All posts tagged "Justice System"
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Best Legal Tweets of the Week
Check out this week's best!
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Are Drug Courts the Answer For Addicts Who Commit Crimes?
The answer is a lot more nuanced than you'd think.
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False Confessions and Sleep Deprivation: New Study Shows Worrisome Link
There are just too many false confessions.
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What Kalief Browder’s Tragic Story Tells Us About the Prison System
Kalief Browder, former Rikers inmate, just committed suicide.
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ICYMI: Best of the Week
ICYMI, here are the top three stories from Law Street.
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Subject of Serial Podcast Gets Appeal Opportunity
Adnan Syed, the subject of NPR's huge hit podcast "Serial," is being given the chance to hear his...
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How Victim Blaming Nurtures an Unjust System
Victim blaming is common in American culture and it's on full display after recent police killings.
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Alabama’s Amendment One: An Attempt at Banning Sharia Law?
Quietly nestled on Alabama’s ballot on Election Day at the top of a list of proposed amendments was...
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Rich Men, Violent Crimes, No Justice
It’s a cliché that’s been played out on every crime procedural on TV: a rich young man, maybe the son...
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Parents vs Hospitals: is Forced Treatment Legal?
Let us examine a scenario; parents go to a hospital to treat their child’s cancer and after seeing...
