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Justice Gambit
http://justicegambit.blogspot.com
Commentary on events in the U.S. system of justice from a social science perspective.
- Added on: Jun 5th, 2007
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: Michael Blankenship
- Listed in: Education & Learning Law
- Tags: Police crime prison justice Courts criminals
Recent Posts
Huckabee\'s pardons at issue after police killings
The shooting deaths Sunday of four police officers near Tacoma, Wash., and the ensuing manhunt for the suspect have renewed scrutiny of the pardon record of former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee, who commuted the suspect's prison term nine years ago...
Why Religion and Politics Should Never Mix
Senator James Inhofe (R-OK) has taken at least 20 "missionary" trips overseas since he's been in office, allegedly paid for by U.S. taxpayers, using military transport. He is especially fond of Uganda, boasting that he has "adopted" the East Af...
College and the Former Inmate
The spartan dorm room where Mario Rocha spent his first semester at George Washington University felt a little like solitary confinement. He should know. He once spent a summer in solitary confinement. In some ways, Rocha is a typical student at GW...
Sex offenders often live too close to schools; who is checking?
In Idaho, people convicted of sex crimes are required to register their address. But they can't live just anywhere. A law passed in 2006 established that convicted sex offenders cannot live within 500 feet of a school. But nowhere in the law does it ...
Ohio executions back on with 1-drug method
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio's death chamber is set to resume executions next month using a single drug that has been used in the U.S. to euthanize pets but never to put condemned prisoners to death. Barring legal challenges, condemned inmate Kenneth Bir...
The Myth of Closure via Execution
Of all the arguments in support of capital punishment, perhaps the most emotionally compelling is that it provides "closure" for the loved ones of murder victims. Prosecuting attorneys, politicians and journalists commonly refer to how executions all...
