The families have experienced what they describe as a kind of legal whiplash: progress followed by delay, renewed hope followed by another setback.
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Book Review: ‘Champions of Innocence: Inside the Fight Against Wrongful Convictions,’ Edited by Saul Kassin with an Introduction by John Grisham
'Champions of Innocence' introduces readers to the attorneys, forensic scientists, law professors, journalists, and exonerees who have dedicated themselves to pursuing justice for the innocent.
Read More »The Curse of Affluenza in a Broken Justice System
Affluenza, the inability to comprehend the consequences of one’s actions thanks to financial privilege and influence, has been with us for all of history.
Read More »Another Policeman Acquitted: Where Is Our David?
Nowadays it is abundantly clear that policemen in the United States can kill black people with impunity.
Read More »Book Review: ‘Anatomy of Innocence, Testimonies of the Wrongfully Convicted ‘ Edited by Laura Caldwell and Leslie S. Klinger
In 'Anatomy of Innocence', each author uses their own technique to bring the light to life in their interview of exonerees, and you will enjoy how each is able to capture the true essence of those who have finally found freedom.
Read More »Interview with Fey Ugokwe, Author of ‘Wifey’
"The term 'wifey' can mean anything from indeed a wife, to an indispensably mad-fabulous girlfriend."
Read More »Hobbes and Locke Revisited: The Foundations of the Modern Liberal State, Conclusion
The failure of liberalism lies in its intricate connection to the affairs of the state: as the state goes, so goes liberalism.
Read More »Book Review: With Liberty and Justice for Some: How the Law Is Used to Destroy Equality and Protect the Powerful by Glenn Greenwald
Author argues that equality under the law has become little more than a platitude in America.
Read More »DVD Review: Luther
Luther, led by the magnificent Idris Elba, is an excellent morality tale mixed with a crime drama.
Read More »Moral Language and its Grammar: An Exercise in Wittgensteinian Logic
What we’re going through right now, both in America and throughout the West, isn’t just any economic or political crisis but a moral crisis first and foremost. Get with it and act accordingly!
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