Avvo legal analyst Lisa Bloom covers Ferguson grand jury’s decision not to indict
Avvo legal analyst Lisa Bloom’s analysis of the grand jury decision not to indict officer Darren Wilson in the shooting of Michael Brown.
Author: Lisa Bloom, Avvo Legal Analyst
Anonymous to Ferguson KKK: ‘We are the law now’
After the Ku Klux Klan promised “lethal violence” against Ferguson protestors, hacktivist group Anonymous struck back.
In the rape accusations against Bill Cosby, no justice
My assessment of the Bill Cosby rape accusations, as a litigator who has handled cases of rape, battery and sexual abuse for decades.
Internet in the fast lane: Sure to make you lose your mind
Lisa Bloom: “Internet users should have equal access to everything on the web, without favoritism to the big players.”
What to expect when you’re expecting: Your fetus may have more legal rights than you
Since 1973, over 700 women have been arrested or forced into unwanted medical procedures based on fetus “personhood” rights.
Take back the day
Street harassment is the low-grade fever we are expected to grin and bear…a constant reminder of the lurking potential of sexual violence.
The unsatisfying conclusion to the Oscar Pistorius trial
The paltry sentence doled out in the Oscar Pistorius trial sends a frightening message: kill a woman, get a slap on the wrist.
Justice for Jordan Davis, as Michael Dunn is sentenced to life in prison
Michael Dunn, the white Florida man who fired into a car full of unarmed black teenagers, was sentenced to life in prison without parole.
View from the visiting room: State-sanctioned, petty cruelty against prison dads
Telling incarcerated people to spend more time with their kids. What kind of sadistic procurement officer green-lighted this callousness?
Yes, to California’s new anti-rape ‘yes means yes’ law
One in five women is sexually assaulted during her college years. California’s “yes means yes” law is a step towards stopping this epidemic.