Kafka…
…had nothing on this story.
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Has Etan Patz’s murderer been found?
I’m going to go on record here as saying that I think this will turn out to be a false confession. Unfortunately—because it would be a good thing if this terrible and tragic mystery of over three-decades duration were to … Continue reading →
The changing eyewitness testimony
Several eyewitnesses in the Zimmerman-Martin case have changed their original accounts, mostly to reflect more poorly on Zimmerman. This is disturbing, but not at all unusual. Eyewitness testimony, which many people give extreme weight to, is notoriously unreliable. And that’s … Continue reading →
Perceptions actually changing in the Zimmerman-Martin case
Some of the new evidence about the Zimmerman-Martin confrontation actually appears to be penetrating the public awareness, according to the results of this poll: A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 24% of American Adults still believe the … Continue reading →
Alan Dershowitz continues…
…to take on the Zimmerman prosecutor. And he is a formidable foe: A medical report by George Zimmerman’s doctor has disclosed that Zimmerman had a fractured nose, two black eyes, two lacerations on the back of his head and a … Continue reading →
More evidence in the Zimmerman-Martin case
The autopsy report found that the shot that killed Trayon Martin was fired from what’s called an “intermediate” distance. That actually means: In intermediate-range wounds, the muzzle is held away from the skin but close enough that it still produces … Continue reading →
In the matter of Zimmerman and Martin…
…some new evidence emerges. It’s not determinative, but it certainly tends to buttress Zimmerman’s claims.
Continue reading →Stop and frisk, race, and crime
Has New York’s stop and frisk law really reduced crime? After all, remember that correlation is not causation. And are black men unfairly targeted by it, or is the proportion just about right considering the demographics of crime? And speaking … Continue reading →
The Khalid Sheikh Mohammed trial: starting over
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, mastermind of 9/11, is now on trial along with four accomplices. And it’s in a military court rather than the civilian courts the Obama administration would have preferred. Thank goodness. One of the worst excesses of the … Continue reading →
Reasonable doubt?
Don’t blame Verrilli
Remember the SCOTUS hearings on Obamacare? The Obama administration’s Solicitor General, Donald Verrilli, was widely seen as incompetent in his defense of the statute’s constitutionality. Now he’s arguing for the administration in the Arizona immigration law case, and it’s not … Continue reading →
Europe’s still there
It’s easy to concentrate on the election here and miss what’s happening in Europe, such as, for example, Sarkozy’s threatened ousting in the impending French election by socialist challenger Hollande. It’s all about the economy, stupid: With the highest joblessness … Continue reading →