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Newsletter: Police flight – a very small house – one teen on a big screen

by Life of the Law

  • September 8, 2015

9/8 Episode: COMMUTER COPS If you  live in a city, there’s a good chance the local beat cop that patrols your streets doesn’t live anywhere in the city–but commutes out to the suburbs when their shift is…

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Special Report: Legionnaires’ in San Quentin From an Inmate’s Perspective

by Nancy Mullane

  • September 2, 2015

On August 26, 2015, the first inmate in San Quentin was diagnosed with Legionnaires’ disease. Legionnaires’ disease is a severe form of pneumonia caused by the bacterium Legionella pneumophila, which is found in potable and…

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Newsletter: Who makes the rules in your neighborhood?

by Life of the Law

  • August 25, 2015

8/25 Episode: BLOCK BOSS On every city block, there are rules. Some are unspoken, some require friendly reminders, some are enforced by the law. There are people who take it upon themselves to make sure neighborhood…

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Wall Street

by Life of The Law & The Kitchen Sisters

  • August 14, 2015

Behind prison walls, he learned how to make money the old fashioned way: by investing in the stock market. Meet WALL STREET on NPR’s Morning Edition, a story produced by The Kitchen Sisters and Life of…

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Newsletter: Who owns water?

by Life of the Law

  • August 11, 2015

8/11 Episode: WATER RIGHTS A persistent and severe drought is crippling the West. Reservoirs and wells which were once the source of reliable water, are parched or near dry. Whether it’s higher prices for California grown…

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Newsletter: No lawyers allowed!

by Life of the Law

  • July 28, 2015

New 7/28 Episode: NO LAWYERS ALLOWED In 1963, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that states must provide an attorney for people who can’t afford one. The case, Gideon v. Wainwright, changed how criminal courts work….

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The Families We Create

by Kirsten Jusewicz-Haidle

  • July 14, 2015

On June 26, 2015, a decision from the United States Supreme Court legalised same-sex marriage. Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote in the majority opinion, “Many who deem same-sex marriage to be wrong reach that conclusion based…

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Newsletter: What happens in Thailand…

by Life of the Law

  • July 14, 2015

New 7/14 Episode: OUTSIDE THE WOMB The law isn’t actually written in stone. It morphs and changes with the times. What happens when laws change all of a sudden and people find themselves in legal limbo…

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John Roberts Has a Point

by Gilad Edelman

  • July 2, 2015

In the aftermath of last week’s same-sex marriage ruling, almost every liberal media reaction was a variation on two themes: adulation for Justice Anthony Kennedy, whose majority opinion focused on the “dignity” of gay and…

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Newsletter: Who’s on YOUR trail?

by Life of the Law

  • June 30, 2015

New 6/30 Episode: THE BEAR This week the prison escapee saga out of upstate New York has come to a close. But the art and lifestyle of hunting for fugitives goes on, especially for those who…

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