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Does A Non-Extreme Answer To Extremism Exist?, Jeffrey Levicki
Does A Non-Extreme Answer To Extremism Exist?, Jeffrey Levicki
University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
Foreword for the Journal of Law Reform symposium entitled Alt-Association: The Role of Law in Combatting Extremism.
The Innocent Villain: Involuntary Manslaughter By Text, Charles Adside Iii
The Innocent Villain: Involuntary Manslaughter By Text, Charles Adside Iii
University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
Michelle Carter’s texts instructing her mentally ill online boyfriend to commit suicide offended the social moral code. But the law does not categorize all morally reprehensible behavior as criminal. Commonwealth v. Carter is unprecedented in manslaughter law because Carter was convicted on the theory that she was virtually present as opposed to physically present—at the crime scene. The court’s reasoning is expansive, as the framework it employs is excessively vague and does not provide fair notice to the public of which actions constitute involuntary manslaughter. Disturbingly, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the trial court’s logic. This Article concludes that …
Virtual Hatred: How Russia Tried To Start A Race War In The United States, William J. Aceves
Virtual Hatred: How Russia Tried To Start A Race War In The United States, William J. Aceves
Michigan Journal of Race and Law
During the 2016 U.S. presidential election, the Russian government engaged in a sophisticated strategy to influence the U.S. political system and manipulate American democracy. While most news reports have focused on the cyber-attacks aimed at Democratic Party leaders and possible contacts between Russian officials and the Trump presidential campaign, a more pernicious intervention took place. Throughout the campaign, Russian operatives created hundreds of fake personas on social media platforms and then posted thousands of advertisements and messages that sought to promote racial divisions in the United States. This was a coordinated propaganda effort. Some Facebook and Twitter posts denounced the …