Life of the Law

Producers, reporters, writers, and scholars sharing stories about the law.

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"The TV ad was on every station — cable, network — nonstop all the time for ten days. It was carpet bombing by TV ad." Judges vs. Attack Ads, at: https://t.co/mISaM3SQNl

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As a child, Serge Turnier fell in love with the sounds of the carnival bands that would pass near his house in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. But how can he make a living from music production when Haiti lacks copyright laws protecting his work? https://t.co/0vYesVT6Xc

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Unlike judges appointed to federal courts, many state judges run in elections to either get voted onto the court or keep their seat on the bench after they’ve been appointed. That means they have to convince voters to vote for them. https://t.co/mISaM3SQNl

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Kids don’t have the same ability as an adult to consider the consequences of their actions, and in time, when their brains do become fully developed, they can be rehabilitated. But how does the law handle this science? Kids and Life Without Parole, at: https://t.co/JhGIKAeaIx

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You’ve gone to college, published your dissertation, and now you’re either on tenure track OR you’ve gotten tenure. What’s life like as a legal scholar? https://t.co/usg49vnAfE

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One of the basic jobs of every government is to protect property rights, meaning if you own this piece of land or you build this house, no one can just come and take those things from you. What happens when your country lacks law to protect creative works? https://t.co/0vYesVBw5E

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“Being trampled, being struck by livestock, being struck by vehicles, backed over. People have fallen into and drowned in manure pits.” Death on a Dairy at: https://t.co/G34FQlVxqk

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This is a story about how radio regulation has evolved over its one-hundred year history, and whose interests that regulation serves. Radio Silenced at: https://t.co/HtlY3TPjF3

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Today, millions of Americans live in the shadows, without any form of government issued photo identification. They can’t get social security and many can’t vote. One man's journey without ID at https://t.co/zG2ZDLWTHY

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“I definitely thought that, without a doubt, I’m like, I know that I didn’t kill anybody – I wouldn’t hurt anybody. So I’m like, ‘Oh yeah, I know I’m gonna get out of here, I’m gonna go home.’ But it didn’t happen like that.” Kids Doing Life, at: https://t.co/JhGIKAvLA5

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Many doctors and treatment centers treat heroin addiction by providing a legal alternative, such as methadone. But methadone treatment doesn’t always work. So what do you do? Heroin Town at: https://t.co/hiJUmAJf2O

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The story of Greg Lawson — a man who always keeps the radio on, and listened as the stations he depended on disappeared, one after the other. Listen at: https://t.co/HtlY3TxINv

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The polls got it wrong. What matters in the end, on election day, is who has the right to vote and who goes to the polls to cast their ballot. We discuss gerrymandering, voting rights, and more at: https://t.co/bHYc2UnFHo

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Join us for our in-studio discussion on the incentives and rewards of international and national copyright law: https://t.co/7jz013RxjK

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In many states, the final decision of whether or not a judge should step aside from hearing a case, or recuse themselves, is left up to the judge: https://t.co/ZTbpTTjC3N

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Fifteen years ago, judges were pretty much exempt from attack ads. But today, independent groups pour millions of dollars into state judicial races hoping to influence voters, one way or another. Judges v. Attack Ads, at: https://t.co/mISaM3SQNl

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"How have criminologists and criminal justice researchers contributed to the study of wrongful convictions and what are the paths forward?" https://t.co/A1wYW6mQVt

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Turns out small dairy farms can be some of the most dangerous, unregulated places to work. There are hinges and machines and huge cows to contend with. "Death on a Dairy" at https://t.co/G34FQlVxqk

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What happens is a person is arrested and they can’t make bail? What if they don’t have enough money or access to property to make bail? https://t.co/ZNYxHEoSlh

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"Why wouldn’t you want them to be getting the heroin from a doctor to bring them in off the street and in contact with the health care system?" The story of one clinic in Vancouver at: https://t.co/hiJUmAJf2O