Justice

“This is what a collapsed criminal justice system looks like.”

Arguing with the local sheriff’s office on Facebook over your imminent arrest seems obviously unwise. But, setting aside immediate judgments, maybe having a very public and mostly neutral exchange with…

These protests in Sudan are awesome: “52 women were arrested on Tuesday as they protested outside the country’s justice ministry.” The trigger for the demonstration: a video of a woman being flogged, in public, by “laughing police officers.” There is video…

Liberty and justice for almost all: “A Mississippi judge ordered an attorney to spend several hours in jail Wednesday after the attorney chose not to recite the Pledge of Allegiance in court. The Northeast Mississippi…

All case summaries via SCOTUSblog.

16. Snyder v. Phelps: “Does the First Amendment protect protesters at a funeral from liability for intentionally inflicting…

This article by Dahlia Lithwick on Charles Dean Hood-the Texas death row inmate whose trial judge and prosecutor were having a secret affair-is as good as anything she’s ever written, which is saying a lot.

Sometimes the natives of Knifecrime Island like to mix it up a bit and eschew the bladework for which they have gained worldwide renown. Take the case of 19-year-old Chantelle Amies, accused of poisoning a neighbor’s three goldfish with bleach. In a…