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Deserving of a Second Chance Dec. 19, 2019
Following grading for the fall semester, I turned my attention to a gripping documentary that I beli... Read More
Why Crime Is on the Decline Dec. 14, 2019
"Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime." — Aristotle Aristotle had a point, but there ... Read More
Anatomy of a Drug War Crime: A Deadly Raid Based on a Bogus Tip and a Fraudulent Search Warrant Affidavit Highlights Loose Police Practices in Houston Nov. 27, 2019
Are you confident that police will not break down your door tonight? If so, it's probably because yo... Read More
Machinery of Death Needs Mothballing as Americans Sour on Executions Nov. 26, 2019
A federal judge last week halted the scheduled executions of four federal inmates, thwarting the Tru... Read More
Classic Ann Landers Nov. 17, 2019
Editor's Note: Hundreds of Ann Landers' loyal readers have requested that newspapers continue to pub... Read More
Let's Make Revenge Porn an Automatic Felony Nov. 09, 2019
Rep. Katie Hill didn't have to resign, but she did. She had not been found guilty of sexual impropri... Read More
Harris Shuns Like-Minded Crowd Because of Trump Nov. 03, 2019
WASHINGTON — Maybe because she's from San Francisco, Democratic Sen. Kamala Harris believes sh... Read More
If You Share Your DNA, Should You Expect Privacy? Oct. 19, 2019
Imagine a day when hardly anyone is able to get away with murder. Think about that. If there were a ... Read More
Facebook Needs to Face Facts on Criminal Behavior Oct. 12, 2019
Say you invented something that became so popular more than a billion people around the globe used i... Read More
If Trump's 'Bigotry' Is an Impeachable Offense, Why Did Obama Get a Pass? Sep. 05, 2019
Of the reasons critics offered for President Donald Trump's impeachment, the one suggested by Rep. A... Read More
Criminologists Mislead Us Sep. 04, 2019
John Paul Wright, professor at University of Cincinnati, and Matthew DeLisi professor at Iowa State ... Read More
The Ultimate Accomplice Aug. 15, 2019
He could never have done it alone. I'm not talking about his suicide. That he did himself. I'm talki... Read More
How Confirmation Bias Sends Innocent People to Prison: A New Study of Wrongful Convictions Shows the Problem Goes Beyond Misconduct by Police and Prosecutors Jul. 24, 2019
Last week, an Oklahoma judge freed Corey Atchison, who had spent 28 years in prison for a murder he ... Read More
Do Sex Registries Really Protect the Public? Jul. 20, 2019
Sex registries are in the news again thanks to a couple of high-profile child sex abuse cases. (Thin... Read More
Jeffrey Epstein -- Justice Delayed Jul. 13, 2019
We live in a country where justice is supposed to be blind. Citizens expect that people who bad thin... Read More
The Staggering Costs of Imprisonment in the US May. 25, 2019
Guess how much our nation's system of mass incarceration costs each year? I'm talking about the taxp... Read More
A Common-Sense Ruling on Death Penalty Drugs May. 19, 2019
WASHINGTON — If there's one thing that tells you government in America is too big and unaccoun... Read More
Bring Prisoners Over to the 'R' Side May. 10, 2019
Just last week, the Republican-controlled Florida legislature voted to impose restrictions on 1.4 mi... Read More
Rapists Go Free Day May. 04, 2019
He met her in an anorexia forum when she was 15. When she was 16, he lured her to his home, where he... Read More
The Myths Surrounding Rape Victims Apr. 13, 2019
Former Pennsylvania Prosecutor Kristen Gibbons Feden has a message for defense attorneys who represe... Read More
