Ian Haney López writes for Moyers & Company, Sept. 27, 2016
Equating dog whistling with personal bigotry minimizes the phenomenon. It’s not an expression of prejudice so much as a coldly calculated decision to seek advantage by manipulating the prejudice in others. Dog whistling is a strategy: it intentionally uses veiled terms to stimulate racial animosity, whipping up popular fears and stoking dangerous and misdirected resentments.
Amanda Tyler interviewed by Northern California Record, Sept. 27, 2016
“A big part of what keeps my interest about this particular area of law is that it touches on a lot of larger concepts having to do with the separation of powers and the emergency constitution. And it also invites a rigorous historical inquiry into the role that habeas corpus has played over time during periods of great constitutional stress.”
Franklin Zimring quoted by The Washington Post, Sept. 26, 2016
“People who are talking about Ferguson effects — why do you find it in homicide and not burglary?” asked Franklin Zimring, a criminologist at the University of California, Berkeley in an interview earlier this year. “That’s just not very good logic, and it’s not consistent.”
Franklin Zimring interviewed by KPCC-FM, Sept. 26, 2016
“You have a lot of statistics, and they’re all wrong. … slightly less than half of police killings were reported in any of the national statistical structures. … We now know numbers, but we don’t know circumstances, and we can’t audit.”
Kevin Quinn and co-authors Epstein and Martin cited by The New York Times, Sept. 25, 2016
The new study … used a common and reliable political science measurement to make predictions about the potential nominees. This measurement is based on the ideologies of the presidents who appointed them to their courts and, when appropriate, of the home-state senators who supported their nominations.
Franklin Zimring quoted by The Sacramento Bee, Sept. 25, 2016
While courts and legislatures around the nation are abolishing capital punishment, when it goes to a public vote the hard line tends to have the advantage, said Franklin Zimring. … “The question is what do you do with the worst criminals you have?” Zimring said. “And if that ever becomes a question of sentiment the answer is boil them in oil.”
Kevin Quinn, co-authors cited by The New York Times, Sept. 25, 2016
The new study … used a common and reliable political science measurement to make predictions about the potential nominees. This measurement is based on the ideologies of the presidents who appointed them to their courts and, when appropriate, of the home-state senators who supported their nominations.
Franklin Zimring quoted by The Sacramento Bee, Sept. 25, 2016
While courts and legislatures around the nation are abolishing capital punishment, when it goes to a public vote the hard line tends to have the advantage, said Franklin Zimring. … “The question is what do you do with the worst criminals you have?” Zimring said. “And if that ever becomes a question of sentiment the answer is boil them in oil.”
Christopher Kutz quoted by The New York Times, Sept. 24, 2016
By not putting the technology in place, Apple has “failed in their social responsibility,” said Christopher Kutz … who specializes in the moral and legal principles of liability. “They should’ve done it, and even done it at a market risk.”
Christopher Kutz quoted by The New York Times, Sept. 24, 2016
By not putting the technology in place, Apple has “failed in their social responsibility,” said Christopher Kutz … who specializes in the moral and legal principles of liability. “They should’ve done it, and even done it at a market risk.”