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Police Can Lie to a Suspect to Get a Confession Apr. 01, 2025
In 1969, Martin Frazier and an accomplice were convicted in Oregon of second-degree murder. During a... Read More
Trial by Jury Is Vital to American Democracy Aug. 20, 2024
In colonial America, the British deprived colonists the right to jury trials. This prohibition was c... Read More
Cameras in the Courtroom May. 04, 2024
I read all the updates from the reporters in the court room. But it just isn't the same as watching ... Read More
Hunter Biden's Multiplying Charges Exemplify a Profound Threat to Trial by Jury: Prosecutors Have Enormous Power to Coerce Guilty Pleas, Which Are the Basis for Nearly All Convictions Dec. 13, 2023
Under a plea deal that fell apart last July, Hunter Biden would have spent no time behind bars after... Read More
As a New Term Begins, Where Does the Supreme Court Stand on Criminal Justice? Oct. 10, 2023
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU
It's that time of year: The U.S. Supreme Court will convene next week for a new term. While the last... Read More
Missouri Lets Judges Impose Death Sentences If Juries Don't. That Should Change. Sep. 11, 2023
There's no question that Ian McCarthy shot and killed Clinton, Missouri, police officer Gary Lee Mic... Read More
Giuliani Effectively Acknowledges He Committed Perjury Before Missouri Lawmakers Aug. 10, 2023
In December 2020, Rudy Giuliani committed perjury before a Missouri House committee. That's not our ... Read More
Latest Trump Audio Shows an Unstable Man-Child Who Belongs Nowhere Near Power Jun. 30, 2023
In addition to everything else it reveals, the newly released audio recording of former President Do... Read More
Trump Campaigning for Get Out of Jail Free Card Jun. 28, 2023
The prospect of a trial by jury in the Southern District of Florida looms over Donald Trump. He has ... Read More
His Only Defense: Above the Law Jun. 15, 2023
There is only one real question. Why? This is not a spy case. He didn't keep the documents to show t... Read More
The Teflon Don May. 11, 2023
Can he get away with this, too? A New York jury award of $5 million for sexual abuse and defamation ... Read More
We're Challenging the Racist Practice That Excludes Black Jurors From Death Penalty Cases Apr. 17, 2023
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU
Leo Jones, a Black man, was convicted and sentenced to death by an all-white Florida jury in 1982 fo... Read More
The Ancient Greek Argument Against the Death Penalty Oct. 15, 2022
If someone deserves to die, should we kill them? That's what I asked myself recently, as I read the ... Read More
Legally Irrelevant Considerations Cloud the Debate About Kyle Rittenhouse's Acquittal: The Jury Rightly Concluded That the Prosecution Failed to Prove Its Case Nov. 24, 2021
"I stand by what the jury has concluded," President Joe Biden told reporters on Friday after Kyle Ri... Read More
Chauvin Jury Upholds America's Values Apr. 26, 2021
Justice has been served in the world's most diverse, tolerant and inclusive society. Instead of riot... Read More
The Heavy Burden Placed on High-Profile Jurors Apr. 24, 2021
So much has been said about the murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin R... Read More
A Cop on Trial for Murder and the World Is Watching Apr. 10, 2021
As a child, I was taught to respect authority figures. As it was explained to me, clergy, teachers, ... Read More
Courts Can't Censor Jury Rights Flyers Sep. 26, 2020
Activists can't be jailed for telling jurors they're free to acquit defendants who break unjust laws... Read More
America Is Watching Jan. 23, 2020
It is my habit, and my ethical obligation, to disclose a fact of my marriage when failing to do so c... Read More
A Laughing Jury Never Convicts: Part 1 of 2 Jul. 23, 2019
"I had the privilege of hearing you speak recently at a SCORE presentation in southern Connecticut, ... Read More
