Celebrating Oktoberfest in Alabama with executions
October is a pleasant time of year to be in Alabama — especially if you love killing. Sure, happening times
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Stephen Cooper is a former D.C. public defender who worked as an assistant federal public defender in Alabama between 2012 and 2015. He has contributed to numerous magazines and newspapers in the United States and overseas. He writes full-time and lives in Woodland Hills, California. His twitter is: @SteveCooperEsq
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Gov. Greitens: Pull down Missouri’s racist death penalty statutes
This past Tuesday, well over one hundred and fifty years since the end of the Civil War, a powerful, well-connected,
Read moreForensic science evidence trending towards less reliable
In January 2016, bemoaning that “the more people talk about improving the use of forensic science in the courtroom, the
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Safeguarding Bob Marley with “So Much Things to Say”
In reviewing Roger Steffens’s latest book, So Much Things to Say: The Oral History of Bob Marley, Hua Hsu asserts
Read moreKing Yellowman defends gay rights at Reggae on the Mountain
Born with albinism in 1956, dancehall music legend King Yellowman was rejected from birth. As a baby, he was found
Read moreMusic royalty & Raging Fyah figure prominently at Reggae on the Mountain 2017
When Yellowman, the perennially provocative “King of Dancehall Music,” pointed at the assembled crowd at this year’s eighth annual Reggae
Read moreGov. Kasich: “Amazing Grace” starts with you
Recently, at the Community Church in Woodland Hills, California, a woman sang “Amazing Grace.” She sang slow with sweet, lilting
Read moreBig lizards and baked cookies in cars
In Arizona, where temperatures now routinely muscle their way to 120 degrees or more, folks can fry eggs on the
Read morePublic defenders need support
In 1963, in Gideon v. Wainwright, Associate Justice Hugo Black wrote, “in our adversary system of criminal justice, any person
Read moreReasoning, rebel music and Raging Fyah: The interview
Rarely in the annals of music history has a reggae band resonated with such resounding popularity worldwide as Raging Fyah, from
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