The history of justice in America is pocked with such deep institutional injustices that time and again we make a mockery of the word. From slavery to the War on Drugs, the powerful have trampled time and again on the weak. Law and order masquerade as justice, and our prisons fill to the brim with [...]
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Over at Crooks and Liars, karoli has some personal thoughts about the death of his (her?) grandfather, and the shoddy police work that may have led to the conviction of the wrong man in that case. Mostly, though, it is a post about doubt: If I have these doubts, these deep doubts that I was [...]
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Troy Davis is set to be executed for a crime he did not commit next Wednesday, September 21st. Charing Ball thinks it’s time for Obama to speak up on the Davis case, and plea for clemency. Certainly the decent thing for any politician – and especially the president – to do at this point would [...]
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E.D. Kain is a blogger and freelance writer. Currently he serves as Editor-in-Chief of The League of Ordinary Gentlemen and writes a policy blog at Forbes. He can be found occasionally composing 140 character cultural analysis on Twitter. His writing has appeared in The Atlantic, The National Review, The Washington Examiner, and the now-defunct True/Slant.
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