The Fount of Useless Information
Your place for useless information that just might possibly be interesting.
Why can’t law enforcement admit their mistakes?
Their refusal to do so leads to countless wrongful convictions, but psychology says few will cop to misconduct
http://www.salon.com/2012/10/21/why_cant_law_enforcement_admit_their_mistakes/
Another in the line of posts on the American InJustice system…
This one speaks …
Why police lineups can’t be trusted
The single biggest cause of wrongful convictions is mistaken eyewitness identification. Is there a better way?
http://www.salon.com/2012/09/29/why_criminal_lineups_cant_be_trusted/
I also thought about calling this ‘Eyewitless Testimony”, but thought the quote from the article was ultimately …
Behind the Right’s Phony War on the Nonexistent Religion of Secularism
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/national-affairs/behind-the-rights-phony-war-on-the-nonexistent-religion-of-secularism-20120425
This quote kind of says it all:
…“Mothers have long observed that after the first child starts school, the rest of the family starts catching more colds and
The Caging of America
Why do we lock up so many people?
http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/atlarge/2012/01/30/120130crat_atlarge_gopnik
This is a really long article by ‘net standards, but I suggest that anyone who either doesn’t understand how punitive our incarceratative society is or wants to …
The Very Real Danger of Genetically Modified Foods
New research shows that when we eat we’re consuming more than just vitamins and protein. Our bodies are absorbing information, or microRNA.
http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/01/the-very-real-danger-of-genetically-modified-foods/251051/
When I first saw the title I figured I …
Some good stuff today…
Why we should protect those accused of rape
http://www.salon.com/life/feature/2011/07/27/dsk_kobe_assange_flatley/index.html
Initially the article sounds outlandish, but it makes a very good point. Very analogous to the loosy-goosy way people wind up on sexual predator lists (I read …
of the dramatically anti-science attitude in the US:
The Science of Injustice
Capital murder case highlights Texas courts’ resistance to physical evidence
http://www.austinchronicle.com/news/2011-08-19/the-science-of-injustice/
This amuses me (in a very dark way) the most:
‘Delmore and the Montgomery County D.A.’s Office …