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In death penalty cases, the quest for justice is not America's highest value
(THE CONVERSATION) Jimmie Christian Duncan learned in April 2025 that a Louisiana judge had dismissed his capital murder conviction and he would no longer face the prospect of execution. In 1998, a jury convicted Duncan of murdering his girlfriend's 23-month-old daughter, and he had been on death row ever since.
Louisiana has a ... (full story)
Trump's bid to end birthright citizenship heads to the Supreme Court
(THE CONVERSATION) For more than 150 years, almost all people who were born within U.S. territory automatically received citizenship – regardless of their parents' immigration status.
President Donald Trump's January 2025 executive order on birthright citizenship – stating that children born in the U.S. to parents wh ... (full story)
New Summit Cty. court program shines spotlight on jury service
From juror eligibility and the details of service to understanding the functioning of the court system—those are a few of the topics covered in a new Summit County court program available across the state called Discovering Justice.
Unveiled in February by the judges in the General Division of the Summit County Court of Co ... (full story)
The fediverse promises social media without Big Tech – if it can avoid familiar pitfalls
(THE CONVERSATION) You've probably noticed lately that a lot of people are trying out alternatives to the big social media networks X, Instagram and Facebook. For example, after Elon Musk bought Twitter in 2022 and started allowing far more disinformation and hateful content on the site, renamed X, advertisers and users started back ... (full story)
How do researchers determine how toxic a chemical is? A toxicologist explains alternatives to animal testing
(THE CONVERSATION) A vast number of chemicals are registered for production and use around the world. But only a portion have been thoroughly evaluated for their toxicity due to time, cost, ethical concerns and regulatory limitations.
To safeguard public health, researchers at organizations such as the U.S. Environmental Protect ... (full story)