Day: December 16, 2021

The jury in the Ahmaud Arbery case was composed of 11 white jurors. Prosecutors argued that defense lawyers struck eight potential Black jurors because of their race but Judge Timothy Walmsley chose not to change the jury’s racial makeup. The optics, for prosecutors, were secondary to the historic realities of race in the American justice… Continue reading Ahmaud Arbery and Peremptory Challenges

How our society  defines “adult” can be shaped by preconceived—often racialized—ideas about innocence and childhood, ultimately determining one’s legal fate. During Kyle Rittenhouse’s trial for taking multiple lives when he was 17 years old, he was referred to as a “little boy out there trying to protect his community,” by a major news outlet. This… Continue reading Kyle Rittenhouse and the Adultification of Minority Youth

Vanessa Bryant alleges that she “has suffered (and continues to suffer) severe emotional distress” due to leaked photos of her late husband’s helicopter crash. In pursuing the matter, however, Magistrate Judge Charles F. Eick ruled that Bryant and her therapist must produce documents going as far back as 2017. On its face, requesting therapy records,… Continue reading Vanessa Bryant And Psychic Injury Cases