by lindaoppenheim | Dec 16, 2017 | Article
Comparing the sentences received by two drug offenders, one white and one black, Herald Tribune reporters Josh Salman, Dak Le, and Michael Braga illustrate the racial inequities in the Florida legal system through policies like drug-free zones and mandatory minimum...
by lindaoppenheim | Aug 12, 2017 | Broadcast, Website
This Radio Lab podcast examined police shootings. Featured are Tampa Bay Times reporter Ben Montgomery, who collected six years of records of Florida police shootings which are available in an online database Why Cops Shoot, Mothers of the Movement, women whose...
by lindaoppenheim | Mar 24, 2017 | Documents, Opinion
Caroline Light addresses the inequity inherent in the recently passed bill in the Florida Senate to expand “Stand Your Ground” by noting that “The American legal system’s handling of violent self-defense has long favored white, property-owning...