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Equality under the law is the cornerstone of liberal democracy. But judges across the country are now factoring race into sentencing.

The Block’s Jess and Ayden Hogan spent all their winnings — and four years — building a spectacular modern Queenslander on the Gold Coast which is now up for grabs.

A surprise encounter underscored the messy nature of Alameda County DA Pamela Price’s first four months in office.

The Student Policy Institute at Berkeley, or SPIB, hosted a panel Wednesday at campus' Goldman School of Public Policy to discuss policing in the East Bay. Organized by SPIB’s advocacy department, the panel featured Berkeley Law criminal justice professor Jonathan Simon, Underground Scholars Initiative member Cesar Garcia and campus legal studies major Spring Keosoupha.

I am intrigued, though I suppose I should not be surprised, by how many Christians struggle to answer the question: is lying always a sin? Before you What is interesting is that we all (I assume we all) are pleased, maybe even relieved, when the bishop lies to spare Jean Valjean. The fact is that throughout Les Mis we root for Jean Valjean and we root against the law-enforcing legalist, Javert.The problem with holding to a “gradation of sins” ethic, or a "lying is always a sin" ethic, is that it does not explain why we are rooting for the one who has “sinned.”