Law

DOJ Blasts Albuquerque Police Department’s ‘Culture of Unjustifiable Aggression’

DOJ Blasts Albuquerque Police Department’s ‘Culture of Unjustifiable Aggression’ DOJ Blasts Albuquerque Police Department’s ‘Culture of Unjustifiable Aggression’

Albuquerque police who use excessive force rarely face any form of accountability.

Apr 10, 2014 / Steven Hsieh

Feds, State Legislative Committee Accelerate Inquiries Into Bridgegate

Feds, State Legislative Committee Accelerate Inquiries Into Bridgegate Feds, State Legislative Committee Accelerate Inquiries Into Bridgegate

Some of the key actors may be nearing a deal for immunity in order to tell what they know.

Apr 10, 2014 / Bob and Barbara Dreyfuss

How a Receipt Helped Free a Wrongfully Convicted Man After More Than 24 Years in Prison

How a Receipt Helped Free a Wrongfully Convicted Man After More Than 24 Years in Prison How a Receipt Helped Free a Wrongfully Convicted Man After More Than 24 Years in Prison

Trial attorneys never saw key evidence proving Jonathan Fleming was in Florida when the murder he was alleged to commit occurred.

Apr 9, 2014 / Steven Hsieh

Prison Culture: How Biases Trump Evidence and Land People in Jail

Prison Culture: How Biases Trump Evidence and Land People in Jail Prison Culture: How Biases Trump Evidence and Land People in Jail

The imprisonment of an American couple in Qatar reveals biases in criminal justice, at home and abroad.

Apr 8, 2014 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

When Peter Matthiessen Was Silenced by his Publisher

When Peter Matthiessen Was Silenced by his Publisher When Peter Matthiessen Was Silenced by his Publisher

How the cowardice of Viking Penguin kept the author’s In The Spirit of Crazy Horse out of print for seven years. 

Apr 7, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Jon Wiener

Why Is Georgia About to Pass a Law That Will Make It Easier to Send Poor People to Prison?

Why Is Georgia About to Pass a Law That Will Make It Easier to Send Poor People to Prison? Why Is Georgia About to Pass a Law That Will Make It Easier to Send Poor People to Prison?

After extensive lobbying, the private probation industry is poised to wield ever more power over Georgia’s debtors.

Apr 7, 2014 / Hannah Rappleye and Lisa Riordan Seville

How a Clerical Error Barred This Stanford Student From the United States

How a Clerical Error Barred This Stanford Student From the United States How a Clerical Error Barred This Stanford Student From the United States

Rahinah Ibrahim’s life was derailed by the tangle of national security bureaucracies that have come to define post-9/11 America. 

Apr 7, 2014 / Peter Van Buren

A Grand Jury Is Quizzing a Key Christie Spokesman

A Grand Jury Is Quizzing a Key Christie Spokesman A Grand Jury Is Quizzing a Key Christie Spokesman

Looks like the US attorney is calling witnesses to testify, on both Bridgegate and the Hoboken charges.

Apr 5, 2014 / Bob and Barbara Dreyfuss

After Lawsuit, ICE Releases Hunger Strikers From Solitary Confinement

After Lawsuit, ICE Releases Hunger Strikers From Solitary Confinement After Lawsuit, ICE Releases Hunger Strikers From Solitary Confinement

A lawsuit against ICE claimed that immigrant detainees were placed in isolation in retaliation to their hunger strike, a violation of their free speech rights.

Apr 4, 2014 / Steven Hsieh

How UK Law Ties Immigrant Domestic Workers to Their Abusive Employers

How UK Law Ties Immigrant Domestic Workers to Their Abusive Employers How UK Law Ties Immigrant Domestic Workers to Their Abusive Employers

The UK seems keen on abandoning its most vulnerable workers to the rule of the master of the house.

Apr 4, 2014 / Michelle Chen

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