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Accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is shown in a courtroom sketch on the first day of jury selection at the federal courthouse in Boston, Massachusetts, on January 5, 2015.

Massachusetts isn’t OK with the death penalty, but Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s jurors had to be

Justice

The state of Massachusetts doesn’t allow the death penalty, and most of the state’s residents are against it. But for the trial of accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the jurors who decided his fate in a federal trial had to allow for that possibility.

Day Two: The Supreme Court and Health Care

The World

Bradley Manning Wikileaks Pre-Trial Hearing Ends

Global Politics

Jury Convicts ‘Lord of War’

Supreme Court Environment Docket

Italians React to the Release of Amanda Knox

The overturned verdict continues to divide public opinion in Italy.

The World

Amanda Knox appeal trial nears verdict

Conflict & Justice

Journalist Nina Burleigh says we shouldn’t just dismiss the Amanda Knox case as tabloid fodder. Much of the case, she insists, is about cultural misunderstandings between the U.S. and Italy.

The World

Supreme Court begins new term

Conflict & Justice

The Supreme Court begins a new term on Monday. Jeff Rosen, law professor at George Washington University, legal affairs editor for The New Republic, talks about what to expect in the Court’s new term.

The World

Judging the Judge

Like many judges in the Gulf region, the district judge who ruled against the Interior Department’s six-month moratorium on new deepwater drilling owned stock in offshore oil and gas companies. LOE explores why judges with oil ties are presiding over spil

The World

How race affects a jury: latest in BART shooting case surprises activists

Conflict & Justice

Jury selection is complete in the murder case against former BART police officer Johannes Mehserle against an unarmed passenger, Oscar Grant, in 2009; but, while the case is moving forward, many activists are concerned about the jury’s racial make-up.