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Crime
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How Many People Have Been Killed by Guns Since Newtown?
Slate partners with @GunDeaths for an interactive, crowdsourced tally of the toll firearms have taken since Dec. 14.
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We Should Cover Stories Like Newtown With a Press Pool
It would be more efficient, nuanced, and sensitive. And everyone—especially those touched by tragedy—deserves better.
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Fatally Flawed
Jeffrey MacDonald might have killed his family—but we don’t know for sure.
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How Do We Stop the Next Aurora?
We need a mental health system that helps men like James Holmes—and Jared Loughner, and Seung-Hui Cho—before it’s too late.
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Jerry Sandusky Should Plead Guilty This Minute
The ex-Penn State coach’s sexual abuse trial needs to end right now.
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Nameless Victims
The witnesses against Jerry Sandusky shouldn’t be outed against their will.
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The Merciful End to the Trial of Dharun Ravi
The judge came to the correct verdict in this incredibly sad case.
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Not Every Schoolboy’s Fantasy
Arizona teacher Gabriela Compton sexually abused two teenage boys. Why did she get off with a slap on the wrist?
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Texas Wants To Drug a Prisoner So They Can Kill Him
It’s a macabre spectacle, and it should be stopped.
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The Crackdown on the Kosher King
No one is saying Sholom Rubashkin was a good guy. But did the government and the judge go too far in bringing him to justice?
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The Sarah Palin Defense Strategy
George Zimmerman’s lawyer is using social media like a pro.
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Playing Dirty in the Big Easy
New Orleans prosecutors have a checkered history of trying to win-at-all-cost. Now a couple lawyers are trying to hold them accountable.
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George Zimmerman Needs a Good Lawyer
No matter whose side you’re on, you should be troubled by the shocking behavior of Zimmerman’s former attorneys.
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Trayvon in Tulsa?
Parsing the uncomfortable connections between last week’s Oklahoma killings and the death of Trayvon Martin.
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Where Were You When Trayvon Was Killed?
Two witnesses explain what they saw that night.
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Jerry Brown Shows Mercy to Shirley Ree Smith
The governor does the right thing in a doubly tragic shaken baby case.
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If George Zimmerman Were on Trial
Which evidence about the shooting of Trayvon Martin could a jury hear?
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Can We Trust the Cops’ New Account of Trayvon Martin’s Killing?
Not as long as they rely on leaks and unnamed witnesses.
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What if Trayvon Martin Was the One Acting in Self-Defense?
There are plenty of reasons to believe his killer isn’t telling the truth.
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Why Trayvon Martin’s Killer Remains Free
Florida’s self-defense laws have left Florida safe for no one—except those who shoot first.
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Dharun Ravi Found Guilty
Interpreting the verdict in the Rutgers webcam-spying case.
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Are Innocent Parents Being Prosecuted for Killing Their Babies?
The doctor who came up with “shaken-baby syndrome” thinks so.
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Should Dharun Ravi Have Testified?
The defendant in the Rutgers webcam spying trial didn’t take the stand. Was that a mistake?
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Inside the Jury That Convicted UVA Student George Huguely of Murder
The forewoman of the jury tells how they reached their verdict.
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Shame on You!
When is it OK to humiliate thieves, drunk drivers, or Wall Street fat cats?
