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jurisprudenceJurisprudenceThe law, lawyers, and the court.1NA=1154&NC=1230&DI=4098&PS=58289&PI=7315JurisprudencefalsefalsespacernotembeddedjurisprudenceSign Them UpEmily Bazelon1/123122/2202502/bazelone.gif4242http://img.slate.com/mediafalse2009112564234PMWednesdayNovNovember1811/25/2009 11:42:34 PM6339477135444811942009112564234PMWednesdayNovNovember1811/25/2009 11:42:34 PM6339477135444811942009112564234PMWednesdayNovNovember1811/25/2009 11:42:34 PM633947713544481194false2008101711612PMFridayOctOctober1310/17/2008 5:16:12 PM6335984617200000002008101711612PMFridayOctOctober1310/17/2008 5:16:12 PM633598461720000000falseBaltimore tells crisis pregnancy centers just to be themselves.noSign Them UpBaltimore tells crisis pregnancy centers to say they don't do abortions.noThe Baltimore City Council went where no local government has gone before, it seems, in telling crisis pregnancy centers in the city this week that they have to put up signs saying they don't provide abortion or birth control.truenotochyperlinkno2009112541037PMWednesdayNovNovember1611/25/2009 9:10:37 PM6339476223700000002009112541037PMWednesdayNovNovember1611/25/2009 9:10:37 PM633947622370000000jurisprudenceJesus vs. AllahDahlia LithwickfalseThe fight over God's secular title.noJesus vs. AllahJudge David Hamilton and the fight over God's secular title.noPop quiz: Which of the following names represents a nonsectarian, universal deity? Allah, Dios, Gott, Dieu, Elohim, Gud, or Jesus?truenotochyperlinkno2009112283842AMSundayNovNovember811/22/2009 1:38:42 PM6339447592200000002009112283842AMSundayNovNovember811/22/2009 1:38:42 PM633944759220000000jurisprudenceThe Real Price of Trying KSMDavid FeigefalseDefense lawyers will inevitably create bad law.noThe Real Price of Trying KSMThe real price of trying Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.noSometime in the next few months, a small group of experienced criminal-defense lawyers will be assigned to what is likely to be the case of a lifetime: the defense of admitted 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, or, to those enamored of sinister acronyms, KSM. Their work will not be easy, obviously. No jury on this continent is going to acquit their client, the government is certain to insist on the death penalty, and KSM will almost certainly try to put the government on trial. So what's a team of hardworking criminal defense attorneys to do?truenotochyperlinkno20091119125151PMThursdayNovNovember1211/19/2009 5:51:51 PM63394231911000000020091119125151PMThursdayNovNovember1211/19/2009 5:51:51 PM633942319110000000jurisprudenceHolder LaughedDahlia LithwickfalseThe attorney general tries to sell us on New York terror trials.noHolder LaughedThe attorney general tries to sell us on New York terror trials.noThere are good arguments against trying Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his alleged co-conspirators in a federal New York Court. Testifying this morning before the Senate judiciary committee, Attorney General Eric Holder addressed most of them.truenotochyperlinkno2009111861200PMWednesdayNovNovember1811/18/2009 11:12:00 PM6339416472000000002009111861200PMWednesdayNovNovember1811/18/2009 11:12:00 PM633941647200000000jurisprudenceManhattan TransferDahlia LithwickfalseThe right's nonsensical arguments against trying Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in New York.noManhattan TransferThe right's nonsensical arguments against trying Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in New York.noOpposition to the Obama administration's plan to try alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his confederates in a federal court in New York City is hardening into two camps. One is concerned that we may be unwittingly playing into the terrorists' hands. The other is incensed that we already have. What both camps share, besides a kind of unhinged logic and complete disregard for the legal process, is an obsessive fascination with the accused. The result is a broad willingness to sacrifice our commitment to legal principles in favor of the symbolic satisfaction of crushing the hopes and dreams of a motley group of criminals.truenotochyperlinkno2009111671256PMMondayNovNovember1911/17/2009 12:12:56 AM6339399557600000002009111671256PMMondayNovNovember1911/17/2009 12:12:56 AM633939955760000000200311442557PMTuesdayJanJanuary161/14/2003 9:25:57 PM631781583570000000200961114001AMMondayJunJune116/1/2009 3:40:01 PM633794532010000000falsetruetruetruetruetruetrue20011018111443PMThursdayOctOctober2310/19/2001 3:14:43 AM631390436830000000200181561336PMWednesdayAugAugust188/15/2001 10:13:36 PM631334960160000000

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