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One of the guiding principles of every just and compassionate society is the strong protect the weak. This ideal is the bedrock of our criminal justice system when it comes to […]

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What is the role of our modern legal system? Is it to isolate those we deem to be dangerous? Or is it to rehabilitate those who have erred […]

Photo by Kamil Porembiński.

The lost Manichean religion codified the idea that life is a battle between the forces of ultimate good and ultimate evil. A mere 2,500 years later we’ve begun to realize there’s […]

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In what way does Kentucky lead the nation in judicial reform? No, this isn’t a joke about Kentucky.

In most states, your ability to get out of jail after a misdemeanor […]

Sammy Hagar’s “I Can’t Drive 55” sold over a million copies. Does that mean that over a million people own a copy of  Hagar’s blanket confession to the crime of speeding?  Is Ice T’s song […]