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Lockdown origins and harms – Part 2 April 22, 2021, 3:45 PM IST The blog is named after Seeing the Invisible, the title of a book on economics for children that Sanjeev wrote in 2018. Economics involves the study of incentives, motivations and information flows which are invisible. Likewise, self-seeking ministers and bureaucrats often work invisibly (and insidiously) against the public interest - more so in socialist countries like India where governments take on many unnec...

Judge: Barrington assault was not a hate crime PROVIDENCE — It was an invective-laced attack that sparked condemnation and protests at a time of racial reckoning, but a judge on Tuesday nonetheless cleared a Barrington doctor of allegations he assaulted his neighbor out of hatred for the man’s Iranian heritage and Muslim faith.  Judge Stephen Isherwood declined to sentence Dr. Richard Gordon, 71, under the Rhode Island Hate Crimes Sentencing Act, a decision that spared Gordon from receiv...

RI AG Peter Neronha. Photo: GoLocal File Photo Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha announced Wednesday that a Barrington man was found guilty on misdemeanor assault and disorderly conduct charges, stemming from a fight with his next-door neighbor in Barrington on August 3, 2020. At Wednesdays hearing before District Court Judge Stephen Isherwood, the court found Richard Gordon, age 71, guilty of one count each of simple assault and disorderly conduct. At trial, the State proved beyond a...

Rhode Island establishes new civil rights investigation unit Criminal and civil attorneys will work together to determine whether a criminal or civil action should be brought By Amanda Milkovits Globe Staff,Updated December 11, 2020, 6:00 a.m. Email to a Friend PROVIDENCE, RI 5/22/2020 A exterior of the Garrahy Judicial Complex on Dorrance Streen Providence. (Jonathan Wiggs/Globe Staff)Jonathan Wiggs/Globe Staff PROVIDENCE — After a summer in which the city saw protest after protest cal...

Attorney General Peter F. Neronha has established a Civil Rights Team made up of criminal and civil attorneys to bring a coordinated and focused approach to the investigation and prosecution of hate crimes and police misconduct – whether pursued criminally or civilly. Comprised of the Civil Rights Advocate in the Civil Division and a new Civil Rights Prosecution Unit in the Criminal Division, the expanded team ensures that civil rights matters are addressed with the level of scrutiny and prof...