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In Studio: Knowledge in a Post-Fact Era

by Nancy Mullane

• January 24, 2017

At Life of the Law, we’re going to shake things up a bit so our team can jump into the national conversation that’s taking place about the law. We’re going to ask questions and hopefully get…

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Shaken

by Medill Justice Project

• December 20, 2016

Eighteen-year-old Tonia Miller was accused of shaking her baby to death. A jury in Michigan convicted the young mother of second-degree murder and sentenced her to 20-30 years in state prison. But did she do…

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A Fair Fight for a Fair Court: Election Year Special – Part 1

by Nancy Mullane

• November 29, 2016

The 2016 elections are over. But what did we learn from the results? Over the past 11 months, Life of the Law’s team of reporters, editors and scholars have been taking a hard took at…

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Series: A Fair Fight for a Fair Court

by Nancy Mullane

• November 1, 2016

Throughout the 2016 election year, Life of the Law’s team of investigative reporters, editors, and scholars partnered to research, produce and publish this five part series on the impact of money and politics on the…

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Judges v. Attack Ads Transcript

by Jess Engebretson

• November 1, 2016

HOST INTRODUCTION:   Judges across the country are in a fight to keep their jobs. Unlike judges appointed to federal courts, many state judges have to run in elections to either get voted onto the…

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Last Count

by Greg Eskridge

• October 4, 2016

We used to sit and eat dinner at the same table in the chow hall.  And one day I was just sitting in there and I just started shedding tears and I hoped nobody had…

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Last Count – Transcript

by Greg Eskridge

• October 4, 2016

HOST INTRO: Douglas Collier is currently serving a life sentence inside San Quentin State Prison.  For years, he shared a 9×4 cell with his friend Tony, a fellow inmate.  Then, Tony got sick.  His arteries…

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BONUS EPISODE: Life as Lady J

by Nancy Mullane

• June 21, 2016

“A lot of these guys don’t understand the difference between transgenderism and homosexuality and that’s my biggest struggle right there. Trying to let these guys know I’m not homosexual but because I’m in prison, that’s…

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BONUS EPISODE: A Conversation on Eugenics and the Law

by Nancy Mullane

• March 28, 2016

Last week, we published STERILIZED, Reporter Jess Engebretson’s disturbing story of Rose Brooks and Lewis Reynolds, two of more than 60,000 men and women forcibly sterilized in the United States by doctors working in state…

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Professional Journalists report from San Quentin

by Nancy Mullane

• December 26, 2015

In July 2015, two dozen inmates behind the walls of San Quentin State Prison became the first journalists serving sentences inside a U.S. prison to become members of the Society of Professional Journalists. The reporters…