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Never Too Late for Justice Nov. 03, 2021
Dear Annie: In your response to "Loss and Regret," concerning a teenager being sexually abused by an... Read More
Era of Public Outrage Isn't Over as Two White-Vigilante Trials Get Underway Nov. 03, 2021
Two important trials now in progress in Georgia and Wisconsin concern the growing resort to vigilant... Read More
Let's Think About a Different Kind of Prison System Oct. 30, 2021
Show of hands: How many readers believe that the U.S. prison system truly works to rehabilitate conv... Read More
Court Affirms 'Qualified Immunity,' Lending New Urgency to Police Reform Laws Oct. 25, 2021
In a disappointing postscript to 2020's summer of racial reckoning, the U.S. Supreme Court this week... Read More
Police Can Legally Lie to You -- In Most States Oct. 23, 2021
How many times have you seen these scenarios play out on TV crime dramas? The savvy detective tells ... Read More
Those Who Ignore Crime Are Just as Culpable Oct. 16, 2021
"The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the ... Read More
The Media Soft-Pedals the Root Cause of Murder Oct. 02, 2021
Sad to say, we keep killing each other. New FBI statistics show that, even though we practiced wides... Read More
To Honor a Killer's Last Request -- Or Not? Sep. 18, 2021
A medium-rare rib-eye steak, a baked potato with butter and sour cream, an iceberg lettuce salad, ga... Read More
Do We Really Need Hate Crime Laws? Sep. 11, 2021
Love and hate: the two most prevalent human emotions. Every human on the planet, save those afflicte... Read More
To Better Serve and Protect, Cops Need Help Aug. 14, 2021
Calls for the blanket defunding of police are ill-conceived and self-destructive. The proof is in th... Read More
Barrett, Kavanaugh and Roberts Betrayed a Woman of Faith Jul. 07, 2021
Can Barronelle Stutzman, a Christian, run her flower shop in keeping with her faith? The Supreme Cou... Read More
Bill Cosby Walks Free as Justice Takes a Holiday Jul. 05, 2021
Pennsylvania's highest court ordered former comedian Bill Cosby's release from prison on a technical... Read More
Boycott Britney Spears To Save Her Jul. 03, 2021
Lawyers can't seem to free Britney Spears from the conservatorship that's kept her under her estrang... Read More
A Turning Point for Student Speech? Jun. 26, 2021
Students are largely free to speak their minds off campus without fear of school punishment, even if... Read More
Manchin, Byrd and the Arc of Justice Jun. 09, 2021
WASHINGTON — Much depends upon Sen. Joe Manchin III, the man stuck in the middle of a deeply d... Read More
Taking Liberty for Granted Jun. 03, 2021
"Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty." — Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826). No one knows if T... Read More
Justice Breyer's Liberal Legacy Could Die With Him if He Repeats Ginsberg's Mistake Jun. 01, 2021
The late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg was a wise jurist who made one lasting mistake: S... Read More
The Death Penalty Remains the Strongest Deterrent to Violent Crime May. 27, 2021
In recent years, many states have moved away from lethal injections for those on death row, and some... Read More
Holding Islamic State Terrorists Accountable for the Yazidi Genocide in Iraq May. 19, 2021
In early May, the U.N. released a report updating its investigation into the horrid crimes perpetrat... Read More
Eyewitness Identification Is Convincing; Is It Reliable? May. 07, 2021
For decades, eyewitness identification was considered the gold standard when it came to evidence use... Read More
