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U.S.
Black People More Likely to Be Wrongfully Convicted of Murder, Study Shows
Misconduct was found in more than three-quarters of the cases in which black defendants were exonerated of murder.Correcting the convictions is important.
Correcting the courts is more important.
Correcting the police is most important.
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U.S.
Massachusetts Governor Vows to Shield Planned Parenthood Funding
A Republican governor in a liberal-leaning state signals the gap between his positions and those of the Republican-controlled Congress.Gov. Charlie Baker of Massachusetts really has no choice.
Safe abortion saves the state money.
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U.S.
Jury Secrecy Doesn’t Apply if Marred by Bias, Supreme Court Rules
Jury deliberations should not remain private if evidence emerges that the discussions were affected by racial or ethnic bias, the justices ruled.In order for evidence of juror bias to emerge the secrecy of jury deliberations must be breached.
Magic words are bad law.
Detect and remove bias at jury selection.
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Crosswords & Games
A Little Variety
A place to discuss the A Little Variety suite of puzzles, including the Spelling Bee.https://static01.nyt.com/packages/other/crossword/puzzleblogimages/sb.ans.030517.png
" Administrivial Alert! This is the final “A Little Variety” column. It was started as an experiment to see if giving readers a separate post in which to discuss the smaller variety puzzles would become popular, but unfortunately, it has not developed enough readership to keep it going.
Please
feel free to post your comments about the Spelling Bee and other “A
Little Variety” puzzles in the regular Variety puzzle post, which comes
out at noon Eastern on Saturdays."
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U.S.
Analyzing Trump’s New Travel Ban
President Trump’s revised executive order carves out many exceptions, is less sweeping than the original and hopes that it will survive court challenges.https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/06/us/politics/trump-executive-order-immigration-text.html
The order should be blocked.
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U.S.
Dubious Data Belies Supreme Court’s Stance on Repeat Sex Offenders
The court’s assertion that there is a “frightening and high” risk of recidivism among sex offenders has been exceptionally influential, despite a lack of evidence.Certainly the law deserves careful review.
If the facts are as stated here the laws on sex crimes must change.
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Opinion
Discord at Middlebury: Students on the Anti-Murray Protests
“Student protesters were not violating Mr. Murray’s First Amendment rights when they spoke out against him. They were changing the terms of the discussion.”Knowing the enemy is an important part of an education.
Exercises in mob rule are counter productive.
Charles Murray is a voice for the American Enterprise Institute.
He is not an ear. He would not hear protests against the American Enterprise Institute message.
Given the opportunity I would sit in the front and quietly leave the room after his introductory statement.
That would inform me of his position and it would inform him and the audience of my position.
I would hope Charles Murray would finish his presentation to an empty room.
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U.S.
Bold Promises Fade to Doubts for a Trump-Linked Data Firm
The big-data company Cambridge Analytica says it has the ability to predict the political leanings of every American adult, but how well it works remains unproved.Cambridge Analyticais not getting things right.
They will have to reorganize under another name.
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Opinion
Home Alone in the Trump Administration
Mr. Trump has lost interest in creating a federal government, a management failure he passes off, characteristically, as good management.The goal of the Trump administration is a crash of the federal government.
That was rejected in 1933.
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N.Y. / Region
Welcome, Airbnb Guest! Your Neighbors are the Trumps
An apartment listed on the rental website until last week offered a prime location, luxurious appointments and a lot of security. It was inside Trump Tower.Get a cavity search on every entrance.
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