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When Russian authorities arrested the entire crew of Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise on Sept. 19, I avoided reading about the incident for awhile. I knew that a friend of mine, fellow radio producer Andrey Allakhverdov,…

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Will Big Data Change How Police Do Their Job?

by Elizabeth Joh

November 6, 2013

Policing has jumped on the big data trend. What is big data? Apart from being a catchy moniker, big data refers to an important development in fields as diverse as internet commerce, public health, transportation…

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Legal Briefs: This Week in Law

by Rebecca Worthington

November 4, 2013

Should the Supreme Court allow oral arguments to be televised? (Washington Post) A retrial for Michael Skakel on the basis of an inadequate defense puts his well-known former attorney in an awkward position. (NY Times)…

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A Life of the Law Reporter on Entropy

by Jason Albert

November 1, 2013

Behind the scenes a team of people bring you Life of the Law audio stories. Julia Barton’s blog post The Editor’s Dimension highlights the editor’s perspective. And if I can reduce her thoughts, the takeaway for me…

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A Mostly Untold Story: Botched Executions and the Legitimacy of Capital Punishment

by Austin Sarat

October 30, 2013

On September 28, 1900, the State of North Carolina hanged Art Kinsauls for a murder committed in Sampson County. Born in that county in 1865, Kinsauls lived there his entire life and married a local…

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Legal Briefs: This Week in Law

by Rebecca Worthington

October 28, 2013

Are there too many lawyers in Congress? (The Economist) Georgia considers revising the requirement that death row inmates must prove mental disability beyond a reasonable doubt. (Time) Meanwhile, the Supreme Court grants cert in a…

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Beyond the Camps: Images of the Syrian Exodus

by Alisa Roth

October 23, 2013

This summer, Life of the Law’s Alisa Roth reported on Syria under a grant from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. The excerpt below is from her co-authored article in The New York Review of Books in…

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Legal Briefs: This Week in Law

by Rebecca Worthington

October 21, 2013

Street performers challenge some states’ efforts to regulate busking. (The Economist) The Supreme Court hears arguments on whether a state may ban the use of racial preferences in university admissions. (Washington Post) Copyright law poses challenges for…

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How the Death Penalty is Linked to Resources

by Jon Gould

October 18, 2013

The Death Penalty Information Center recently released a report showing that a majority of executions in the United States since 1976 have been carried out by just 2 percent of the nation’s 3100+ counties. Among…

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Integrating Mindfulness into the Criminal Justice System

by David Onek

October 16, 2013

The practice of mindfulness is making great inroads through American society. In the healthcare field, Jon Kabat-Zinn’s Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction program is a standard practice. The “mindful schools” movement is growing rapidly in our secondary…

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Letters from a Provincial Jail

by Julia Barton

Will Big Data Change How Police Do Their Job?

by Elizabeth Joh

Legal Briefs: This Week in Law

by Rebecca Worthington

A Life of the Law Reporter on Entropy

by Jason Albert

A Mostly Untold Story: Botched Executions and the Legitimacy of Capital Punishment

by Austin Sarat

Legal Briefs: This Week in Law

by Rebecca Worthington

Beyond the Camps: Images of the Syrian Exodus

by Alisa Roth

Legal Briefs: This Week in Law

by Rebecca Worthington

How the Death Penalty is Linked to Resources

by Jon Gould

Integrating Mindfulness into the Criminal Justice System

by David Onek

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