Tuesday, December 9, 2014

Crack, Torture, and Conspiracy Theories: Why and Which Stories Matter

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Conspiracies and evil machinations have been on my mind lately, for a combination of reasons. One of them is that I recently gave a post-pla...
Thursday, December 4, 2014

This Sunday: Cutting Ball Theater's Superheroes

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This weekend, Sean San Jos é 's play Superheroes, which addresses the crack epidemic, debuts at Cutting Ball Theater . After the show ...
Monday, December 1, 2014

Death Penalty Representation: Between a Rock and a Hard Place

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Today's ScotusBlog reports on a series of orders denying certiorary to the Supreme Court. The very last one on the list is Redd v. Chap...
Friday, November 14, 2014

Plata/Coleman Sequel: We Can't Release Inmates - We Need Their Labor!

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If you've followed the litigation in Plata/Coleman from the mid-2000s forward, you probably think you've seen it all: the dawdling ,...
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Prop 47 Passed... What Now?

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By now, gentle readers, you're probably done with celebrating the passage of Prop 47, which will have the effect of reducing charges and...
Wednesday, November 5, 2014

2014 Election Postmortem: YES on 47!

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With enough information to comfortably call appointments and shots , and with some distressing news for Democrats in the Senate , I'd ...
Thursday, October 30, 2014

Federal Court Hearing: Declassifying Marijuana

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On Monday, the federal court of the Eastern District held a hearing challenging the classification of marijuana as a Schedule 1 drug. Amon...