In this morning’s NY Times, legal columnist Adam Liptak writes about something that’s...
Archive - April 2007
Habeas Schmabeas – The Fate of the Great Writ
This weekend the NPR radio show, This American Life, replayed an updated version of its 2006...
Be a Teenager, Go to Prison
A couple of attorneys, an urban studies professor and a former Seventeen Magazine editor have...
Back from my hidey-hole (that’s like a spidey-hole only different)
FIRST OF ALL, A MILLION THANKS TO COMMENTERS LIKE WOODY AND RICHARD LOCIRCERO WHO KEPT THE...
Life, Courts, and Blogging..
I’ve just spent the last two days reporting on a story that took me to two different Los...
The Innocence Factor
As commenter, Richard Locicero brought up in the last thread, the notion of execution—lethal...
Lethal Doses of Politics
A new study has just been released by researchers at the University of Miami that provides yet more...
Supremes, Roe and Women, the sequel
A few more interesting takes on the recent Supreme Court decision, Gonzales vs. Carhart, regarding...
Bad Behavior
Anyone who’s been paying attention doesn’t need a 115-page report to tell them that a...
WRONGFUL: Will Arnold Do the Right Thing?
It would be nice to think that wrongful convictions are once-in-a-blue-moon occurrences. But...