h/t to Prof. Berman TG. The title of this post is the headline of this new New York Times segment of its series “Room for Debate.” The NY Timesbrought together five leading lights to comment on this question (all of whom appear to supply variations on the answer “Yes”). Here is how the segment sets…
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On 23 September 2010 USA Today published a front page piece about federal prosecutors. Federal prosecutors are supposed to seek justice, not merely score convictions. But a USA TODAY investigation found that prosecutors repeatedly have violated that duty in courtrooms across the nation. The abuses have put innocent people in prison, set guilty people free…
Continue reading ›The Guardian, at guardian.co.uk reports that: An Afghan prosecutor has issued an arrest warrant for an American special forces commander over allegations that a police chief was murdered by a US-trained militia. He accused American officials of refusing to hand over evidence or to permit his investigators to interview the special forces commander, known to…
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