New Voices Series

Immigration law is a mystery. Unless you’re an immigrant seeking relief under the law, or you’re an immigration law attorney, it’s an unknown. Then, earlier this year, Karla McKanders, a professor of immigration law at…

Episode 112: Government Ghost – Transcript

by Megan Marelli

November 14, 2017

HOST This is Life of the Law, I’m Nancy Mullane. 2017 has been a terribly rough year for thousands of people… There’ve been fires in Northern California and hurricanes and floods in Texas and Puerto…

Government Ghost

by Megan Marrelli

November 14, 2017

2017 has been a terrible year for tens of thousands of people. Fires in northern California and record-setting torrential hurricanes and floods in Texas and Puerto Rico have meant that families have lost their homes…

Ten Hours to Twenty Years

by Marylee Williams

August 8, 2017

It started out as a plan to steal some comic books, sell them and split the cash. That was before a busted lip, a heart attack, and federal prosecutors stepped in. Reporter Mary Lee Williams,…

Radio Silenced

by Ian Coss

February 7, 2017

In April of 2014, federal agents raided the studios of 106.1 TOUCH FM in Boston, Massachusetts. They took turntables, microphones, transmitters, pretty much everything. The reason was simple: the radio station was operating without a…

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…

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…

Clemency

by Shandukani Mulaudzi

July 26, 2016

When we elect a president, we give them extraordinary power, including the power to grant clemency — to pardon or commute the sentence of someone convicted of a federal offense. A commutation means their sentence…

Bail or Bust

by Ariel Ritchin

July 12, 2016

Hundreds of people in cities throughout the US have been arrested for participating in Black Lives Matter protests. In Chicago, a judge set one protestor’s bail at $350,000. Bail is the money or pledge of…

Winter of Love

by Aviva DeKornfeld

June 28, 2016

This summer, Life of the Law is featuring stories from some of the best and the brightest upcoming audio journalists from Pitzer College and Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. We’re calling it our New Voices Series….

New Voices Series