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A fitting read for a sad anniversary

By Douglas A. Berman

I would surely recommend this new piece on SSRN for reading on any day.  But, particularly on a day in which we are remembering the reason we started the "global war on terror," this piece seems especially timely.  The piece by James Forman Jr. is titled, "Exporting Harshness: How the War on Crime Has Made the War on Terror Possible," and here is the abstract:This Essay responds to a consensus that has formed among many opponents of the Bush administration's prosecution of the war on terror.  The consensus narrative goes like this: America has a long-standing commitment to human rights and due process, reflected in its domestic criminal justice system's expansive protections.  Since September 11, 2001, President Bush, Vice President Cheney, former Defense Secretary Rumsfeld, and their allies have dishonored this tradition...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on September 11, 2008 (boomark / email).