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14 Aug 2017, 6:23 am
"A popular new post — with an old photo — at Reddit.Top-rated comment: Something like that happened to John McCain when he was captured. [read post]
16 Jul 2017, 12:00 am by Smita Ghosh
Bryan Stevenson also engages with the history of lynching in A Presumption of Guilt, which references Sherrilyn Ifill’s On the Courthouse Lawn and Devin Allen’s A Beautiful Ghetto.In the Nation, Elizabeth Bruenig reviews several books on the reformation (Martin Luther: Renegade and Prophet by Lyndal Roper; The Protestants: The Faith That Made the Modern World by Alec Ryrie; Luther and His Progeny: 500 Years of Protestantism and Its Consequences for Church, State, and… [read post]
14 Jul 2017, 9:30 pm by Dan Ernst
Russell disrupts the justice's appearance in Hadley Arkes's class at Amherst.We continue to find items of interest in the Washington Post's "Made by History" section, including a piece by Martha Jones (Johns Hopkins) on the 14th Amendment and citizenship, Carly Goodman (American Friends Service Committee) on the "Diversity Visa" program, and Keisha Blain (University of Pittsburgh) on the connection between historical campaigns for anti-lynching… [read post]
14 Jul 2017, 2:45 am by Scott Bomboy
Born Leslie Lynch King, Jr., on July 14, 1913, his name was changed to Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. after his mother re-married. [read post]
27 Jun 2017, 1:14 pm by Brian Stull
Because the death penalty is a direct descendant of lynching, the taint of racial discrimination is endemic. [read post]
27 Jun 2017, 4:22 am by Edith Roberts
At his eponymous blog, John Q. [read post]
16 Jun 2017, 12:50 pm by Dan Ernst
—Humberto Morales Moreno, Universidad Autonoma de Puebla  Author Meets Reader: Carol Steiker & Jordan Steiker, Courting Death: The Supreme Court and Capital PunishmentTue, 6/20: 12:45 PM  - 2:30 PM – Sheraton Maria Isabel Imperio C (2nd Floor) ·         Authors—Carol Steiker, Harvard Law School and Jordan Steiker, University of Texas School of Law   ·        … [read post]
Former FBI Director James Comey testified for a little under three hours this morning in an open session before the Senate Intelligence Committee. [read post]
30 May 2017, 3:53 pm by aj
  Attorney John Groen, representing both Lynch and Frick, has argued that a significant decrease in home value would occur as a result of the uncertainty over the re-permitting process that would likely cost tens of thousands of dollars and — if unsuccessful — would leave the homes vulnerable to a collapse. [read post]
24 May 2017, 1:02 am by rhapsodyinbooks
Some were killed, including one who was lynched by a mob in Charleston, South Carolina with his body subsequently burned on a bonfire. [read post]
17 May 2017, 6:42 am by Adam Weinstein
  From August 2009 until September 2010, Hudnall  was associated with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated. [read post]
11 May 2017, 2:30 am by Jon Katz
This is a legal blog, and my main concerns as a lawyer is about the message that is sent to jurors and litigants who enter the slew of courthouses in the Commonwealth that have various statues and memorials paying tribute to the Confederacy, and to World War I memorials (at least in King George and Lynchburg (named for John Lynch, whose name may have contributed to the word “lynching” and “who allegedly slew outlaws and runaway slaves in the… [read post]
7 May 2017, 8:11 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Of trees, ropes, race, judges and capital punishmentA decidedly un-woke judge faces retraining for lynching suggestion.Coda to Willingham saga: Did prosecutor commit misconduct? [read post]