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How the Right to Trial Became a Legal Fiction

Half a century after approving coercive plea bargaining, the Supreme Court is beginning to recognize its costs.

Reason · Jul 13

What Judge Wood Did Not Say About Judge Ross's Misconduct (Updated)

She says nothing about Judge Ross's dishonesty, nothing about the private reprimand, and nothing about Pauline Newman.

Reason · Jun 8

How Has Legal Academia Changed Since Posner on Meltzer?

Revisiting Posner's 2007 essay.

Reason · Dec 27, 2023

Something is afoot with copyright this Public Domain Day

On New Year’s Day, copyright in the US expires on a new clutch of artistic works. But shady legal shenanigans mean it’s a little overdue…

The Guardian - UK · Jan 1, 2023

Dad broke crying baby's legs and arm by rough handling

Mum and dad in highly strained relationship as their newborn kept crying, court told

Bristol Post · Oct 3, 2022

Why we talk about computers having brains (and why the metaphor is all wrong)

It is a truth, universally acknowledged, that the machines are taking over. What is less clear is whether the machines know that. Recent claims by a Google engineer that the LaMBDA AI Chatbot might be conscious made international headlines and sent philosophers into a tizz. Neuroscientists and linguists were less…

The Conversation · Jul 4, 2022

Commentary: Banning ‘concealed carry’ laws is a disaster

After the recent mass shootings in Uvalde, Texas, and Buffalo, New York, Congress enacted the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, the most important gun violence prevention law in three decades. But days earlier, on June 23, the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in New York State Rifle and Pistol Association Inc. v.…

Tribune News Service · Jul 1, 2022

Everything we know about Bobbi-Anne McCleod’s ‘merciless’ murder

‘She was kind, funny, and loyal. She was the best daughter, the best sister, and the best friend to so many people. Everybody who knew Bobbi loved her,’ says family

The Independent UK · May 19, 2022

Killer musician obsessed with Ted Bundy murdered teen after snatching her from bus stop

Cody Ackland, 24, has been jailed for life for the murder of Bobbi-Anne McLeod, 18, after abducting her from a bus stop and later dumped her body nearly eight miles away.

Daily Record · May 19, 2022

Bobbi-Anne McLeod killer's twisted internet search history, how he kidnapped teen and chilling words he told her before murder

Bobbi-Anne went missing after leaving to catch a bus near her home on the night of November 20 2021. Cody Ackland, 24, has been sentenced to life in prison after admitting her murder.

Wales Online · May 19, 2022