Racist statements lead lawmakers to reject John Wayne Day
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — What a California lawmaker intended as a benign resolution honoring a late, world-renowned movie icon exploded into...
The bias against circumstantial evidence
Research shows jurors routinely undervalue circumstantial evidence and overvalue direct evidence, despite research indicating the former...
Inequality Will Get Worse Until There Is A Revolution
America’s wealth concentration has increased tenfold since Bill Clinton first ran for president. Imagine, after a deep sleep, you...
The keys to police reform
The shooting of Michael Brown by police in Ferguson, Missouri and similar incidents in New York, Baltimore, and elsewhere have sparked...
Prince: a Jehovah Witness who is now in Hell
This is an excerpt from the sermon "Too Little Too Late" preached by Pastor Steven L Anderson. The full sermon can be downloaded or...
Migrant children kept from enrolling in school - 35 districts in 14 states
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Candelario Jimon Alonzo came to the U.S. dreaming of becoming something more than what seemed possible along the...
Norms of Computer Trespass
This Essay develops an approach to interpreting computer trespass laws, such as the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, that ban unauthorized...
The illusion of justice for sexual abuse victims
After decades of representing victims of sexual abuse, I was convinced that Jerry Sandusky’s arrest at Penn State in 2011 would put to...
How Conspiracy Laws Let Prosecutors Abuse Their Power - Turning Small Fish into Big Fish
Amy Povah was just 30 years old when she was sentenced to 24 years in federal prison for a drug crime she didn’t even commit herself. The...
California case uncovers long-standing practice of planting jailhouse informants
Angry about a child custody dispute, Scott Dekraai armed himself with three handguns, drove to the beauty salon in Seal Beach,...
