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Philosophy Behind Bars
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In 1994, Congress eliminated federal funding for college education in prisons. It was, they argued,…
Racial Profiling and Implicit Bias
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Whether for counterterrorism measures, street level crime, or immigration, racial profiling of minorities occurs frequently.…
Dignity Denied: Life and Death in Prison
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Neuroscience and the Law
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Recent advances in neuroscience have revealed that certain neurological disorders, like a brain tumor, can…
The Ethics of Torture
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According to former Vice President Cheney, practices widely regarded as torture prevented further attack on…
Capital Punishment
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The death penalty: An effective deterrent? A just retribution for horrendous crimes? Or a racist,…
War Crimes
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In war, people do awful things to other people. But the concept of ‘war crime’…
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