May 24th, 2005 · A PBS documentary explores alternatives to jail time for low-level criminal offenders in Brooklyn. Producer Meema Spadola and Judge Alex Calebrese, who presides over the Red Hook Community Justice Center, discuss the film with Farai Chideya.
May 22nd, 2005 · In 1944, an Italian prisoner of war was found hanged at a U.S. Army base near Seattle. The trial of three black soldiers that followed was the Army's longest during World War II. Jack Hamann's new book says it ended in a miscarriage of justice.
May 16th, 2005 · The Supreme Court strikes down state laws forbidding residents from importing wine directly from out-of-state wineries. The court ruled 5-4 that the laws are discriminatory and anti-competitive.
May 15th, 2005 · NPR's Mike Shuster profiles Dahwud Salahuddin, a black Muslim born in the United States who has lived in Iran for most of the last 25 years. Salahuddin fought with the Mujahadeen -- the Iranians who opposed the Soviet Red Army in the 1980s -- played an American doctor in a recent Iranian film, and is a fugitive from American justice.
May 3rd, 2005 · Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Linda Greenhouse has covered the Supreme Court for The New York Times since 1978. She won the Pulitzer in 1998 for her coverage of the court. Her new book is Becoming Justice Blackmun: Harry Blackmun's Supreme Court Journey.
May 1st, 2005 · A new play at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre attempts to tell the story of the People's Temple, the religious cult whose members followed leader Jim Jones in a mass suicide in 1978. Cy Musiker of San Francisco member station KQED reports that the documentary-based performance tries to reverse misconceptions surrounding the group by looking more closely at its beliefs in social justice and racial equality.
Apr 7th, 2005 · Eleven years ago in Rwanda, Hutus began killing their tribal rivals the Tutsis. Over 100 days more than 800,000 people were massacred, including many Hutu moderates. How are Rwandans seeking justice and moving on from those traumatic experiences? And how have the media instigators of the violence been held accountable?
Mar 17th, 2005 · Eli Rosenbaum, director of the Justice Department's Office of Special Investigations, has focused solely on finding and deporting Nazi war criminals for almost 30 years. His mandate changed this winter when he was asked to focus on all war criminals.