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24 Jun 2014, 9:01 pm by Sherry F. Colb
Two weeks ago, I spent four full days in training to become a volunteer mediator with the Community Dispute Resolution Center (“CDRC”). [read post]
20 May 2014, 9:01 pm by Sherry F. Colb
At the end of April, Clayton Lockett was led to the room where he was scheduled to be executed by the State of Oklahoma. [read post]
15 Apr 2014, 9:01 pm by Sherry F. Colb
In March, the Supreme Court of Minnesota decided a case involving a criminal defendant who had used a false Internet identity (posing as a caring and knowledgeable female nurse who intended to kill herself) to actively encourage each of two depressed and suicidal people to kill themselves. [read post]
1 Apr 2014, 9:01 pm by Sherry F. Colb
In October of last year, two Brooklyn rabbis, Mendel Epstein and Martin Wolmark, were reportedly arrested for an alleged plot to kidnap and torture a man who had refused to grant his wife a Jewish ritual divorce, called a “get. [read post]
4 Mar 2014, 9:01 pm by Sherry F. Colb
Last week, the United States Supreme Court decided Fernandez v. [read post]
4 Feb 2014, 9:01 pm by Sherry F. Colb
In 2008, Mark Jensen of Wisconsin was convicted of first-degree intentional homicide in the killing of his wife, Julie Jensen. [read post]
21 Jan 2014, 9:02 pm by Sherry F. Colb
Two weeks ago, The New York Times ran a story about a pregnant 33-year-old woman in Texas, Marlise Munoz, whose family has been unable to have her removed from life support, notwithstanding her wishes and those of her family. [read post]
7 Jan 2014, 9:01 pm by Sherry F. Colb
Last month marked the fortieth anniversary of the Endangered Species Act (ESA), passed in 1973 and signed by President Richard Nixon. [read post]
10 Dec 2013, 9:01 pm by Sherry F. Colb
As Justice Scalia noted at oral argument regarding the distinction between heroin dealers whose products do and do not cause death, respectively: “[F]or any crime, there are two things. [read post]
12 Nov 2013, 9:01 pm by Sherry F. Colb
In September of this year, a Wisconsin woman brought a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a Wisconsin statute providing for the incarceration of pregnant women who are abusing alcohol or drugs and refusing drug treatment. [read post]