In Oregon and Washington, the costs of seeking and administering the death penalty have increased significantly since the 1980s.
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Revenge is sweet – but if the Democrats indulge in it, they could dramatically weaken a whole branch of the US government.
In a world where educational opportunity is unjustly distributed, there are questions as to whether private schools should be exempt from paying income tax.
Archaic vagrancy acts and Public Spaces Protection Laws turn washing, sleeping and begging into punishable offences.
Doctors can be struck off for having sexual contact with their patient, but where are the sanctions for patients?
How do you know your search results or social media feeds aren’t being manipulated for political purposes? It’s not a crime to do so. But we believe it should be.
The law isn’t clear on whether someone can even consent to eyeball tattoos, skin implants, tongue splitting or ear pointing.
The obstacles workers face in successfully pursuing their entitlements and the inadequacy of our current penalties to deter underpayments means problems with franchises will remain.
Incitement to hatred law in England and Wales currently protects many identities, but not disability.
England’s rugby team was flummoxed by a new tactic deployed by Italy in the Six Nations – even though it was within the rules.
Augmented reality and holographic projections could hold benefits for victims testifying against sexual assault.
The guidelines don’t go far enough to clarify what to do in the case of refusals by children.
A lot more goes into the making of South Africa’s final national budget than many people realise. The process involves extensive legalities designed to ensure public oversight.
After witnessing a streamed suicide, users could sue for emotional harm. But it’s tricky to prove – and even trickier to hold Facebook accountable.
There’s a common theme in the rise of class actions against companies: CEOs have not been straight with investors, issuing falsely optimistic information or concealing negative information.
The European Union is currently debating the legal status of intelligent robots, and whether they ought to be given a new classification of ‘electronic persons’.
In a recent report highlighting ‘shortcomings’ in security and welfare services in offshore detention, six terabytes of data was ‘missing’. Don’t expect to see it any time soon.
The Outer Space Treaty, now 50 years old, has so far never been violated. But things could be about to change.
Any policy governing police pursuits must balance the need to apprehend offenders with the safety of the community.
Australia needs to be very careful not to allow the bail system to become a political scapegoat at the hands of commentators exercising 20/20 hindsight.
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