Latest articles by Andrew Cohen
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The deep shame of capital punishment in America
feature Even if you support the death penalty, you shouldn't support the flawed way our government enacts it
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Why the Interior Department desperately needs beat reporters
feature The federal agency's treatment of wild horses has been scandalously poor. But you wouldn't know it from reading the newspaper.
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The myth of good faith in our legal system
feature The criminal justice system is worthy of trust and respect only to the extent that the men and women running it act honorably. Too often, they don't.
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Justice Scalia: Sometimes right, often wrong, never in doubt
feature Antonin Scalia is a striving, conniving political animal, a man as well suited for a career in talk radio as he has been in the law
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Yes, West Virginia, a private prison transfer is a terrible idea
feature The Mountain State is the latest to consider outsourcing its jailhouse duties
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Why America still fails to reform its horrible prisons
feature It's fairly easy to get judges to find unconstitutional conditions inside our prisons. The hard part is getting government to do anything about it.
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Oklahoma just neutered its state Supreme Court
feature Goodbye, judicial independence
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In Texas, another execution, another miscarriage of justice
feature For two decades, the government failed to disclose evidence that a convicted murderer was mentally disabled
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After Oklahoma's botched execution, here comes the cover-up
feature There is nothing independent about this "independent investigation"
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The disturbing lessons of Arizona's un-American execution
feature Our government seems more intent on executing criminals than on ensuring such executions are humane
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The most persuasive judicial response to voter suppression laws yet
feature Two judges — a Reagan conservative and an Obama liberal — stand up against the discriminatory laws sweeping America
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This is the one area where America really needs more lawyers
feature A lack of public defenders is leaving millions of Americans without a competent, focused attorney
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Welcome to Tennessee, where lawmakers are trying to kneecap judges
feature So much for checks and balances
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What the legal fight over contraception coverage says about the Supreme Court
feature No one should be surprised when the court's conservatives impale this ObamaCare provision
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The sad saga of Ernest Cloud
feature Our country must stop ruining the lives of so many young black men
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The tragic, maddening failure of America's juvenile justice system
feature We need reform. Now.
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The wrongheaded law that's making your food less safe
feature If the cows providing your milk were being drugged up and abused, you'd want to know, right?
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Don't punish lawyers for representing unpopular clients
feature Everyone deserves a lawyer, no matter what the charges against them
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The problem with claiming a 'witness safety' exception to the First Amendment
feature Protecting witnesses in murder trials is important. But so is the Bill of Rights.
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The death of the presumption of innocence
feature A dirty secret of the American judicial system is that juries are hardly fair and impartial
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Aereo at the Supreme Court: No matter what, broadcasters lose
feature An industry born of innovation faces a serious challenge from a new innovator
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Texas has been holding this man hostage for 12,600 days
feature This is what passes for justice in the Lone Star State
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The troubling lessons of California's death penalty ruling
feature To truly ensure justice in America's largest state, the government will have to spend a fortune. And it most certainly won't.
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