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Judicial discretion

2. The Courts

by Dahlia Lithwick,

From the Forum “Undoing Bush” One way to know that George Bush is going to do something is for him to say he doesn’t believe in it. The most famous…

Signed, Sealed, Deliverance

by Kent Coulson,

The following letter, written in summer 2002 by Wasatch County Jail inmate Kent Coulson, was intended for Coulson’s girlfriend but was accidentally sent to David Sam, his sentencing judge. Coulson…

Changing criminal sentences

by James Q. Wilson,

Editor’s drawer

Editor’s drawer

Editor’s drawer

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