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Radical Ideas for Criminal Justice Reform

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Mike at Crime & Federalism posted a complaint about plea bargaining: It has turned our system into one that is supposed to convict the guilty and free the innocent into a risk-management system. It has turned lawyers into actuaries . "Is going to trial worth the risk?" is what lawyers ask clients. Innocence has little to do with the decision to take a deal. I'm not … [Read more...] about Radical Ideas for Criminal Justice Reform

The Mystery of the Self-Unscrewing Bulb

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Libby asks: How do light bulbs unscrew themselves? This can't be only be happening to me. My lamps are really old and rickety for the most part but I don't think that's the reason that I have to retighten the bulbs every once in while. Sometimes I think the bulb is out and discover it's just not twisted in far enough. And today I changed a bulb that did burn out but it was … [Read more...] about The Mystery of the Self-Unscrewing Bulb

Never Get Busted Again, Volume 1: Traffic Stops

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I just finished watching Barry Cooper's Never Get Busted Again DVD that the blogosphere was all excited about a few weeks ago. As it's subtitled "Volume 1: Traffic Stops", I assume he hopes to release more videos in the future. (Actually, he's also released a bonus 45-minute DVD of a training video he made to teach police how to find false compartments in cars, but I didn't get … [Read more...] about Never Get Busted Again, Volume 1: Traffic Stops