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Salon.com
March 13, 2002
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Worst-case scenario I knew it was coming, but it's still hard to accept: In Texas, mental illness is not a defense to murder...   |
Salon.com
July 4, 2001
Alan Berlow |
A Supreme Court shocker Sandra Day O'Connor's criticisms of the death penalty couldn't have come from a more unlikely source... |
Reason
January 2003
Walter K. Olson |
Courting Stupidity Why smart lawyers pick dumb jurors. |
Psychology Today
Mar/Apr 2007
Matthew Hutson |
Unnatural Selection There's a thriving industry built on the scientific selection of jurors, but social psychologists aren't sure just how accurate it is, or whether it gives legal adversaries an edge. |
Salon.com
June 12, 2000
Alan Berlow |
Bush's death penalty dodge The Texas governor has issued his first reprieve in a death penalty case; the question is whether he's seen the light or is just playing politics. |
Salon.com
March 17, 2000
Alicia Montgomery |
Angels of justice Barry Scheck and Jim Dwyer talk about the Innocence Project, which has helped overturn eight wrongful convictions of death-row inmates. |
Salon.com
October 20, 2000
Bruce Shapiro |
Deadly lies George W. Bush and Al Gore both believe capital punishment deters violent crime. They're wrong... |
Salon.com
June 15, 2001
David Lindorff |
Mumia's all-or-nothing gamble In a stunning switch, the convicted murderer's new lawyers now passionately claim he's completely innocent and that the real culprit was a mobster hired by corrupt Philly cops to kill one of their own. If the judge doesn't buy it, their client could die... |
Salon.com
October 3, 2000
Alan Berlow |
Bush's big lie His "not me" excuse for the 145 executions in Texas on his watch relies on the kind of legal hairsplitting that would make the president proud... |
ifeminists
October 22, 2006
Wendy McElroy |
In Duke Rape Case, Justice Relies on Jurors Those in charge of the legal system are damaging justice itself. It is time for average people to bring fairness and standards back into the courtroom. Certainly, those with authority over the Duke rape case cannot be trusted to do so. |
Reason
December 2007
Radley Balko |
No Money, No Justice Do public defenders deserve scorn, or bigger budgets? Book review: Defending the Damned: Inside Chicago's Cook County Public Defender's Office, by Kevin Davis. |
Salon.com
February 8, 2000
Michael Kroll |
Executioner's swan song? Public support is weakening, but the death penalty will be slow to die. |
Salon.com
June 12, 2001
Bruce Shapiro |
What about retarded criminals? Although Bush says they shouldn't be executed, his Texas record shows otherwise, fueling the division between America and Europe over the death penalty... |
Reason
April 2004
Anderson & Jackson |
Washington's Biggest Crime Problem The federal government's ever-expanding criminal code is an affront to justice and the Constitution. |
BusinessWeek
April 21, 2011
Ryan Flinn |
Social Media: A New Jury Selection Tool Web-savvy lawyers and legal consultants are scouring social media to investigate jurors' backgrounds and biases. |
Salon.com
October 20, 2000
Amy Goldwasser |
The exonerated Wrongly convicted, they sat on death row for years. Extraordinary legal measures saved their lives. A new play confronts us with their nightmares... |
BusinessWeek
July 4, 2005
Mike France |
Courtroom Strategies On Trial Recent high-profile verdicts have prosecutors and defense attorneys rewriting their playbooks. |
Reason
July 2001
Cathy Young |
McVeigh to Macbeth The difference between revenge, retribution, and right... |
Salon.com
November 5, 2000
Robert Bryce |
Prosecutor says Bush "directly deceived" him to avoid jury duty The GOP candidate "used his position as governor" to avoid questions about his past during jury selection in a 1996 drunken-driving case... |
Salon.com
June 22, 2000
Bruce Shapiro |
The gutless executioners Public outrage over the scheduled execution of Texas death-row inmate Gary Graham shows just how far behind our dimly lit politicians lag. |
Salon.com
January 17, 2001
Eric Boehlert |
Why won't Rush Limbaugh denounce Ronnie White? Maybe he knows White is no more pro-criminal than his own cousin, Missouri Supreme Court Justice Stephen Limbaugh Jr.... |
Salon.com
September 14, 2000
Ashley Fantz |
Doubt on death row Despite a partisan tie vote, Tennessee convict Philip Workman faces execution, while the country faces new facts about the death penalty. |
Reason
June 2008
Radley Balko |
Soundbite: Freeing the Innocent A conversation with Craig Watkins, the first elected African-American district attorney in Texas history. |
Salon.com
May 9, 2001
Earl Ofari Hutchinson |
The McVeigh effect The media buzz over the white Oklahoma City bomber's execution is eclipsing the truth about federal death-row inmates: Most are black or Latino... |
Salon.com
