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In-Studio: Peril and Promise of Genetic Testing

by Life of the Law

• May 24, 2018

“In light of what we’ve learned about the role of Facebook and Cambridge Analytica in the 2016 Election, people are now asking new derivative questions about other entities that are holding data or information about…

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GATTACA REVISTED: Up the Borrowed Ladder

by Tony Gannon & Andrea Hendrickson

• May 10, 2018

“Consider God’s handiwork: who can straighten what He hath made crooked.” – Ecclesiastes 7:13 “I not only think we will tamper with Mother Nature, I think Mother wants us to” – Willard Gaylin Some two…

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In-Studio: Police, Race and Fatal Force

by Life of the Law

• April 16, 2018

Mothers, brothers, sons and daughters in cities across the country are suffering from the loss of a loved one to police use of fatal force. In 2017 The Washington Post reports police officers in the…

In-Studio Discussion on Police, Race and Fatal Force

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Death by Police: A Mother’s (audio) Diary

by Zoe Sullivan

• April 4, 2018

Police throughout the US shoot and kill unarmed people, in Sacramento, Detroit, New Orleans and Madison. One mother of a biracial teen who was shot and killed by a local police officer, kept an audio diary following her son’s death.

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Uganda – Part 4: IN-STUDIO

by Nancy Mullane

• February 22, 2018

“The role of history is critically important, to bring in a more contemporary conversation about what’s going on now. When we disconnect what’s happening in the present moment from historical context, it allows people to…

Uganda - Part 4: In-Studio

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Inside San Quentin: Traditions

by Life of the Law

• December 12, 2017

Traditions. We all have them. Some good and, well, some not so good. Think for a minute. When you were a kid, what were your holiday traditions? Do you still follow some of them today?…

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The Battle Over Your Right to Vote

by Life of the Law

• November 28, 2017

The polls got it wrong. What matters in the end, on election day, is who has the right to vote and who goes to the polls to cast their ballot. Due to strict voter ID…

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In-Studio: Brutally Ruthless

by Life of the Law

• October 31, 2017

“As incompetent and bumbling as the Trump Administration has been in so many areas, they have been brutally ruthless on immigration.” — Jose Chito Vela, Immigration Attorney and Candidate for Texas State Legislature It’s been…

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In-Studio: Prosecuting Discretion

by Life of the Law

• August 22, 2017

“Every criminal trial is a competition between the prosecution and the defense. The judge has relatively less dominant role than in other countries and a lot of times, we have the guilt and innocence of…

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In-Studio: Locking People Up

by Life of the Law

• July 11, 2017

America is a nation that locks up more people per capita than any other country in the world.  The Sentencing Project reports 2.2 million people are incarcerated in America’s prisons. That’s a 500% increase over…