Law

Friends at Court Friends at Court

The Supreme Court, in the final week of June, handed down three decisions, each of which seems to endorse a valuable social principle. In the first, involving the right...

Jun 28, 2001 / The Editors

Death and Texas Death and Texas

The state's justice system crushes poor people like Ernestina Rodriguez.

Jun 28, 2001 / Feature / JoAnn Wypijewski

Supreme Injustice Supreme Injustice

Click here to review some of the more perceptive comments on the Scalia Five's judicial coup d'etat.

Jun 23, 2001 / Steve Cobble

Death and Disparity Death and Disparity

To write a letter on behalf of Juan Raul Garza, as well as the other prisoners currently on state and federal death row, visit our Death Row Roll Call.

Jun 15, 2001 / David Cole

McVeigh: Done to Death McVeigh: Done to Death

Strange as it may seem, Timothy McVeigh and George W. Bush shared the same analysis of McVeigh's execution Monday morning, June 11, in Terre Haute. The Oklahoma City bomber, inton...

Jun 14, 2001 / Bruce Shapiro

No Vengeance, No Justice No Vengeance, No Justice

Now that Timothy McVeigh has been executed, I suppose we're all supposed to stop talking about it--to "enjoy closure," a bit like the election. But McVeigh's execution wa...

Jun 14, 2001 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

McVeigh: Done to Death McVeigh: Done to Death

For more information, see our Death Row Roll Call.

Jun 12, 2001 / Bruce Shapiro

‘Moral’ Execution ‘Moral’ Execution

For more information, see our Death Row Roll Call.

Jun 6, 2001 / Bruce Shapiro

Abortion on Trial Abortion on Trial

When a renowned abortion doctor opened a clinic in Ocala, Florida, he was seen as a public pest. So local authorities used the courts to get rid of him.

May 31, 2001 / Feature / Hillary Frey and Miranda Kennedy

Russia–Scamming the System Russia–Scamming the System

Thefts from other countries pale in relation to the looting of Russia, with the indispensable assistance of the "Offshornaya Zona." The 1995 "loans for shares" scheme transferred ...

May 31, 2001 / Feature / Lucy Komisar

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