Justice

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October 29, 2010

Black opponents of pot legalization are lost in the weeds

OPINION - The irony is that law enforcement groups which nearly unanimously oppose Proposition 19 do not dispute the racially…
October 15, 2010

Still no justice for civil rights-era rape victims

ATLANTA (AP) - Recy Taylor survived only to watch two all-white, all-male grand juries decline to indict the six white…
August 25, 2010

Why the DEA's embrace of Ebonics is lost in translation

OPINION - The DEA may not have known the full ramifications of its decision to label the language of many…
August 18, 2010

Review finds flawed NC cases, including executions

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The cases also include the 1993 murder of James Jordan, father of the NBA star, who…
August 7, 2010

Kagan sworn in as fourth woman ever on Supreme Court

WASHINGTON (AP) - Kagan, a former Harvard Law School dean who most recently was solicitor general, was President Obama's choice…
August 6, 2010

Kagan celebrates with Obama, to be sworn in Sat.

WASHINGTON (AP) - The 50-year-old U.S. solicitor general, who won confirmation Thursday over Republican opposition, will be sworn in twice…
August 5, 2010

Why Kagan could be a crucial vote on key cases

OPINION - On Thursday, the U.S. Senate voted to confirm Elena Kagan to the U.S. Supreme Court...
August 5, 2010

Senate to confirm Kagan as Supreme Court’s 4th-ever woman

WASHINGTON (AP) - Republicans have harshly criticized Kagan, 50, as a political activist who would be unable to put aside…
June 10, 2010

Will there be justice for Oscar Grant?

OPINION - It wasn't a scripted movie. It wasn't a prank. It was police brutality; and the black community is…
June 8, 2010

Jail populations shrink but growing problems remain

OPINION - Unless we support ongoing efforts to downscale prisons and jails, our country will literally go broke and funds…
June 7, 2010

Blacks blocked from serving on Southern juries, study says

OPINION - Knowing that this type of discrimination continues is the first step toward holding district attorney's offices accountable for…
June 4, 2010

Attorney General Holder vows to take on hate crimes

WASHINGTON (AP) - The attorney general said an internal Justice Department review is under way of a 2003 directive banning…
June 1, 2010

Supreme Court: Right to remain silent? Speak up

WASHINGTON (AP) - A right to remain silent and a right to a lawyer are the first of the Miranda…
May 18, 2010

Teen sentencing still a national embarrassment

OPINION - The latest Supreme Court ruling banning life terms for juveniles who aren't guilty of murder is not nearly…
May 3, 2010

NJ governor dumps high court’s only black judge

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - New Jersey's new Republican governor has made his first move to reshape the state Supreme Court,…
April 13, 2010

Who would be the supreme Stevens substitute?

OPINION - The choice of the next Supreme Court justice, while daunting and stressful, is also an opportunity for America…
March 15, 2010

California police stop proves racial profiling is alive and well

OPINION - In an address to a joint session of Congress in 2001, then President Bush blasted racial profiling, "It's…
November 10, 2009

Trying minors as adults is a major mistake

OPINION - Juveniles should not be tried and treated as adults in the criminal justice system, no matter how "adult-like"…
November 3, 2009

Ohio sex offender shows high price of prisons ignoring rehabilitation

OPINION - The discovery of the bodies of six women at the home of a convicted rapist is further proof…