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Daily Alchemy: a question to think on together
4h ago“If forensic science can be wrong and innocence is not always enough, what would make you trust a guilty verdict?”
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Mechanism Design for Harm Reduction
I’ve just posted a new paper on SSRN: Mechanism Design for Harm Reduction: Game Theory and Social Choice for Carceral MOUD and Recovery Institutions 👉 Read it here: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=6173484 The core question: Why do our institutions so often... AMA - I recently served as a juror on a murder trial
The crime happened within the last five years, and the trial happened within the last six months. I'm happy to discuss anything about my experience except: The exact time and location of the crime The names of the people involved Those restrictions are to protect the family... - ballz2dwallz...
- Mo Jeffreys...
As far as Alex Pretti is concerned, he was not some innocent that ICE agents decided to shoot because they had a few minutes…he was a deeply disturbed man and it was clear to anyone who watched the BBC video from a week or so before he was shot.... - ptsharker...
texas racism bologna
I’m sick Of the black community, always making everything about race being part black it’s disgusting that people like Jasmine Crockett lie over and over again and always make everything about race.... - tsexton...
Small changes can rewrite a story. 📖✍️ I am incredibly proud to share that we are bringing Uptrust into our community outreach efforts. In writing, we learn that every detail matters; in life, a single missed date or a lack of support can completely derail someone’s hard work... - ˈkwɒntəm...
The income tax was implemented during world war I was supposed to end after world war I ended. I'll let that sink in The way we got along before that was tariffs. tariffs built a lot of the things that are still standing today and didn't cost Americans nothing out of pocket.... I have a degree in Criminal Justice Administration and am a published writer of 30 years. I hate how disingenuous individuals and the Internet have become.... - Paulleverich...
That story hits like a brick because it exposes a question most legal systems try very hard not to answer: What is the actual punishment for a crime?... - Paulleverich...
That story keeps sticking with me. A man spent eleven months in pretrial detention over the alleged theft of a $40 backpack. Whether he was guilty or innocent almost becomes secondary to the larger question: what is justice supposed to accomplish?... - dawnagain...
Reality seems less real to me these days. How have we as a society allowed so few to have so much and so many to have nothing? I am 61. I am truly failing in every aspect. My health. My relationships. My finances. My sanity. Every moment is a struggle. I am suffering. Greatly.... I suppose in nearly every instance of life there is the potential for the formation of addiction. Whether it be drugs, video games, alcohol, porn, sugar, gambling, tobacco etc..... Can you fix prisons without abolishing them?: The Story
Twenty-eight years for a painting In 2021, Ndume Olatushani walked out of a Tennessee prison after twenty-eight years on death row for a murder he did not commit. He entered at thirty. He left at fifty-eight.... Is moral progress real?: The Story
The arc bent, and then it bent back In 1807, the British Parliament passed the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act. William Wilberforce wept in the gallery.... What should law look like in 2050?: The Story
The backpack In 2023, a man in Tennessee spent eleven months in pretrial detention. The charge: misdemeanor theft. The item: a forty-dollar backpack. His public defender had 437 other clients.... What actually happened on January 6th?: Political persecution frame
The grandmother On January 6, 2021, a sixty-year-old grandmother from Indiana walked into the Capitol through a door that had been opened. She did not break anything. She did not assault anyone. She was inside for ten minutes, took photographs, and left.... What actually happened on January 6th?: Insurrection frame
The legal record On January 20, 2025, Trump signed executive clemency for over 1,500 January 6th defendants. Some had been convicted of seditious conspiracy. Some had pleaded guilty to assaulting police officers with flagpoles and chemical spray.... Can you fix prisons without abolishing them?: Public safety first
The question nobody answers On September 11, 2007, Jennifer Hawke-Petit and her two daughters were murdered in their home in Cheshire, Connecticut. Both men had been released on parole. One had been arrested over twenty times. The system told Dr.... Can you fix prisons without abolishing them?: The Story
Twenty-eight years for a painting In 2021, Ndume Olatushani walked out of a Tennessee prison after twenty-eight years on death row for a murder he did not commit. He entered at thirty. He left at fifty-eight.... What is justice for?: Natural law
What a person is I teach philosophy at a small Catholic university in the Midwest. My students come in already knowing the positions — retribution, restoration, distribution. They can argue any of them on an exam. What they usually can’t say is why any of it matters....