The reality is that officials not only listen to the views of crime victims but often craft charges and sentencing recommendations in light of what they are told. There is nothing wrong with this practice so long as the government doesn’t simply rubber stamp vengeful and punitive impulses, understandable as they may be, but makes […]

Baltimore and its inner suburbs were once home to the vast manufacturing facilities operated by Bethlehem Steel, General Motors and Martin Marietta, notes Thomas J. Vicino, the author of “Transforming Race and Class in Suburbia: Decline in Metropolitan Baltimore.” In 1970, about a third of the labor force in Baltimore and its first-tier suburbs was […]

Mary L. Bonauto, a prominent gay rights advocate who was instrumental in establishing a right to same-sex marriage in Massachusetts, argued first, for 30 minutes. Ms. Bonauto is making her debut at the Supreme Court. A longtime champion of gay rights, she has been one of the rallying figures in the movement. She argued in […]

Bonauto, 53, who lives in Portland, Maine, grew up in Newburgh, N.Y., and graduated from Hamilton College and Northeastern University Law School. In 1990, she joined Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders in Boston. She represented clients who had been harassed or fired and helped the city of Cambridge draft its domestic partnership ordinance — […]

The Supreme Court will first hear from civil-rights lawyer Mary Bonauto who is representing 16 gay and lesbian couples forbidden by states to marry. Ms. Bonauto, who is 53, has never argued a case before the Supreme Court, but few were surprised when last month gay rights groups announced her star role in Tuesday’s arguments. […]

This trial is unique for many reasons — particularly because there is a trial at all. Jack Levin, a criminologist at Northeastern University, says mass shooters tend to die in the act, plead guilty and beg for the death penalty. Here, there will be a trial spanning six months, with extensive psychological evaluations. “We will […]

College students struggle to eat healthy. It can be even harder on a vegan diet. Madeline Heising learned this her freshman year at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts. Though she had been a vegetarian since she was 10 years old, adjusting to the fast-paced lifestyle and budget constraints of college made it difficult to maintain […]

Daniel S. Medwed, a Northeastern University criminal law professor who has followed the case closely, said the letter and the discussion that followed might have changed people’s minds. “It didn’t talk about moral opposition. It was much more about the process of the death penalty case and being dragged through this for years and years,” […]