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Dec 4, 2008

Efforts to End Ivory Smuggling Increase

In: Crime

By: Phillip Barea

Six individuals were recently arrested in the United States for smuggling ivory. Meanwhile, ivory procurement remains the root cause for elephant poaching in Africa. more...

Dec 4, 2008

Fetal Alcohol Disorder and the Justice System

In: Law, Crime & Justice (general)

By: Kimberley Powell

More than 60% of prisoners are likely to have been affected by alcohol in utero. It costs appoximately $120,000/yr to "house" a young offender and $82,000 for an adult. more...

Dec 3, 2008

The Milgram Obedience Experiment

In: Law, Crime & Justice (general)

By: K. N. Singer

What is a "good enough" reason to inflict serious pain on another human being? According to the Milgram Experiment of 1961, a good enough reason is being told to do so. more...

Dec 2, 2008

Justice Remains Absent in Politkovskaya Trial

In: Crime

By: Phillip Barea

The investigation and prosecution of suspects in the 2006 murder of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya remains a legally uncertain and politically charged process. more...

Dec 2, 2008

The Stanford Prison Experiment and Abu Gharib

In: Penal System

By: K. N. Singer

In 1971, research psychologists at Stanford began the "Stanford Prison Experiment". Thirty years later, the experiment still helps explain what went wrong at Abu Gharib. more...

Dec 1, 2008

Physicians and Lethal Injection

In: Law, Crime & Justice (general)

By: Stephen Allen Christensen

Physicians can be torn between their Hippocratic calling to alleviate suffering and their ethical concerns over sanitizing state-sanctified executions. more...

Nov 29, 2008

The Exclusionary Rule in US Criminal Trials

In: Law, Crime & Justice (general)

By: David J. Shestokas

The Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits government searches or seizures without a warrant issued by a disinterested magistrate. more...

Nov 28, 2008

Shaping Equal Employment Opportunity in America

In: Law

By: Mary Fall Wade

An examination of American history illustrates that the laws that have shaped equal employment opportunity are largely a result of the societal context. more...

Nov 26, 2008

Convicted War Criminal Will Remain in Canada

In: War Crimes

By: Phillip Barea

On November 25, 2008 the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada decided that a Croatian man convicted of war crimes could not be deported and returned to Croatia. more...

Nov 21, 2008

The Double Jeopardy Clause

In: Law, Crime & Justice (general)

By: David J. Shestokas

The Fifth Amendment reads in part: "nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb". This is the Double Jeopardy Clause. more...

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