The Larger Context of the Jodi Arias Jury’s Inability to Sentence Her to Death
Much was made last week of the Jodi Arias jury’s failure to reach a decision on the death penalty.
Author: Lisa Bloom, Avvo Legal Analyst
Trusting Our System, Civil Liberties and All
Once the alleged sole surviving Boston bomber was apprehended late last week, calls immediately began to limit his constitutional rights.
Report From Istanbul: The Sarai Sierra Murder and American Safety Abroad
Sarai Sierra, the New York woman traveling solo who disappeared in Istanbul on Jan. 21, 2013, seems to be known by simply her last name here in Turkey, affectionately, poignantly, as though she is a communal daughter.
Rape is Rape
Changing the law to reflect the reality that rape is rape legitimizes all rape victims, and is long overdue.
Jodi Arias: Faux Domestic Violence Victim?
Options are limited when someone is accused of murder. Total denial (“I know nothing about it”); deflecting the blame (“I was there, but someone else did it”) or self-defense (“I did it to save myself”) are all decent strategies – but not simultaneously.
The Lance Armstrong Confession
I’m glad Lance Armstrong confessed to doping, because I’m a human being first and a lawyer second. Confessions are legally wrong but morally right.
Lawsuit Sought Against CT Board of Education for Sandy Hook Shooting
A Connecticut attorney has just filed legal papers seeking to recover $100 million from the State Board of Education on behalf of a 6-year-old survivor.
Opinion: Gun Violence and Young People in America
The proliferation of guns in America has not only led to frequent, predictable gun deaths and mass shootings but also to increasingly violent crimes perpetrated by angry young men with easy access to firearms.
Time to End the “Brass Ceiling” for America’s Female Troops
More than 238,000 US military jobs are currently off limits to women. How can this be in 2012, when so many women have served honorably in our armed forces?
Here Come the Stand Your Ground Debates
Another Florida African-American teenaged boy shot, another tragic “Stand Your Ground” case. Seventeen year old Jordan Davis was shot dead by forty-five year old Michael Dunn in a Jacksonville gas station last week. Dunn’s attorney has said the Stand Your Ground law may be invoked.