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A few scattered thoughts on the movie "Doubt."

1. For a movie full of nuns and priests, there was damned little religion in it. There were references to "mortal sin," and Bibles and crosses were displayed, but I don't think anyone ever mentioned God or Jesus. In…

Does a criminal defendant have a right to confront lab chemists?

Lyle Denniston reports on the oral argument in Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts : [Justice Kennedy] foresaw ”a very substantial burden” on the prosecution and on the courts, and told counsel advocating for confrontation that he wa…

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