The Court(s) and the Election
In light of Justice David Souter's retirement plans and speculation that a female jurist will replace him, we're revisiting this October 2008 story that details the effect women judges can have on a panel.
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Posted 2007-12-15 00:05:00
The touted AMBER Alert system is so inherently flawed it amounts to little more than "crime-control theater," according to a new report by researchers at the University of Nevada, Reno.
Posted 2007-12-27 06:58:00
UCSF's Legacy Tobacco Documents Library demonstrates how the tobacco industry pioneered modern techniques for manipulating politics, scientific research and public opinion. It's a sort of Rosetta Stone for deciphering coporate propaganda.
Posted 2008-01-01 02:45:00
Enter our contest and vie for a prize while unearthing dirt on past tobacco industry associates or practices.
Posted 2008-03-13 21:30:00
Presenting 10 cigarette commercials from TV's "golden era" featuring recognizable faces and truly astounding health claims.
Posted 2008-04-18 16:48:00
New research examines how controversial Supreme Court decisions affect American confidence in the nation's highest court.
Posted 2008-05-15 12:00:00
Prohibiting sex offenders from living near schools sounds like a good idea, but such residency restrictions may make it harder to supervise offenders — and without preventing new sex crimes.
Posted 2008-05-16 12:00:00
A lot of mythology surrounds criminal sexual offenses, and, in many cases, these assumptions can hamper attempts to reduce recidivism.
Posted 2008-05-28 18:44:00
Rebuffed in the courtroom, critics of evolution head to the statehouse to see their views represented in the classroom.
Posted 2008-06-12 17:26:00
The head of the nonprofit Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, which calls for global nuclear disarmament, suggests criminalizing the mere possession of nuclear weapons.
Posted 2008-06-26 23:32:00
Spatial representation provides genuine clues to crime prevention for urban police forces.
Posted 2008-06-27 16:17:00
A new study finds the highly publicized gun-crime laws of recent years have had little effect on the homicide rate. But a new bipartisan bill just signed into law by President Bush may do some good.
Posted 2008-07-14 14:00:00
Why letting judges speak out during political campaigns enhances democracy and serves justice.
Posted 2008-07-14 16:05:00
A legal analyst argues for a novel solution to the legal wars over anti-terrorism policy: Congress doing its job.
Posted 2008-07-14 16:45:00
There's a problem with problem-solving courts: Taxpayers don't understand how well they work.
Posted 2008-07-21 12:00:00
Regarding same-sex marriage, there’s less daylight than might be expected between religious conservatives and some LGBT activists.
Posted 2008-08-25 22:01:00
Those suggesting a discussion on the legal drinking age appear to have focused on a specific outcome.
Posted 2008-09-23 14:15:00
The simple prescription for reducing wrongful convictions: better journalism about crime and punishment.
Posted 2008-10-24 20:13:00
Spate of disciplinary cases unlikely to erode federal judiciary's prerogative to judge itself.
Posted 2008-11-03 16:00:00
There's a movement to restore voting rights to felons who've served their time. Whether you're for or against it likely depends on whether you're a Republican or a Democrat.
Posted 2008-11-04 20:00:00
The route to a law that will help keep kids out of adult prisons.
Posted 2008-11-12 02:00:00
A new study finds that both more police officers and more community building are essential in reducing crime.
Posted 2008-12-22 18:50:00
Miller-McCune's experts offer solutions to problems that were under-discussed during the presidential campaign.
Posted 2008-12-22 18:50:00
Miller-McCune's experts offer solutions to problems that were under-discussed during the presidential campaign.
Posted 2009-02-07 14:00:00
As decades of flawed and unscientific fire investigation techniques call arson convictions into question, new recipes emerge for a system-wide overhaul.
Posted 2009-02-07 14:00:00
Sidebar: 'Flashover defense' gets two arson convictions reversed in the 1980s.
Posted 2009-02-28 16:38:00
A critical report from the National Academy of Sciences calls for national standards in forensics science, validation of new technology and crime lab ethics.
Posted 2009-03-30 17:30:00
As new health threats, changes in privacy requirements and shifting legal precedents advance, the laws governing public health mostly remain stuck in the past.
Posted 2009-04-17 12:00:00
Film takes a look at the unintended consequences of one weapon in the arsenal devoted to the war on drugs.
Posted 2009-05-01 18:20:00
In light of Justice David Souter's retirement plans and speculation that a female jurist will replace him, we're revisiting this October 2008 story that details the effect women judges can have on a panel.
Posted 2009-05-13 19:35:00
Pink slips, salary cuts, delayed starts and other woes hit the U.S. legal profession hard in this recession.