June 12, 2000
Alicia Montgomery |
Trail mix: Bush and executions George W. Bush's capital punishment record doesn't pass the sniff test, according to a Chicago Tribune investigation.... |
AskMen.com
April 3, 2002
Justin Becker |
How To: Get Out Of Jury Duty If you happen to not want to go, there are ways to go about escaping. Or at least attempt to... |
PC World
December 17, 2002
Matt Berger |
Verdict Delivers Blow to the DMCA Jury finds ElcomSoft not guilty, a ruling seen as a setback for enforcing the controversial digital copyright law. |
Sports Illustrated
November 1, 2000
Lester Munson |
Everyone loses in Chmura trial The trial of Mark Chmura is not going to be easy for anyone. In addition to the doubts about the prosecution's evidence against him, a number of factors will make the case difficult for Chmura, his accuser, his attorneys, the prosecutors and the presiding judge... |
CFO
February 1, 2006
Kate O'Sullivan |
The Best Defense In today's high-stakes legal environment, top white-collar attorneys are ready to defend the CFO. |
Reason
February 2006 |
Letters Run Away, Jury!... Rubbish!... Clay S. Conrad... Freedom Riders... etc. |
Salon.com
June 22, 2000
Anthony York |
"This is a shaky death case" The Northwestern professor whose students helped free four death row prisoners talks about Gary Graham, George W. Bush and why Al Gore is silent on Graham's pending execution. |
Reason
April 2009
Anderson & Jackson |
Putting Stars Behind Bars How did breaking sports rules become a federal offense? |
ifeminists
December 2, 2003
Wendy McElroy |
Media Fails Public in Jackson Case Should the public pass judgment on Michael Jackson's recent arrest for child molestation? Or should he be "innocent until proven guilty"? |
Salon.com
September 28, 2000
Jake Tapper |
33 down George W. Bush jets in long enough to see Texas execute another prisoner -- putting him just 4 shy of his own record for the most put to death in one year. |
The Motley Fool
April 2, 2004
Rich Smith |
Tyco's Kozlowski Walks The judge in the Kozlowski-Swartz case has declared a mistrial. |
Salon.com
July 17, 2000
Robert Bryce |
Waco's unanswered questions The trial is over, but both Branch Davidians and supporters of the government are disappointed that reports of lying and misconduct have been ignored. |
Reason
February 2003
Ronald Bailey |
Guilt Tip DNA testing and justice: Voters seem to agree that if the state is going to claim the awesome power to execute murderers, it should make every effort to insure that those it kills are in fact guilty. |
BusinessWeek
January 24, 2005
Woellert & France |
Corporate Cases: Time To Cut A Deal? A new ruling could empower white collar defendants -- until Congress rewrites sentencing rules. |
Sports Central
March 31, 2011
Charles Coughlin |
Bonds: Hearsay and the Home Run King Barry Bonds has a legitimate shot of beating a perjury charge for which the whole world knows he's guilty. |
Reason
July 2003
Jacob Sullum |
Jury Ragging: Medical pot in federal courts When Ed Rosenthal was convicted on federal marijuana cultivation charges last winter, his friends and supporters were not the only ones who were upset. So were the people who convicted him. |
Sports Central
April 4, 2011
Clinton Riddle |
The Circus is in Town It's not likely that Barry Bonds will receive an unbiased verdict from any group of 12 jurors in this hemisphere. |
| AskMen.com |
Spies Like Them Two acquitted on the charge of economic espionage against the U.S. could face a retrial on three other counts on which a jury deadlocked. |
Pharmaceutical Executive
January 1, 2013 |
Product Liability Claims and Comment K Courts across the country are making it easier to prove that a drug is unsafe, warning label notwithstanding. |
Reason
November 2005
Tim Cavanaugh |
Run Away, Jury! The problem with the American legal system isn't the rapacious lawyers -- it's the idiotic jurors. |
BusinessWeek
May 20, 2010
Bob Van Voris |
Big Tobacco's Many Days in Court Facing thousands of lawsuits in Florida, cigarette makers are crying foul. |
Salon.com
February 6, 2001
Earl Ofari Hutchinson |
The rap against Puff Daddy Sean "Puffy" Combs claims he's been targeted by prosecutors for being a young, black celebrity -- but that celebrity is built on a criminal image... |
Reason
March 2005
Matt Welch |
Taking the Fifth When journalists threaten our right to remain silent. |
The Motley Fool
December 13, 2005
Rich Duprey |
Merck's Bitter Pill The first federal Vioxx trial ends with a deadlocked jury, but that's not necessarily good news for the drugmaker, or investors. |
The Motley Fool
November 16, 2011
Anders Bylund |
A Huge Legal Ruling in the Tech Arena Jurors emerge from deliberations after eight long weeks, do not see the shadow of Micron misconduct. |
CFO
April 1, 2008
Alix Stuart |
Trials & Errors As two recent securities lawsuits illustrate, there are no guarantees when you go to court. |
