Zachary S. Price is an Associate Professor at UC Hastings College of the Law. One of Justice Antonin Scalia’s many contributions to Supreme Court jurisprudence was to revitalize the rule of lenity – ...

At the outset of a rebellion, therefore, it is not strange that men in office, as well as men out of office, should look upon the acts of the rebels with a good deal more lenity than the nature of ...

The first is known as the rule of lenity. Lenity is a fundamental principle of American law passed down for hundreds of years even before our Constitution was adopted. It requires judges to ...

The federal aggravated identity theft statute imposes a two-year sentence for any person who, “during and in relation to” certain enumerated felonies, “knowingly transfers, possesses, or uses without ...

Lenity Financial kicks off their fourth year in business by committing to their mission! Lenity's mission: To collaborate with individuals and families to create an environment where they can more ...

The ACLU’s State Supreme Court Initiative, along with the ACLU of Georgia, filed an amicus brief arguing that even if the State’s interpretation of the statutory text were reasonable, its argument ...