Fruitvale Station (2013) is a powerful debut film by Ryan Coogler, about Oscar Grant III, a 22 year old African American from Oakland who was killed on New Year’s Eve, 2009 by a policeman during an […]
The courtroom is more filled with illusions than a house of mirrors, or maybe the courtroom is nothing but a house of mirrors. The language of the courtroom obscures its actual function. Hence we hear about […]
PAROLE PROBLEMS FOR THE WRONGLY CONVICTED The recent parole hearing of David McCallum points to a flaw in the system. On the one hand, a wrongly convicted prisoner may choose not to show remorse for a […]