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Forensic science is badly in need of reform. Here are some suggestions.Slate Magazine - Aug 12, 2008 Last week, the state of Mississippi terminated its 20-year relationship with medical examiner Dr. Steven Hayne. Hayne has come under fire from fellow medical examiners, criminal justice groups like the Innocence … |
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Why does it take a cliché to draw attention to the problem of fathers' rights?Slate Magazine - Jurisprudence - Aug 10, 2008 Every few years, some father who believes he's been wronged by the family-court system grabs headlines and draws attention to the flawed ways in which we split up families. Custody proceedings are often brutal and … |
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Why does it take a cliché to draw attention to the problem of fathers' rights?Slate Magazine - Aug 9, 2008 Every few years, some father who believes he's been wronged by the family- court system grabs headlines and draws attention to the flawed ways in which we split up families. Custody proceedings are often brutal and … |
Slate Magazine - Aug 1, 2008
Yet another tough week in the legal universe as dreamed up by the Bush administration. [more ...]
Slate Magazine - Jurisprudence - Jul 30, 2008
Everyone needs a hobby. Mine is Fun Name Change Cases. I first got hooked 15 years ago, when I read about Michael Herbert Dengler, who wanted to change his name to 1069. "The only way [my] identity can be expressed is …
Slate Magazine - Jurisprudence - Jul 29, 2008
Indiana v. Edwards, decided at the end of the Supreme Court term, hasn't gotten a lot of press. Ostensibly, it's about a technical matter of criminal procedure—the Sixth Amendment right to represent yourself in a …
Slate Magazine - Jurisprudence - Jul 26, 2008
The most influential legal thinker in the development of modern American interrogation policy is not a behavioral psychologist, international lawyer, or counterinsurgency expert. Reading both Jane Mayer's stunning The …
Slate Magazine - Jurisprudence - Jul 25, 2008
The recent release of Jane Mayer's book The Dark Side revealed that a secret report by the International Committee of the Red Cross determined "categorically" that the CIA used torture, as defined by American and …
Slate Magazine - Jul 24, 2008
It says much about the cartoonish ways in which we talk about law and politics that the conversation about accountability for the Bush administration's lawbreaking takes place chiefly at the extremes. The choice, it …
Slate Magazine - Jurisprudence - Jul 24, 2008
Each scandal is represented by a colored circle that encompasses the people who are implicated. As it's easy to see, many of the players here are mixed up in two, three, or more of the alleged crimes. Hence all the …