Showing posts with label crime. Show all posts
Showing posts with label crime. Show all posts
Monday, August 24, 2026

Why Has Violent Crime Dropped?

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    Many posts have discussed crime in the United States . Mike Allen at Axios : By the numbers: The U.S. violent-crime rate plunged 9....
Saturday, August 15, 2026

Deleting Data -- Update

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"Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book has been rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street...
Friday, August 7, 2026

Americans Still Support the Death Penalty

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A number of posts have discussed the death penalty . J. Baxter Oliphant and Andy Cerda at Pew : As the Trump administration and some st...
Tuesday, July 14, 2026

Plea Bargaining

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Many posts have discussed the American legal system . Jacob Sullum at Reason : Criminal defendants make similar calculations every day, ...
Wednesday, May 6, 2026

High Level of Antisemitic Incidents

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Many  posts  have  discussed  antisemitism  and the  Israel-Hamas war .   From the Anti-Defamation League (ADL)  : The year 2025 was the thi...
Thursday, March 5, 2026

Federal Grand Juries

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A number of posts have discussed juries . John Gramlich at Pew : Federal grand juries indict tens of thousands of people per year in the...
Tuesday, January 27, 2026

A Year and a Week of Trump

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Many   posts  have   discussed   the  presidency .  My article in La Tercera (original English): The first year of President Trump's s...
Monday, January 26, 2026

Myths, Misinformation, and Minneapolis

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Besides not knowing what habeas corpus means , DHS Secretary  Kristi Noem  has had problems . Daniel Dale at CNN: Top officials in Presiden...
Sunday, January 18, 2026

Invading Greenland Would Be Illegal

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Many   posts  have  discussed   foreign policy ,  war powers  and the US  military . Alberto J. Mora at Just Security : Unfortunately for Tr...
Saturday, January 10, 2026

No Absolute Immunity for Feds Who Break State Laws

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Our chapter on  federalism  includes an extensive discussion of  crime . Devan Cole at CNN : Vice President JD Vance’s claim Thursday that...
Thursday, January 8, 2026

An Incident in Minneapolis

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 Zolan Kanno-Youngs at NYT : Just hours after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot a 37-year-old woman in Minneapolis on Wednes...
Thursday, January 1, 2026

Jack Smith Testimony

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Many   post s have  discussed  the  insurrection  of  January 6, 2021 .  On New Year's Eve, the GOP majority on the House Judiciary Comm...
Thursday, December 25, 2025

Flat Fees and California Public Defenders

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Many posts have discussed the American legal system . Anat Rubin at CalMatters: Nearly half of California counties pay private lawyers an...
Monday, December 22, 2025

Online Sleuthing Gone Wrong

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Many   posts  have  discussed   myths  and  misinformation .   It is easier than ever to spread lies at scale . Zachary Basu at Axios: As po...
Sunday, November 30, 2025

A War Crime and an Act of War

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A WP report suggests the Secretary of Defense Hegseth committed a war crime .   Former US military lawyers speak out "The Former JAGs W...
Saturday, November 29, 2025

Pete Hegseth and War Crimes

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Alex Horton and Ellen Nakashima at WP: The longer the U.S. surveillance aircraft followed the boat, the more confident intelligence analysts...
Thursday, November 27, 2025

News Sources and Perceptions of Crime

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    Many   posts  have  discussed   crime  in the  United States . Frank Newport at Gallup : An important study from Pew Research last yea...
Sunday, November 2, 2025

"I Feared for My Life, Officer"

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    Many   posts  have  discussed   crime  in the  United States .  Mark Maremont  and  Paul Overberg at WSJ : It’s easier than ever to kill...
Friday, October 24, 2025

Pardon Lobbying

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DANIEL BARNES and CAITLIN OPRYSKO at POLITICO: TRUMP PARDONS BINANCE FOUNDER: President Donald Trump has pardoned Changpeng Zhao, founder o...
Friday, October 17, 2025

Rose Research Fall 2025

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Watch this clip from  The Wire . It is the best description of research, ever. The big stuff: Finding the literature:  https://consensus.app...