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19 Sep 2018, 1:28 pm
Yesterday, journalist Radley Balko published a column in the Washington Post that catalogues and summarizes the empirical evidence of racial bias in the criminal justice system. [read post]
11 Sep 2018, 12:30 pm
The fall lineup also includes Dan Epps, associate professor at the School of Law and co-host of the “First Mondays” Supreme Court podcast; Christine Van den Wyngaert, judge on the International Criminal Court; Tarana Burke, founder of the #MeToo movement; Radley Balko, author of “The Rise of the Warrior Cop” and “A True Story of Injustice in the American South;” and Michael McLively, director of the Urban Gun Violence Initiative at Giffords Law… [read post]
31 Aug 2018, 3:01 am
Also from May, missed this good Jill Lepore piece on rise of victims’ rights revolution, powered by both feminist and conservative impulses [The New Yorker; my comment on victim impact statements] UK: sexual assault cases collapse after prosecution shown to have held back material helpful to defense [Sky News] “The ongoing problem of conveniently malfunctioning police cameras” [Radley Balko] Bail reform activists shift focus toward problems with/tradeoffs… [read post]
15 Aug 2018, 9:05 pm
See “Mom ate poppy seed dressing, state holds baby for 75 days” and earlier; Radley Balko reported in 2014 that two lawsuits involving the same western Pennsylvania hospital and county children’s services department were both settled for substantial sums and a third case had been filed against another hospital in the same region. [read post]
27 Jul 2018, 3:13 am
If you want to understand why, Radley Balko has been explaining why for years, culminating in his latest book, The Cadaver King and The Country Dentist. [read post]
23 Jul 2018, 3:06 pm
In the Washington Post, Radley Balko went even further, accusing judges who adopted prosecutors' findings of "plagiarism. [read post]
28 Jun 2018, 1:57 pm
Yesterday, journalist Radley Balko published an op-ed in the Washington Post about the Houston Law Review’s recent study of death penalty cases in Harris County, Texas, the county that has executed more people since 1976 than any other county in the United States. [read post]
19 Jun 2018, 4:18 am
It started with a question by Radley Balko about the accuracy of claims that “catch & release” put children in the hands of abusers. [read post]
17 May 2018, 11:00 am
As Radley Balko puts it, police officers “are about as far removed from a vulnerable group as one can imagine. [read post]
13 May 2018, 4:44 am
Both Radley Balko and Ilya Somin have written great posts about why the Protect and Serve Act, which is now pending in Congress, is unnecessary, unconstitutional and just plain bad law. [read post]
12 May 2018, 9:24 am
As Radley Balko explains, violence against police officers remains at historically low levels, and there is no reason to think that state and local authorities do not take such crime seriously. [read post]
24 Apr 2018, 10:48 am
"On prosecutor associations and legislative powerJosie Duffy Rice at In Justice Today had a must-read piece on the legislative power of prosecutor associations and Radley Balko in the Washington Post followed up. [read post]
12 Apr 2018, 3:01 am
[Radley Balko] Tags: child abuse, forensics The man who exposed the shoddy forensics of Shaken Baby Syndrome — and got prosecuted is a post from Overlawyered - Chronicling the high cost of our legal system [read post]
8 Apr 2018, 11:58 am
CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE Radley Balko and Tucker Carrington, The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist: A True Story of Injustice in the American South (2018). [read post]
30 Mar 2018, 11:27 am
Radley Balko's and Tucker Carrington's new book is a chilling call for help. [read post]
18 Mar 2018, 9:01 am
How this can happen unfolds in the riveting new book from Radley Balko and Tucker Carrington. [read post]
6 Feb 2018, 4:37 am
*Radley was kind enough to provide a free, advance copy of his book for review. [read post]
5 Feb 2018, 5:56 am
Radley Balko has this story in The Washington Post. [read post]
3 Jan 2018, 3:03 am
California attorney known for suing bars over “ladies’ nights” sues comedian Iliza Shlesinger over “Girls Night In” show [Gene Maddaus, Variety] “Jury Rejects Damages for Victims of SWAT Raid Based on Wet Tea Leaves Cops Said Was Pot” [Jacob Sullum, Radley Balko, earlier here, here, and here] Before calling Star-Spangled Banner “ode to slavery. [read post]
28 Nov 2017, 2:49 am
Attorney in Boston [WGBH] Criminal justice, mass incarceration, and the libertarian cause: Radley Balko’s speech on winning Bastiat Award [Reason] “The Troubling Expansion Of The Criminal Offense Of Obstructing The IRS” [Kathryn Ward Booth, Vanderbilt Law] Murder rap for drug supplier after overdose distorts both criminal law principle and incentives [Scott Greenfield, earlier here and here, see also here and here (prescribing doctors)] Tags: crime and… [read post]
