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Wrongful Convictions: It Is Time To Take Prosecution Discipline Seriously, Ellen Yaroshefsky Sep 2004

Wrongful Convictions: It Is Time To Take Prosecution Discipline Seriously, Ellen Yaroshefsky

University of the District of Columbia Law Review

Ron Williamson, who came within five days of execution, and Dennis Fritz, who served twelve years of a life sentence, were released from prison in 1999. They were innocent men, wrongfully convicted of the rape and murder of Debra Carter. Arrested five years after her murder and tried separately, the cases against them rested on testimony of a jailhouse informant, a jail trainee, and unreliable hair evidence. Fortunately, there was DNA evidence in the case, and scientific testing exonerated Fritz and Williamson. The evidence instead implicated Glen Gore, the person who should have been the prime suspect. Many of these …


Foreword: Pursuing Equal Justice In The West, Lynne Henderson Sep 2004

Foreword: Pursuing Equal Justice In The West, Lynne Henderson

Nevada Law Journal

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Adventures In Heteronormativity: The Straight Line From Liberace To Lawrence, Joan W. Howarth Sep 2004

Adventures In Heteronormativity: The Straight Line From Liberace To Lawrence, Joan W. Howarth

Nevada Law Journal

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Driver's Licenses And Undocumented Immigrants: The Future Of Civil Rights Law?, Kevin R. Johnson Sep 2004

Driver's Licenses And Undocumented Immigrants: The Future Of Civil Rights Law?, Kevin R. Johnson

Nevada Law Journal

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Uneasy Tensions Between Children's Rights And Civil Rights, Annette Ruth Appell Sep 2004

Uneasy Tensions Between Children's Rights And Civil Rights, Annette Ruth Appell

Nevada Law Journal

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The Turner Thesis, Black Migration, And The (Misapplied) Immigrant Explanation Of Black Inequality, John Valery White Sep 2004

The Turner Thesis, Black Migration, And The (Misapplied) Immigrant Explanation Of Black Inequality, John Valery White

Nevada Law Journal

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Making Up Women: Casinos, Cosmetics, And Title Vii, David B. Cruz Sep 2004

Making Up Women: Casinos, Cosmetics, And Title Vii, David B. Cruz

Nevada Law Journal

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Rebellious Lawyering, Settlement, And Reconciliation: Soko Bukai V. Ywca, Bill Ong Hing Sep 2004

Rebellious Lawyering, Settlement, And Reconciliation: Soko Bukai V. Ywca, Bill Ong Hing

Nevada Law Journal

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The Mississippi Of The West?, Michael S. Green Sep 2004

The Mississippi Of The West?, Michael S. Green

Nevada Law Journal

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"Justice Is Slow But Sure": The Civil Rights Movement In The West: 1950-1970, Quintard Taylor Sep 2004

"Justice Is Slow But Sure": The Civil Rights Movement In The West: 1950-1970, Quintard Taylor

Nevada Law Journal

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Citizenship And Suffrage: The Native American Struggle For Civil Rights In The American West, 1830-1965, Willard Hughes Rollings Sep 2004

Citizenship And Suffrage: The Native American Struggle For Civil Rights In The American West, 1830-1965, Willard Hughes Rollings

Nevada Law Journal

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An Historical Note On The Significance Of The Stigma Rationale For A Civil Rights Landmark, Tomiko Brown-Nagin Apr 2004

An Historical Note On The Significance Of The Stigma Rationale For A Civil Rights Landmark, Tomiko Brown-Nagin

Saint Louis University Law Journal

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Grutter V. Bollinger: Setting A Path For Diversity At The University Of South Carolina School Of Law, Laurel Rosenberg Apr 2004

Grutter V. Bollinger: Setting A Path For Diversity At The University Of South Carolina School Of Law, Laurel Rosenberg

South Carolina Law Review

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Respecting Human Life In 21st Century America: A Moral Perspective To Extend Civil Rights To The Unborn From Creation To Natural Death, Charles I. Lugosi Mar 2004

Respecting Human Life In 21st Century America: A Moral Perspective To Extend Civil Rights To The Unborn From Creation To Natural Death, Charles I. Lugosi

Saint Louis University Law Journal

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Section 1983 Civil Rights Litigation Colloquium, Erwin Chemerinsky, Martin A. Schwartz Jan 2004

Section 1983 Civil Rights Litigation Colloquium, Erwin Chemerinsky, Martin A. Schwartz

Touro Law Review

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The Buckhannon Stops Here: Buckhannon Board & Care Home, Inc. V. West Virginia Department Of Health & Human Resources Should Not Apply To The New York Equal Access To Justice Act, Annabelle Chan Jan 2004

The Buckhannon Stops Here: Buckhannon Board & Care Home, Inc. V. West Virginia Department Of Health & Human Resources Should Not Apply To The New York Equal Access To Justice Act, Annabelle Chan

Fordham Law Review

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Ethical Religion And The Struggle Of Human Rights: The Case Of Martin Luther King, Jr., David A.J. Richards Jan 2004

Ethical Religion And The Struggle Of Human Rights: The Case Of Martin Luther King, Jr., David A.J. Richards

Fordham Law Review

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Gender, Negotiating Gender And (Free And Equal) Citizenship: The Place Of Associations, Linda C. Mcclain Jan 2004

Gender, Negotiating Gender And (Free And Equal) Citizenship: The Place Of Associations, Linda C. Mcclain

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


Rights, Reality, And Utopia, Martin S. Flaherty Jan 2004

Rights, Reality, And Utopia, Martin S. Flaherty

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


Adjusting Rights And Balancing Values, T. M. Scanlon Jan 2004

Adjusting Rights And Balancing Values, T. M. Scanlon

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


Critical Race Histories: In And Out, Darren Lenard Hutchinson Jan 2004

Critical Race Histories: In And Out, Darren Lenard Hutchinson

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.