The first oral history of the Columbia University protests. New York Magazine/Columbia Daily Spectator Student journalists report from other pro-Palestinian protests across the country. Politico Police arrested 25 protesters at the University of Virginia on Saturday. The Associated Press Who were the “outsiders” at the Columbia protests? NBC News More: Online sleuths are identifying the people who attacked protesters at UCLA last week. Los Angeles Times UCLA’s police chief has responded to criticism that he failed to organize his officers in time to help prevent some of the violence that occurred on campus last week. Los Angeles Times LAPD officers cleared an encampment at the University of Southern California. Los Angeles Times
People v. Donald Trump: Another dramatic day of testimony. Lawfare Hope Hicks, a former Trump administration communications director, delivered damning testimony against her former boss on Friday in the former president’s “hush money” election interference case in New York City. CNN Hicks helped establish key facts prosecutors need to convince jurors to convict Trump. Slate She also helped the defense on a key point about the reasons why there was an alleged “hush money” payment in the first place. Politico Drama aside, the heart of the prosecution’s case is the charge of falsifying business records. The New York Times
“You’re gonna die tonight.” A Capitol rioter dragged a police officer down the steps of the building on Jan. 6. Last week, he was sentenced to more than four years in prison. NBC News Another Capitol rioter was sentenced to five years in prison last week and fined $200,000, the largest fine given to any Jan. 6 defendant. The Washington Post Polls show growing Republican support for the baseless claim that the riot was “equally peaceful and violent.” The Washington Post More: A former government employee was charged last week with submitting false tips to the FBI alleging that his ex-coworkers were involved in the Capitol riot. NBC News
The Harvey Weinstein case highlights a delicate balance between striving for #MeToo justice and protecting the fair trial rights of defendants. The New York appeals court that overturned the disgraced media mogul’s sexual assault conviction last month did so because his trial judge allowed prosecutors to tell jurors about sexual assault allegations other women had made against Weinstein. The prohibition of “other acts” testimony is applied differently in different jurisdictions. TMP’s editor-in-chief Susan Chira explores the tension between legal procedure and the rights of victims and survivors in the latest “Closing Argument,” our weekly newsletter. The Marshall Project
More youths are sent to adult prisons in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, than any other county in the state. More than 90% of these young people are Black. Here is a five-part series exploring a systemic failure to help children avoid cycles of incarceration. Cleveland.com TMP Context: For a handful of lawyers in Cuyahoga County, juvenile justice is big business. The Marshall Project
Police officials in Chicago, Illinois, won’t discipline nine officers whose names appear on a membership list of the right-wing extremist Oath Keepers group. Several members of that group have been convicted of playing leading roles in the Capitol riot. WBEZ/Chicago Sun-Times
A Texas man is trying to use the courts to help investigate his ex-partner after she traveled to Colorado to have an abortion in late February. The petition claims the woman may have violated the state’s harsh new anti-abortion law. The Washington Post
Jurors in New Hampshire awarded $38 million to a man who was beaten, raped and held in solitary confinement as a teenager in the state’s youth detention center. State officials later said the damage award would be reduced to $475,000 under a law capping damages. David Meehan’s allegations spurred other victims to come forward. The Associated Press
In St. Louis, Missouri, officials want to use the infamous “Workhouse” jail, now empty, to house people who are homeless. That’s not what local residents and nearby organizations envisioned for a space many equate with the pain and danger of incarceration. Bolts
How should we describe the campus protests? They aren’t necessarily antiwar. They aren’t always “pro-Palestinian.” They are mostly “anti-Israel,” and journalists should say so. The Washington Post More: How a reporter covered Columbia University student protests in 1996. The New York Times The current protests aren’t nearly as large or violent as Vietnam-era protests. The Associated Press Learning lessons from Kent State University, where 13 students were killed or injured during protests there 54 years ago. The Washington Post
A nation divided over the viability of “shaken baby syndrome.” In some states, the theory won’t even generate an arrest. In others, prosecutors use the theory to seek the death penalty or life in prison, notes TMP contributor John Lennon. Slate TMP Context: He’s facing execution for his daughter’s death. Science suggests it was an accident. The Marshall Project
“With liberty and justice for some.” A series looking at the origins and consequences of the Capitol riot continues. Its premise “has always been that holding Trump accountable, even criminally, will not be enough to prevent another Jan. 6. Because the threat to democracy that Jan. 6 represents is larger than Trump, and it goes beyond what the criminal law is capable of addressing on its own.” Lawfare
The Justice Department must stop dragging its feet in its investigation of former U.S. Attorney General William Barr. Voters have a right to know more about Barr’s misdeeds while serving in the Trump administration. Emptywheel
The case for disability justice. “Police and prisons soak up so many resources that it’s hard to even imagine how different the world could look if those resources were devoted to keeping us all actually safe, instead of creating the illusion of security for some at the expense of the safety of others.” Inquest
Amanda Knox has her doubts. Famous for her own controversial case, she once defended her friend Jens Soring, arguing that he was wrongfully convicted of a double murder. Now she’s not so sure. The Atlantic
A potential problem in thousands of criminal cases. Cybercheck, an artificial intelligence tool used by police and prosecutors to help investigate crimes, faces legal challenges over its accuracy and reliability. NBC News TMP Context: The AI lawyer is here. The Marshall Project
Trouble for a Texas Democrat. Federal prosecutors indicted and arrested Rep. Henry Cuellar and his wife on Friday. Both are charged with conspiracy and bribery for allegedly receiving $600,000 in bribes from an Azerbaijan-controlled energy company and a bank in Mexico. The Associated Press
“He approached injustice as an opportunity to work.” Peter Schey, a lawyer who fought for decades for the rights of asylum-seekers, migrants and other undocumented immigrants, died last month in California. He was 77. The Washington Post
Good news for DACA children. More than 100,000 immigrants protected by the Deferred Act for Childhood Arrivals program will become eligible to receive federal health care coverage under a new Biden administration rule announced on Friday. NBC News
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