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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John Rudolf has a long piece up on Troy Davis in the Huffington Post. Davis was convicted in 1991 for the shooting death of a Georgia policeman. Since then, many doubts have been raised about the case and the way it was handled by police and prosecutors: Since the original trial in 1991, seven of [...]
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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 may not be guilty of the police shooting that he was convicted of in 1991, but that hasn’t stopped Georgia scheduling his execution for September 21st. The Innocence Project explains how you can help save a man’s life: Troy Davis is scheduled to be executed next week in Georgia for a murder he [...]
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Failure to act quickly may have prolonged sexual abuse scandals that have plagued Texas for at least the past decade, according to Tim Murphy of Mother Jones: Gov. Rick Perry did not take swift action to address the problem, which his office knew about for years. Allegations of systematic mistreatment at TYC facilities first came to [...]
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Although it’s legal to record police in Philadelphia, things like this are still happening when ordinary citizens dare to exercise their right to take videos on their cellphones: TAMERA MEDLEY begged the police officer to stop slamming her head – over and over – into the hood of a police cruiser. Thinking they were helping, [...]
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by Erik Kain on August 31, 2011
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, right, talks with actor Steven Seagal, who was visiting the sheriff, after holding a news conference announcing his latest crime suppression illegal immigration operation sweep at the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Training Academy Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011, in Phoenix. [updated below] The story of Steven Seagal accompanying Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s raid [...]
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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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