Transparency Laws Let Criminal Records Become Commodities
By Sarah Lageson Wired In April 2018, Adnan (a pseudonym) was wrongfully arrested in Newark, New Jersey, on the basis of an incorrect arrest warrant. A brief period in jail led […]
Tag Archives: American Legal System
The Constitutional Right We Have Bargained Away
By Carissa Byrne Hessick The Atlantic The Bill of Rights exists to protect individuals. It protects the right to free speech, the right to due process, the right to counsel, and […]
The Brain, the Criminal, and the Courts
By Eryn Brown Knowable Magazine On March 30, 1981, 25-year-old John W. Hinckley Jr. shot President Ronald Reagan and three other people. The following year, he went on trial for […]
Justice Unblinded
By Andreas Kuersten Jurist The personification of justice is a blindfolded woman holding a scale and a sword. She cannot see an individual’s wealth, social stature, education, or other personal […]
Addressing the Future of Virtual Violence
By Jaclyn Seelagy UCLA Law Review Discourse With the release of Oculus Rift, followed closely by the HTC Vive, it seems the virtual reality revolution is finally on its way. Several […]
What Effect do Soda Taxes Actually Have?
By Nathan Collins Pacific Standard Four American cities—Boulder, Colorado; and Albany, Oakland, and San Francisco, California—just finished voting on controversial soda-tax ballot measures meant to raise prices, curb consumption, and, […]
The Limits of Science
By Mikkel Krenchel & Christian Madsbjerg Foreign Affairs If you’ve ever listened to a TED Talk or read a popular science book about human behavior, chances are good that you’ve heard fascinating […]
Moving Beyond Anger
By Martha C. Nussbaum Aeon There’s no emotion we ought to think harder and more clearly about than anger. Anger greets most of us every day – in our personal relationships, […]
The Difficulties With Getting Legal Services on Native American Reservations
By Dominique Alan Fenton The Marshall Project The Justice Center for the People is a short walk north from the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation’s southern border with Nebraska. The imposing […]
The Legal Status of Human Reproductive Matter After Death
By Jenny Morber Mosaic The first live birth resulting from a post-mortem sperm extraction wasn’t until 1999. Gaby Vernoff gave birth to baby Brandalynn from sperm extracted by urologist Cappy […]
The Thresh 