Another analysis of drug-induced homicide news stories, conducted by the Health in Justice Action Lab at Northeastern University, found that 50 percent of people who were charged under drug-induced homicide laws were either friends, caretakers, partners or family members.

Along with professor Woodrow Hartzog, a professor of law and computer science at Northeastern University, Selinger has spent years studying the subject. 

There have been eight mass killings in California so far this year, claiming the lives of 33 people, according to a database compiled by The Associated Press, USA Today and Northeastern University. 

“Spatial narrative is a very old kind of storytelling. You see it in ancient Rome, in cave paintings,” says Pearce, a professor at Northeastern University who teaches, among other classes, Designing Imaginary Worlds. 

Sarah C. Peck, J.D., is the director of #UnitedOnGuns, an initiative of the Public Health Advocacy Institute at Northeastern University School of Law in Boston

One recent example: A survey from Gallup and Northeastern University found that 75 per cent of Canadians, and 77 per cent of Britons, back the idea of a basic income, while among Americans, support was at 43 per cent.

Daniel Medwed, a law professor at Northeastern University, said, “What Joseph’s behavior has become is a rallying cry, not just for judicial independence, not just for states’ rights, but also a form of civil disobedience, that we, as state duly appointed judges, won’t be cowed by federal prosecutors.”