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New book: The Fear of Too Much Justice (6/20/2023). Former professor @UConnLaw and chair @southerncenter.
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This Is Not About Justice

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By James Kwak
| Medium
Toforest Johnson is a Black man on death row in Alabama for a crime he didn’t commit. Mr. Johnson was convicted and sentenced to death in 1998 at his second trial for a 1995 murder. The only evidence against him was a tip from a teenage girl who changed her story multiple times, whom prosecutors themselves called a liar, and Violet Ellison’s claim that she overheard Mr. Johnson admitting to the crime by surreptitiously listening in on a three-way call connected by her daughter.
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COVID-19: Who Bears the Losses?

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By James Kwak
| NXTmine
By James Kwak Our business and household sectors are losing lots of money every day, and will continue to lose money for the foreseeable future. People no longer spend money at restaurants. Restaurant owners can no longer pay the rent or pay back their business loans. Restaurants fire their workers, who lose their paychecks and can no longer pay their rent, or their credit card bills, or their student debt. In an economic crisis like this, the overriding question is: who ultimately bears the losses?
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A Memo to Soccer Club Owners

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By James Kwak
| Medium
It's that time of summer when the soccer news is really news about player transfers. Lionel Messi to Inter Miami! Jude Bellingham to Real Madrid! Half of Chelsea to various teams owned by the Saudi government (which, by pure coincidence, is also an investor in Chelsea)! You know, that sort of thing. To understand what follows, you'll need a brief primer on the soccer transfer market. Unlike in most American sports, players are bought and sold for cash.
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