Extrajudicial Activism Extrajudicial Activism
The Klan was willing to risk that their victims were innocent; we can't take that risk today with accused terrorists.
Jun 29, 2005 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Just a Theory Just a Theory
Recently it seems discussion on culture goes well beyond careless epithet and into a land with no common ground.
Jun 16, 2005 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Genetically Speaking Genetically Speaking
There is no specific genetic marker that distinguishes one race from another.
Jun 2, 2005 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Salt in the Wound Salt in the Wound
Why is The New York Times Magazine floating an unsubstantiated theory of genetic determinism?
May 19, 2005 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Beyond the Pale Beyond the Pale
A closer look at sexual abuse cases makes the questions surrounding them even murkier.
May 5, 2005 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
The ‘Ick’ Factor: Villains, Veils and Vision The ‘Ick’ Factor: Villains, Veils and Vision
While Michael Jackson's 2005 trial was appalling, it was not the stuff of ordinary tabloid catharsis; there was not an unsullied soul within fifty miles of the courthouse.
Apr 21, 2005 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Moral Postman Moral Postman
The notion of a moral compass is so politically vexed that it ought to be depicted with its little needle spinning.
Apr 7, 2005 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Habeas Corpus Habeas Corpus
There was an article in The New York Times Magazine not long ago about people who collect hyperrealistic "reborn" dolls.
Mar 24, 2005 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Grim Fairy Tales Grim Fairy Tales
It seemed too bizarre to be anything but apocryphal, but, hey, I heard it on NPR: William Poole, a high school junior from Kentucky, was taken into custody and charged with threa...
Mar 10, 2005 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Playing by the Numbers Playing by the Numbers
My friend L., a magistrate in Britain, is appalled by American-style sentencing, which has taken hold there recently.
Feb 24, 2005 / Column / Patricia J. Williams