Our criminal justice system continues to place significant obstacles in the way of post-conviction DNA testing that could determine whether the wrong people have been punished for crimes they didn't commit.
Diane Dimond | Posted 07.12.2008 | Media
In 2000 I was assigned to cover a lecture given by John and Patsy Ramsey to a group of young journalists. In a twist on the Golden Rule, Patsy said, "Don't go forward and do to others what has been done to us." Good advice for all of us.
Adam Hanft | Posted 06.27.2008 | Living
California is trying to stop companies from marketing genetic testing to state residents. But accurate genetic understanding could have enormously beneficial implications for individuals.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | Posted 03.26.2008 | Politics
Because of the nature of the problems experienced by black Americans, Americans have to pay for issues that they didn't cause and shouldn't have to fix. But nonetheless we are stuck with the tab.
Kirk Noble Bloodsworth | Posted 01.23.2008 | Politics
As the federal post-conviction DNA testing program program bears my name, I feel it is my obligation to ensure that it is funded and implemented as it was meant to be.
Byron Williams | Posted 10.31.2007 | Politics
Our collective primordial thirst for revenge blinds us to the insanity of the capital punishment policy.
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John Terzano | Posted 08.12.2008 | Politics