Jill Adams quoted by The New York Times, April 27, 2017
“We’ve discovered 40 different kinds of laws that are potentially implicated when someone ends their own pregnancy,” said Jill E. Adams. … So far, she said, the S.I.A. team has identified 18 arrests related to self-induced abortion around the country, “but I’m afraid that’s just what made the news. I suspect the true number is significantly higher.”
Jill Adams quoted by The Washington Post, April 27, 2017
“There . . . are people who view this as progress, the evolution of abortion care, and an incredible opportunity to transcend the very contentious abortion debate,” said Jill E. Adams.
Franklin Zimring quoted by San Francisco Chronicle, April 26, 2017
American police officers kill far more often than do police in other countries because of the risks of American policing: “[T]he threat of lethal attack is a palpable part of being a police officer in the United States,” Zimring writes.
Franklin Zimring quoted by San Francisco Chronicle, April 25, 2017
“A police chief’s priority shouldn’t be just the protection of his officers but the preservation of civilian lives,” Zimring said. “Of the 10 open police shooting cases recently listed in The Chronicle, at least five, and as many as eight, should not have been fatalities. If a shooting’s awful, it shouldn’t be lawful. If somebody hadn’t died in those cases, San Francisco would be a better city.
Claudia Polsky quoted by The Mercury News, April 22, 2017
At a Walnut Creek rally attended by 1,500 people, Claudia Polsky, director of the UC Berkeley School of Law’s environmental law clinic, told the crowd, “Facts do not speak for themselves. They need an advocate.”
Melissa Murray quoted by ABC 7 News, April 21, 2017
“What you are seeing right now, this sort of legislating by executive order, it’s probably not the most effective means, but it is what you’ve seen going on in the first 100 days,” Interim Dean of UC Berkeley Law School Melissa Murray said.
Jen Moreno quoted by Vocativ, April 20, 2017
“The execution set by Arkansas has not been attempted by any state in recent history, if ever,” Jen Moreno, a staff attorney Berkeley Law’s Death Penalty Clinic, told Vocativ Wednesday. … The schedule puts extreme pressure on the execution team, which increases the chance of botched executions.”
Ty Alper writes for Los Angeles Times, April 20, 2017
Arkansas’ version of the three-drug protocol is particularly troubling because the state does not even plan to use an anesthetic as the first drug. Instead, its protocol calls for midazolam, a sedative that cannot, at any dosage, render a person unconscious and insensate to pain and suffering.
Steven Davidoff Solomon co-writes for The Atlantic, May 2017
What did Bielli think about selling the company? … He said that the benefits of being public outweighed the costs.. … The fact is … Bielli is probably right. Because so many investors are passive today, most CEOs can relax, even if their performance is mediocre. We drove away discouraged. The company had enormous potential. But realizing its value seemed impracticable.
Megan McCracken quoted by The Washington Post, April 15, 2017
“These secrecy statutes are extremely effective at preventing challenges to execution procedures,” said Megan McCracken, an attorney at the University of California at Berkeley Law School’s Death Penalty Clinic.