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Friday, Nov. 1, 2024


 

From the October-November 2024 Magazine

Members Who Inspire: Melanie Kalmanson dedicates pro bono work to death penalty education

When the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its decision in the death penalty case Hurst v. Florida in January 2016, it effectively changed the course of Melanie Kalmanson's career. "That's when my passion for these issues started, when I was seeing it in real life, living these cases, working on these cases, seeing how it affected Florida," Kalmanson says. "The thing that really hit me was how little society knows about the reality of the death penalty."


 

The Modern Law Library

Meet the sheriffs who believe they are 'The Highest Law in the Land'

In "The Highest Law in the Land: How the Unchecked Power of Sheriffs Threatens Democracy," lawyer and journalist Jessica Pishko takes a deep dive into the history of this position in American life and at a far-right movement hoping to co-opt it.

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