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
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Jun 12, 2001 / Bruce Shapiro
‘Moral’ Execution ‘Moral’ Execution
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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