The Violence Prerogative

All oppressive, criminal, and genocidal governments cloak their atrocities in the language of virtue.

Should We Trust Forensic Science?

Forensic Experts Respond to Nathan J. Robinson

Forensic Pseudoscience

Hair tests, bite marks, blood spatter: it’s mostly magic.

Life Sings with Many Voices

Eduardo Galeano began as a propagandist, convinced of a single dogmatic truth. He became an artist.

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