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Stop Ignoring Double Jeopardy: The Supreme Court Should Reconsider the Misbegotten Dual Sovereignty Doctrine Dec. 05, 2018
No one disputes that Terance Gamble, who was convicted of second-degree robbery in 2008, broke the l... Read More
Here's What Michael Cohen Did NOT Say Dec. 03, 2018
All of Washington is fulminating and overflowing with adverbs to describe Michael Cohen's guilty ple... Read More
Think Crime Doesn't Pay? Probation-Monitoring Companies Beg to Differ. Nov. 29, 2018
They say that crime doesn't pay. But "they" weren't talking about the booming for-profit industry th... Read More
Whatever Happened to the Principled Resignation? The Principled Boycott? Nov. 23, 2018
This past spring, the president met with his White House counsel to discuss an idea. Donald Trump wa... Read More
Alarmist Nonsense Should Not Stop Sentencing Reform: Modest Changes in First Step Act Are No Threat to Public Safety Nov. 21, 2018
The federal sentencing reforms that Donald Trump endorsed last week could shorten the terms of 2,700... Read More
If Trump Wants Mexican Cooperation, Quiet Diplomacy Is the Way to Go Nov. 20, 2018
The U.S.-Mexico bilateral relationship is on trial in more ways than one these days. Tested by sharp... Read More
'Making a Murderer: Part 2,' A Post-Conviction Master Class Nov. 14, 2018
Undoing wrongful convictions takes a killer instinct. Chicago-based exoneration specialist Kathleen ... Read More
Heroes and Villains Oct. 25, 2018
The controversy over the years of sexual abuse against young women meted out by now disgraced and in... Read More
The #MeToo Mob and Our Judicial System Oct. 05, 2018
Those in the #MeToo mob and their radical supporters on the left insist we must believe all women wh... Read More
In the Room Where It Happened, Flake Stole the Show Oct. 03, 2018
Give him this: Jeff Flake listened. He changed. Few senators would have flown into the face of his p... Read More
Protesting During the National Anthem, Freedom of Speech and Justice Sep. 06, 2018
Sixty-nine percent of voters nationwide believe freedom of speech is "absolutely essential." Another... Read More
Why Trump Sees Bias at the Justice Department Aug. 26, 2018
WASHINGTON — "Double standard?" President Donald Trump guffawed after Fox News anchor Ainsley ... Read More
Second-Look Sentencing Jul. 14, 2018
Do you believe in second chances? To be more specific, do you believe in second chances for convicte... Read More
Filling the Swamp Jul. 12, 2018
When Donald Trump started running for the Republican nomination for president in June 2015, he began... Read More
Is a Trump Court in the Making? Jul. 10, 2018
If Mitch McConnell's Senate can confirm his new nominee for the Supreme Court, President Donald Trum... Read More
GOP Must Move Quickly on SCOTUS Nominee to Prevent Damage in Midterms Jun. 28, 2018
As welcome as is the chance to appoint another staunch conservative to the Supreme Court to replace ... Read More
Libra Moon of Justice May. 24, 2018
For some, choosing kindness in the small moments of everyday life is a relatively new mindset. For o... Read More
Justice's Unbalanced Scales Apr. 06, 2018
What separates the United States from a banana republic is a fair and impartial judicial system R... Read More
Get the Chicken, It's Good: The Death of Alton Sterling Apr. 02, 2018
Down in Louisiana, where the alligators grow fat and the politicians aren't far behind, where, in so... Read More
Here We Go Again Dec. 14, 2017
For the second time in two months, someone who has pledged allegiance to the Islamic State has plott... Read More
