evaluating-the-trend-through-the-lens-of-geography-part-one-internal-constraints.html https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1018&context=flro https://www.texasobserver.org/kim-ogg-progressive-prosecutor-harris-county/ https://harvardlawreview.org/2018/12/the-paradox-of-progressive-prosecution/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/post-reports/americas-new-crop-of-progressive-prosecutors-are-getting-pushback/ https://abcnews.go.com/US/progressive-prosecutors-aim-change-criminal-justice-system-inside/story?id=73371317 https://harvardlawreview.org/2018/12/the-paradox-of-progressive-prosecution/#:~:text=Fundamentally%2C%20progressive%20prosecutors%20seek%20to%20rebalance%20the%20use,those%20punitive%20measures%2C%20or%2C%20at%20least%2C%20divert%20them. https://fairandjustprosecution.org/about-fjp/our-work-and-vision/ https://medium.com/fair-and-just-prosecution/21-principles-for-the-21st-century-prosecutor-dc1bf0f2732b https://fairandjustprosecution.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/FJP_21Principles_Interactive-w-destinations.pdf https://fairandjustprosecution.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/FJPBrief.Immigration.9.25.pdf https://fairandjustprosecution.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/FJPBrief.Police-Accountability.9.25.pdf https://tjcinstitute.com/research/the-case-for-comprehensive-marijuana-reform-policies-public-opinion/ https://fairandjustprosecution.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/FJPBrief.Marijuana.9.25.pdf https://fairandjustprosecution.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/COVID-19-Solutions-at-a-Glance-8-28-20.pdf https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/63-prosecutors-pledge-criminalize-abortion-roe-wade-overturned/story?id=73606211 https://fairandjustprosecution.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Joint-Statement-from-Elected-Prosecutors-on-Abortion-Laws-10-14-20.pdf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuHbk5BR3cU https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/295/78 https://courses.lumenlearning.com/wmopen-introbusiness/chapter/meaning-and-purposes-of-the-law/ https://www.coursehero.com/file/p6m3ntr/Define-compare-and-contrast-the-three-political-styles-of-prosecutors-Which/ https://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/nclr89&div=63&g_sent=1&casa_token=&collection=journals https://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/clr108&div=11&g_sent=1&casa_token=&collection=journals A special thank you goes to HPU’s Media Services Librarian Josh Harris for allowing us to use his outstanding recording equipment. 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.

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. The twenty-first episode of the first series 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. On October 19, 2020, the Department of Justice held a press conference to announce the indictment of 6 Russian hackers. The facts of the case are briefly outlined. We use this specific case and press conference to frame a discussion about the relationship between prosecutors and the media. Specifically, we examine if the relationship between the media is prosecutors is positive or negative and is the media an effect check on prosecutorial power. Sources: https://www.justice.gov/opa/video/six-russian-gru-officers-charged-connection-worldwide-deployment-destructive-malware-and https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/six-russian-gru-officers-charged-connection-worldwide-deployment-destructive-malware-and A special thank you goes to HPU’s Media Services Librarian Josh Harris for allowing us to use his outstanding recording equipment. 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.