Justice | Justice
Jun.20.2012
I have been invited to be a guest panel author at the annual conference of the British Society of Criminology taking place at the University of Portsmouth, Institute of Criminal Justice Studies, (ICJS) between 4–6 July 2012. I will be on a panel on the afternoon of 5 July with my fellow...
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May.12.2012
Blind justice (that doesn't see the inevitable context of any given event) isn't justice. Such blind justice is plain old ignorance.
But the justice that sees (the justice that factors in the context) is no justice either. The justice without the blindfold - the justice...
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May.10.2012
Eighteen. That’s how many black people are murdered per day in America.. If you don’t have the misfortune to live near one of those eighteen, you didn’t hear about any of them.
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Apr.13.2012
I don't pretend to know the ins and outs of this. I don't even know, if the complaint is accurate, what that really means for authors. I am further confused that some publishers have acquiesced while others have not. You are welcome to read the materials and fend for yourself. I do appreciate...
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Mar.20.2012
This is my op-ed that appeared in today's San Francisco Chronicle:
My next-door neighbor, Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi, should resign immediately based on his actions on the afternoon of Dec. 31 and during the legal proceedings that followed.
Ross' wife, Eliana Lopez, told my wife, Ivory Madison, and at...
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Dec.03.2011
image via librarything.com
William Faulkner – Three Famous Short Novels – Old Man
This is where Cormac McCarthy must have gotten his inspiration for apocalyptic storylines, salted with social injustice. The storyline, quickly:
A convict, one of a chain gang caught up in a flood...
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Oct.27.2011
Things are heating up in the Occupy Wall Street, Oakland, Atlanta, etc. movement. Not since the appearance of the CSI television franchise has America seen such rapid spread of a cultural phenomenon. Activists are camping and marching everywhere. Meanwhile, the Congressional Budget Office announced...
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Oct.05.2011
If I were poet laureate I would use my Psalms scholarship and political interests to blog for social change:
America, remember justice
The promise you have made
For all to breathe free
Hear our President's loud call:
Good food for the poor...
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Sep.30.2011
Jury of My Peers
The Assistant District Attorney clasped his hands in front, tightened his lips, and addressed the prospective juror holding the mic. The man said he didn’t trust insurance companies. The prosecutor questioned his prejudice, asked him if he couldn't put it aside and judge fairly....
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Sep.22.2011
I've just finished editing a novel of mine that's gone out of print (editing in this case is almost like writing the story anew; I've learned more about the craft, and markets and readers have changed). It's something of a mystery, a family seeking justice in the death of a child. There's an...
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