supreme court of california

Trawl Fishing?: Supreme Court of California Affirms Use of Product Rule To Match Defendant's DNA In Cold Case

Colin Miller
June 22, 2008 19:07

Earlier, this week, the Supreme Court of California affirmed the first degree felony murder conviction of Dennis Louis Nelson in People v. Nelson, 2008 WL 2404949 (Cal. 2008), in the process affirming the use of the "product rule" in Nelson's..."

When is Discrimination Wrong?

Jack M. Balkin

June 20, 2008 14:36

Deborah HellmanLaws, policies and actions by individuals routinely draw distinctions among people on the basis of all sorts of traits. This distinction drawing is sometimes a grave moral wrong (state segregation of African-Americans), sometimes clearly permissible (requiring that children must be...