Bryan Stevenson - Racism and the Death Penalty
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Complete video at: http://fora.tv/fora/showthread.php?t=1030 Bryan Stevenson, NYU Professor of Clinical Law and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, discusses the seemingly inherent racial bias to the administration of capital punishment in the United States. ----- Bryan Stevenson, executive director of the Equal Justice Initia... Read more
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- -: Bryan Stevenson - Racism and the Death Penalty
June 13, 2007 (almost 17 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/fora/showthread.php?t=1030 Bryan Stevenson, NYU Professor of Clinical Law and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, discusses the seemingly inherent racial bias to the administration of capital punishment in the United States. ----- Bryan Stevens...
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- -: Greil Marcus - The Film Noir City
September 20, 2007 (over 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/fora/showthread.php?t=1510 Author and renowned cultural critic Greil Marcus describes the archetypal film noir city in an excerpt from his book, "The Shape of Things to Come: Prophecy and the American Voice." ----- Greil Marcus talks about "The Shape Of Things...
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- -: Raymond Tallis - Free Will and the Brain
January 2, 2008 (over 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2007/10/28/Battle_of_Ideas_My_Brain_Made_Me_Do_It British gerontologist, author and cultural critic Raymond Tallis addresses questions regarding free will and the brain. ----- "Battle of Ideas: My Brain Made Me Do It" at the 2007 Battle of Ideas conference hos...
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- -: Tobias Wolff - "The Benefit of the Doubt"
May 20, 2008 (almost 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/04/01/Tobias_Wolff_in_Conversation Acclaimed author Tobias Wolff reads an excerpt from his short story, "The Benefit of the Doubt." ----- Tobias Wolff is a contemporary master of short fiction, conjuring a full emotional range within the form's compressio...
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- -: Does IQ Change Over Time? - Stephen Murdoch
May 23, 2008 (almost 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/04/16/Stephen_Murdoch_Discusses_IQ Author Stephen Murdoch discusses the impacts of IQ testing on sentencing for convicted murder Daryl Atkins, and describes how IQ test results can change for individuals over time. ----- Stephen Murdoch, author of IQ: A S...
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- -: Angelina Jolie - No Peace Without Justice
November 12, 2008 (over 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/10/17/International_Law_and_Justice_The_Darfur_Case Angelina Jolie reflects on her international humanitarian experience with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Jolie argues that "there is no peace without justice" and ...
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- -: Prosecuting Bush Officials for Torture - Philippe Sands
November 18, 2008 (over 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/08/24/Philippe_Sands_on_Torture_Abu_Ghraib_and_Guantanamo Author and legal scholar Philippe Sands discusses the likelihood that Bush Administration officials can or will be prosecuted under international law for authorizing the use of torture on terrorism s...
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- -: Undercover for the FBI - Jack Garcia
December 7, 2008 (over 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/10/21/Jack_Garcia_Infiltrating_the_Mafia Retired FBI agent Joaquin "Jack" Garcia discusses the dangerous moral challenges he faced while working undercover among the New York City mafia. ----- Former FBI agent Jack Garcia describes his years spent underco...
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- -: Law Enforcement 'Addicted' to Drug Revenue - Norm Stamper
November 10, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/10/04/Should_All_Drug_Use_Be_Made_Legal Norm Stamper, former chief of the Seattle Police Department, argues that law enforcement, and the private industries associated with it, make too much revenue from the prosecution of drug laws to support reform. "I th...
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- -: Practical Solutions to End the War on Drugs - Alex Wodak
November 12, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/10/04/Should_All_Drug_Use_Be_Made_Legal Physician Alex Wodak discusses reforming the war on drugs, including legalizing marijuana and repealing criminal penalties for personal possession and consumption. He says the focus of drug reform should be on harm re...
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