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Accused College Students Deserve the Presumption of Innocence
Nineteen attorneys general are lobbying against extending that right in Title IX cases on campus.
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Scott Greenfield
.@conor64 Conor Friedersdorf takes on 19 Attorneys General trying to undermine the presumption of innocence as some insignificant technical rule.
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Scott Greenfield
Why are the 19 AGs trying to undermine the presumption of innocence so critical?
theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
Dorothy Rabinowitz explains (h/t @SamatFIRE) pic.twitter.com/Y70WEQQmOo
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These 5 Creepy Old Asylums In Virginia Are Still Standing... And Still Disturbing
Some of these stories will give you chills...
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Scott Greenfield
"Founded in 1773, the Public Hospital was built at a time when mental illness was not diagnosed by a doctor, but rather by a jury-like group of 12 citizens who gave a verdict of “criminal, lunatic, or idiot”.
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Should HLS Prawf Ron Sullivan Wear Both Hats?
Students at Harvard Law School have gained a bad reputation. Too social justice warrior, not enough lawyer. But when one of their prawfs announced he was taking on an outside gig as part of the Har…
Duke Shoots And Misses The Point
It was alleged to have happened in 1999, which just happens to be 20 years ago. Meredith Watson’s attorney wrote a statement alleging two rapes, one by an unnamed Duke basketball player, the …
Michigan AG Dana Nessel Does The Unthinkable: Argues The Truth About SORA
The following is a guest post, at my “request,” from Guy Hamilton-Smith. Michigan’s Attorney General has entered the cultural and legal conflagration of how we reckon with sexual violen…
But For Video: Dads And Cops
Each story has its own variations, each of which give rise to significant issues of their own, but share a few primary things in common. They involve men who have were not alleged to have committed…
Automatic Driver's License Suspension for Unpaid Child Support is Unfair
Responding to Congressional pressure and the problem of substantial delinquencies in court-ordered child support payments—much of it owed to the…
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Scott Greenfield
NJ holds automatic suspension of driver's license for unpaid child support violates due process for same reasons as suspension for unpaid fines.
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Fairfax in the Middle
On our increasing reliance on trials by public opinion
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Scott Greenfield
Why the "trial" of VA Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax will be no trial at all. Me at @ArcDigi (where the cool kids hang out).
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Will Presumption of Innocence Be The Next To Fall?
Why Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro decided it was his place to get into the mix is unclear. Maybe it was just too easy to hop on the Woke Train and get a free ride. Maybe he didn’…
Edie Grunwald, mother of slain Palmer teen, appointed chair of parole board
Grunwald has no corrections or law enforcement experience but promises ‘personal biases’ won’t enter into her decisions.
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Scott Greenfield
Mother of murdered teen in midst of high profile ongoing prosecution, w/ no prior crim law experience, named chair of Alaska's parole board.
What could possibly go wrong?
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Yale President Peter Salovey’s statement on proposed Title IX rule changes
President Salovey addressed the proposed revisions to the Title IX regulations regarding how educational institutions respond to sexual misconduct.
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Scott Greenfield
Yale president puts on a performance for his students.
Are they dumb enough to buy it?
news.yale.edu/2019/01/30/yal… twitter.com/kcjohnson9/sta…
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DC ‘antifa leader’ is third charged in Marine attack in Philadelphia: report
More than two months after a pair of U.S. Marine Corps reservists were assaulted by an Antifa mob just blocks away from a “We the People” rally in Philadelphia, a third man has been charged in the attack.
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Too Harsh For Too Long Is No Excuse
Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner has been everything he said he would be when he ran for office, and he’s taken some heat along with the kudos. But a collateral consequence is unf…
Left, Lefter, Latte
In the midst of the 2016 presidential campaign, someone who lived in my house decried the fact that the options offered were, how to say this kindly, unappealing. On the right was the singularly le…
Crisis Averted or War Lost?
At the ideologically amorphous Niskensan Center, Columbia University economics prof Jeffrey Sachs announces the good great news. THE “CAMPUS FREE SPEECH CRISIS” ENDED LAST YEAR How cool is that? Su…
The Reverse Cop Swagger
In 1989, when Darcel Clark was a line assistant in the Bronx District Attorney’s working narcotics, 16-year-old Huwe Burton was coerced into falsely confessing he killed his mother. It was Ja…
Covington Catholic: The Rebound
Mainstream media, to the extent such a beast still exists, got caught. Erik Wemple did a side by side comparison of the initial stories on the young, MAGA-hat-wearing, smirking (or not) Nick Sandma…
Man says emotional support alligator helps his depression
A Pennsylvania man says his emotional support alligator helps him deal with his depression.
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Scott Greenfield
Pennsylvania man says his emotional support alligator helps him deal with his depression.
Why doesn't he get invited to parties?
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Short Take: But Jackie and Duke Lacrosse?
I was taken in by the story in Rolling Stone by Sabrina Erdely about Jackie’s rape at UVA. I fell prey to confirmation bias, as was made painfully clear in a subsequent post by Richard Bradle…
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Scott Greenfield
Short Take: But Jackie and Duke Lacrosse? blog.simplejustice.us/2019/01/24/sho… pic.twitter.com/FqxQl8rp3y
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Wreaths Over the Water
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Scott Greenfield
My father's last "cause" was creating Wreaths Across The Water, to remember all servicemen who has no resting place.
coastguard.dodlive.mil/2012/12/wreath… pic.twitter.com/57nwKv9FXE
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