Defending People

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Pass the Popcorn

| July 28, 2012

Let me sum up: Jim’s client is Paul’s client’s mis­tress.  Chip’s client is Paul’s client’s wife.  Jim’s client hires a hit­man to kill Chip’s client. After she is arrested, Jim’s Client claims that Paul’s client was in on the scheme. The case against Paul’s client is dropped after Jim’s client, via let­ter from jail, tries […]

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Puppets Without Puppeteers

| July 28, 2012

This opin­ion piece in the NYT by John Mon­terosso and Barry Schwartz doesn’t sup­port the con­clu­sions that the authors want us to reach: It is cru­cial that as a soci­ety, we learn how to think more clearly about causes and per­sonal respon­si­bil­ity — not only for extra­or­di­nary actions like crime but also for ordi­nary ones, like maintaining […]

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