American Justice on Trial
David Cole : The Courts
To try alleged 9/11 perpetrators without handing Al Qaeda a propaganda victory, the trial must be fair beyond question.

David Cole : The Courts
To try alleged 9/11 perpetrators without handing Al Qaeda a propaganda victory, the trial must be fair beyond question.

Samuel Moyn : Philosophy
In their discussions of justice, Michael Sandel and Amartya Sen endorse communal good but slight collective endeavor.
Gara LaMarche : Supreme Court
We need to change the sorry frame of the debate over judges and the role the judicial system plays in our democracy.
Esther Kaplan : New Orleans
Our investigation into the shootings of African-Americans in the days after Hurricane Katrina seems to have gotten the feds' attention; but in New Orleans, the wheels of justice have rusted.
Nick Turse
The eerie confluence of the tales of two convicted mass murderers, Abdel Baset al-Megrahi and William Calley--and their fates.
CNN
A segment on Anderson Cooper 360 investigates the white vigilante justice that tore through New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
Katrina vanden Heuvel : New York City
An experienced prosecutor who knows that prevention is the best crime-fighting strategy, Aborn has fought for drug-law reform and sensible gun-control.
Katrina vanden Heuvel : New York City
An experienced prosecutor who knows that prevention is the best crime-fighting strategy, Aborn has fought for drug-law reform and sensible gun-control.

Jeremy Scahill : Blackwater
The private security company, facing charges in a US court for killing and injuring Iraqis, is attempting to silence its victims and their lawyers.
Tom Hayden
Newly implemented reforms don't do enough to reverse a massive increase in the frisking of minority youths in the Los Angeles community.
Peter Edelman : Poverty
Obama wants to repeal many strictures on legal services funding. But more needs to be done.

A.C. Thompson : Racism & Discrimination
Television news reports are casting new light on the violence that flourished in New Orleans in the anarchic days after Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
Countdown
The Nation's Chris Hayes talks about the Panetta revelations about the CIA and Karl Rove's recent testimony over the US attorney firings scandal.
Tom Hayden
The Alex Sanchez case raises troubling new questions about the war on gangs.
Tom Hayden
A federal magistrate denied Alex Sanchez bail in his gang conspiracy trial, but the prosecution entered a surprisingly "weak" case, according to defense counsel.

Benjamin Jealous : Racism & Discrimination
The president of the NAACP explains why he has joined a "strange bedfellows" coalition drawn together to fight for the reopening of Troy Davis's capital case.
Tom Hayden : Los Angeles
The indictment of Alex Sanchez, a revered gangbanger-turned-peacemaker, raises doubts about the LAPD and whether it should be released from a federal court order.
