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Introduction: The Emerging Power Of Context Over Conventional Wisdom In Scholarship On Law And Terrorism, Peter S. Margulies, Laura Corbin Apr 2008

Introduction: The Emerging Power Of Context Over Conventional Wisdom In Scholarship On Law And Terrorism, Peter S. Margulies, Laura Corbin

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Confronting Evil: Victims' Rights In An Age Of Terror, Wayne A. Logan Mar 2008

Confronting Evil: Victims' Rights In An Age Of Terror, Wayne A. Logan

Scholarly Publications

This Article examines a unique facet of the victims' rights movement: the use of victim impact evidence in the prosecution of individuals accused of mass killings. The Article provides the first detailed analysis of victim impact evidence employed in the capital trials of those responsible for the bombings in Oklahoma City (168 deaths) and the U.S. Embassy in Kenya (213 deaths), as well as the events of September 11 (almost 3000 deaths), and explores the many difficulties its use presents. These difficulties, the Article argues, warrant attention not only with respect to future U.S. mass killing trials in civilian courts, …


Constitutional Overview Of Post-9/11 Barriers To Free Speech And A Free Press, Nadine Strossen Jan 2008

Constitutional Overview Of Post-9/11 Barriers To Free Speech And A Free Press, Nadine Strossen

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