Author Index Thomas A. Drysdale

Illinois, Out on Bail

By Thomas A. Drysdale
June
2022
Article
, Page 34
Comparing the Illinois Pretrial Fairness Act, which eliminates the use of cash bail in Illinois, with the federal Bail Reform Act, which abolished cash bail in the federal criminal system in 1984.

Cocaine Isn’t What It Used to Be

By Thomas A. Drysdale
September
2021
Article
, Page 36
Cocaine is not defined the same way under Illinois and federal law. An analysis of the impact of United States v. Ruth on federal drug sentencing enhancements.

I Can’t Quite Put My Finger on It

By Thomas A. Drysdale
October
2020
Article
, Page 26
Is biometrically unlocking a digital device a self-incriminating act?

Sued for the Policy That Wasn’t: Section 1983 Liability after Glisson

By Thomas A. Drysdale
July
2018
Article
, Page 36
As long as an entity has given thought to a policy, it may be held liable for not enacting it if the policy would have prevented a plaintiff's injury. Introducing the wide-ranging implications of Glisson v. Indiana Department of Corrections.
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