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Clearing the Smoke: Marijuana Reform is a Racial Justice Issue

by MJR&L on February 22, 2018April 21, 2019

By David Bergh Associate Editor, Volume 23 Over the past few decades there has been a sea change in the American public’s attitude towards marijuana prohibition. In 1990 only 16% of the US public supported legalization, and 81% were opposed. Twenty seven years later the numbers were 61% in favor of legalization and 37% against.[1] […]

Whitewashing wrongful conviction: reflecting on Making a Murderer

by MJR&L on March 23, 2016March 23, 2016

By Breanna Caldwell Associate Editor, Vol. 21 Executive Editor, Vol. 22 On the off chance that you have been able to avoid the national phenomenon surrounding the Netflix documentary series, Making a Murderer, since it first aired in December 2015, I will provide a brief overview of the series before analyzing its effects on the […]

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