David Grann

Trial by Firefight

Rob Fishman | Posted 10.07.2009 | Media

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Rob Fishman

It's clear that Cameron Todd Willingham was (mis)tried by a kangaroo court, but will justice be better served by the media zoo that's ensued?

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Willingham Prosecutor's Lack of Doubt Too Extreme

Amy Bach | Posted 11.15.2009 | Politics

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Amy Bach

As the Willingham case demonstrates, there's a certain kind of behavioral reaction by people who work in courts -- prosecutors especially -- that defends the system over all contrary evidence.

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Still Clinging to the Barbarity of the Death Penalty

Byron Williams | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

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Byron Williams

Since it is impossible to avoid error, the only way one can support the death penalty is to suggest that we have expendable portions of society.

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Is Amazon Author David Grann the Least Likely Explorer?

Phil Bronstein | Posted 04.10.2009 | World

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Phil Bronstein

Aside from being a little overweight, out of shape and with a degenerative eye condition that causes him to get lost on the subway, the New Yorker writer just doesn't have that mad-hatter ego.

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