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Authors of paper accepted for publication in Harvard Environmental Law Review argue firms are ‘killing members of the public at an accelerating rate’

During the three years that Brontina Smith’s son spent in Alabama’s Elmore County Jail awaiting trial, he packed about 50 pounds onto what had been a 135-pound frame. “So, now, it’s not letting the jury see that they’re dealing with a child,” said the mother of LaKeith Smith, who was 15 in February 2015 when he and a group of boys were caught burglarizing a home just outside of Montgomery.  After a watchful neighbor called 9-1-1, Millbrook Police Department officers arrived. There w...

Jagger Freeman was unarmed and outside when police responded to an attempted robbery and fired 44 shots, killing one of their own. Because he acted as the lookout, Freeman was convicted of the officer's murder.

Sharon Hill Police Department officers Devon Smith, Sean Dolan, and Brian Devaney were charged with 12 counts each.

A stock image of the football field in Sharon Hill, Pennsylvania, where an altercation led to the death of Fanta Bility, and eight-year-old girl.

An expansive definition of murder in Louisiana leaves many behind bars forever.

It has the trappings of popular social media, a young audience and explicit content on suicide that other sites don’t allow. It is linked to a long line of lives cut short.

Where the despairing log on, and learn ways to die

We thank these scholars for their quick responses. Here are their thoughts: Athena Mutua, professor of law and Floyd H. and Hilda L. Hurst Faculty Scholar “The conviction of Derek Chauvin is edifying. A jury of his peers and a multitude of diverse protesters saw the arrogance, felt impunity and depraved indifference with which he needlessly murdered George Floyd. But while Chauvin, the individual, must be held accountable, the problem of police violence in the U.S. is deeper. It is historic...

Luis Chiesa, professor School of Law On Monday, a jury began deliberations on whether to convict former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd. Chauvin is facing charges of second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. If convicted, he faces up to 40 years of in prison. Also on Monday, the School of Law conducted a panel discussion of legal scholars that effectively put aspects of the American law enforcement system on trial. “George ...