A sobering truth: A look at differential treatment after Ferguson and Staten Island The recent failure of grand juries in Ferguson and Staten Island to indict white police officers who killed unarmed black men has sparked outrage across the nation. And for good reason. The chief prosecutors in those two jurisdictions each appeared to take an objective, balanced and deliberate approach in presenting the evidence to the grand […]
Boston Bombing: 5 things to know about the Tsarnaev trial NPR’s Tovia Smith reports that prosecutors have amassed a trove of evidence linking Tsarnaev to the bombings. That’s why Northeastern University law professor Daniel Medwed says, “This case is not about guilt.” “In my mind,” Medwed adds, “this case is really about whether or not he’s going to get the death penalty.”
Hundreds get an introduction to Tsarnaev Daniel Medwed, a professor at Northeastern University Law School, said the judge seems to have set up a cautious vetting process. “To take a slow, deliberate approach to jury selections is the best course possible,” he said. “You want to avoid the front-end errors, so that you don’t face back-end problems years later.”
Jury selection to begin Monday in Boston Marathon bombing trial “This case is not about guilt,” says Northeastern University law professor Daniel Medwed. “In my mind, this case is really about whether or not he’s going to get the death penalty.” Medwed says defense attorneys appear to be building a case that Tsarnaev’s life should be spared because he was acting, in a way, under […]
In time of disruption, media companies and colleges look to each other for help Northeastern University and Esquire are collaborating at a smaller scale, but with a similar innovation-oriented goal. This spring, the university’s journalism school will run a course where students will take traditional pieces in the Esquire archive and “reimagine” them for a digital audience. Tyler Cabot, senior features editor at Esquire, says the magazine is looking […]
Signs favor optimism for the economy Still, not everything is rosy headed into the year. Economic slowdowns in Europe and Asia paired with a stronger dollar could make business challenging for exporters, analysts said. In Massachusetts, exports account for about 5 percent of the state economy, said Alan Clayton-Matthews, an economics professor at Northeastern University.
Lobstermen: fishers or farmers? One of the more puzzling recent trends in ocean management has been the record hauls of lobsters that have come in over the past few years. Could the reason be that lobstermen are actually more like farmers than fishermen? That’s the provocative suggestion of a new article in Modern Farmer, which cites research by Northeastern […]
The goal: to remember each Jim Crow killing, from the ‘30s on The state of race relations in the United States has captivated the country for months. But a group of Northeastern University law students is looking to the past to a sometimes forgotten, violent part of American history. The Civil Rights Restorative Justice Project is working to document every racially motivated killing in the American South […]
Worcester man helps take panhandling law to high court So while the buffer rules offer the kind of tension justices love to weigh in on, they may also hesitate to act without other court decisions. “On a human level, this case might be less likely to be taken up,” said Martha Davis, a law professor at Northeastern University. “Why not wait until a case […]
Boston balances yesterday with today: The year in arts The year anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombings brought out art in all its forms, such as the Dear Boston exhibit held temporarily at the Boston Public Library. Notably, Northeastern University created “Our Marathon: The Boston Bombing Digital Archive,” in collaboration with WBUR, which sought to collect the personal stories, images, videos and social media […]
Boston Magazine Nine healthier resolutions that’ll stick Everyone tells you to lose weight and eat healthy. But what does that really mean? We pored over a plethora of local studies to pinpoint the lifestyle habits that will make us happier all year long.
Politico The birth of a new civil rights movement Sarah Jackson, a professor at Northeastern University whose research focuses on social movements, said the civil rights establishment embraces the “Martin Luther King-Al Sharpton model”—which emphasizes mobilizing people for rallies and speeches and tends to be centered around a charismatic male leader. But the younger activists are instead inclined to what Jackson called the “Fannie […]