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    Public Spectacle is Undermining Luigi Mangione’s Constitutional Rights

    April 1, 2025By Kevin Nakfour

      The United States criminal justice system relies upon a procedure called voir dire. The term is French for “to speak the truth,” and it refers to the process by which potential jurors in a criminal trial are questioned by attorneys and judges to determine their qualifications and biases. It’s a cornerstone of the criminal […]

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    The Right to Confront Who?

    April 8, 2024By Dean Raynor

      Courts across the country are patiently waiting for the Supreme Court to render a decision regarding an issue involving the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment. The Sixth Amendment guarantees criminal defendants “shall enjoy the right to . . . be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses […]

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