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Michelle Carter, Free Speech & Shifting Perceptions Of Suicide
Sept. 11, 2015 (Mimesis Law) — Prosecutors in Massachusetts have charged teenager Michelle CarterĀ with involuntary manslaughter leading to the death of her boyfriend Conrad Roy III. Roy, 18, died of apparently self-inflicted carbon monoxide poisoning in... -
Texas To Cops: Get Your Fingers Out Of Women’s Bodies
Sept. 2, 2015 (Mimesis Law) — If you happen to meet former Texas state trooper Kelly Helleson, you might not want to shake her hand. Since Helleson’s illegal, abusive conduct inspired a new Texas law that... -
Allison Parker Murder From Killer’s POV
Aug. 27, 2015 (Mimesis Law) āOn Wednesday morning, WDBJ-TV viewers in Roanoke, Virginia witnessed the fatal shootings of reporter Alison Parker and camera operator Adam Ward during a live broadcast of the station’s morning show. Authorities... -
Ghetto or Enclave? How Perceptions of Community Influence Crime & Punishment
Aug. 19, 2015 (Mimesis Law) — This week, I moved from a slick, overpriced downtown loft apartment to a tiny shotgun house in Freedmenās Town in Houstonās Fourth Ward. The move means more than a change... -
Judging Crazy: Wisconsin Struggles With Slenderman Stabbing Case
Aug. 12, 2015 (Mimesis Law) —Ā Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier, the Wisconsin girls accused of stabbing a classmate last year, are a step closer to being tried as adults. On Monday, Wisconsin Circuit Judge Michael Bohren... -
Courting The Criminal Vote
Aug. 5, 2015 (Mimesis Law) — While methods differ, virtually everyone wants to live in a society that protects civil liberties, while keeping the public safe. Regular readers of Fault Lines know that lots of bright... -
Anybody Step Forward To Defend Bill Cosby Lately?
July 29, 2015 (Mimesis Law) — This week, New York Magazine published a story called āāIām No Longer Afraidā: 35 Women Tell Their Stories About Being Assaulted by Bill Cosby, and the Culture That Wouldnāt Listen.ā... -
Sandra Bland and the Irony of Jail Surveillance Cameras
July 22, 2015 (Mimesis Law) — The following are a few places where surveillance cameras have recorded video of me in the last day or so. At the gas pump where I refueled my car. At... -
From Slender Man to Aurora, Mental Illness as an age-old Defense
July 15, 2015 (Mimesis Law) — How old does a homicidal schizophrenic person need to be before society stops offering mercy?Ā Comparing the criminal cases of Morgan Geyser and James Holmes might provide the answer. James... -
Mitchelle Blair and the Incomprehensible Horror of Filicide
July 8, 2015 (Mimesis Law) — The ancient Greeks recognized maternal filicide as the ultimate depravity, a sign of a woman gone mad, if not a woman gone wholly evil.Ā When the playwright Euripides has Medea...