Posted 2009-05-19 23:40:00
A new study by three FBI officials suggests that cooperation — whether by witnesses or even other departments — is the key to closing more murder cases.
Posted 2009-05-25 13:00:00
Attorneys who put the 'pro' in pro bono start girdling the globe to offer free help for countries struggling to implement the rule of law.
Posted 2009-05-26 19:40:00
In a Miller-McCune.com interview first posted in December 2008, a family law professor explains why conflicts between state laws may lead to a deluge of court cases.
Posted 2009-06-09 15:55:00
Despite more than a decade's worth of attention on programs aimed at girls and crime, researchers know little about whether these programs work better than other efforts.
Posted 2009-06-11 12:00:00
The debate building up to the Sonia Sotomayor confirmation hearings suggests that real-world experiences are of suspect value in administering the law. Really?
Posted 2009-06-15 13:30:00
Hyperbolic attack ads from advocacy groups have diminished the popular esteem of the U.S. Supreme Court in the past, so as the campaign to place Sonia Sotomayor fires up, a little restraint is in order.
Posted 2009-06-18 13:30:00
Compromised crime laboratories are a national scandal that can't be set straight until the labs are independent of law enforcement.
Posted 2009-06-18 20:50:00
Cognitive neuroscientist Itiel Dror finds that analysis of fingerprint data by human examiners can be ruined by unintentional bias. But he offers some relatively simple fixes that can improve the odds of reliable results.
Posted 2009-06-26 23:07:00
A 5-4 majority at the nation's highest court finds that the work of crime labs is not infallible, and defendants have a right to make that clear.
Posted 2009-07-07 12:00:00
Four years ago the high court decided no minor should face the death penalty. Now it's poised to determine if youths should face life without a chance of parole.
Posted 2009-07-16 18:25:00
Analysis: As the nebulous concept of 'judicial activism' swirls around the Sotomayor confirmation hearings, political scientist James L. Gibson examines what Americans think is in the fog.
Posted 2009-08-18 14:20:00
Why it's time to minimize use of the LSAT in law school admissions.
Posted 2009-09-18 12:00:00
Most states have no limits on how long a witness or defendant can be held in civil contempt. Perhaps they should.
Posted 2009-10-08 21:30:00
While the purpose of informed consent laws is to educate women considering an abortion, they apparently do little to dissuade them from proceeding.
Posted 2009-10-23 05:00:00
A law professor explains how to keep criminal informants from duping prosecutors, police and the rest of us.
Posted 2009-10-23 17:00:00
As some high-profile corporations publicly embrace the reality of climate change, are they moving faster than the American population as a whole?
Posted 2009-10-30 15:09:00
The verdict is in: Center for Court Innovation honored with national nonprofit award.
Posted 2009-11-13 05:00:04
Stop worrying so much about that vaguely Eastern European computer hacker and start worrying about that clerk at the DMV.
Posted 2009-12-08 15:55:36
Hammered by budget shortfalls and seeing declines in crime rates, 20 states have reduced inmate counts.
Posted 2009-12-16 02:00:55
Like dogs chasing cars, Western powers cruising for Somali pirates are a little stumped about what to do when they're captured.
Posted 2010-01-05 05:00:59
Self-taught private investigator Jim McCloskey has helped free more than three dozen people who were imprisoned for crimes they didn't commit.
Posted 2010-01-06 05:00:47
The final wave of Nazi trials focuses on now-octogenarian pawns of the end game that was the Holocaust.
Posted 2010-01-18 05:00:00
This legal device shows that profit and protection of natural resources can go hand in hand.
Posted 2010-01-29 12:45:22
Legislation named for a missing 31-year-old man would tie together the various data threads on the nation's missing persons.
Posted 2010-02-07 05:00:48
A cross-national comparison of alcohol and marijuana use among adolescents indicates that stricter laws may prevent high school kids from drinking, but not from smoking pot.
Posted 2010-02-15 05:00:09
A small but significant number of wildfires are intentionally set. The fire starters often share characteristics but aren’t always cut from the same cloth.
Posted 2010-02-20 05:00:09
The recent ruling on corporate political rights left some observers to cry the sky is falling. Some past decisions really did merit Chicken Little's exclamation.
Posted 2010-02-22 05:00:15
A slew of good ideas, from high-tech UAVs to just leaving a hose out for firefighters, may help in battling tomorrow’s brush fires.
Posted 2010-02-23 05:00:48
How brain-scanning technology is redefining criminal culpability.
Posted 2010-03-14 05:00:17
The proper, and the pragmatic, place for trying suspected terrorists is in a traditional Article III courtroom and not a military tribunal, says noted law of war professor David Glazier.
Posted 2010-03-17 05:00:10
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