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Professor Amy Cyphert Cited by Eastern District of New York in U.S. v. Parra

West Virginia University College of Law professor Amy Cyphert was cited last week by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. The Court cited Professor Cyphert's article, Prisoners of Fate: The Challenges of Creating Change for Children of Incarcerated Parents , 77 Md L. Rev. 285 (2018), in support of its sentencing decision in  United States v. Parra.

From the abstract of Prisoners of Fate: The Challenges of Creating Change for Children of Incarcerated Parents :