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Reflections on the (criminal justice) blawgosphere
Here are three very interesting and thought-provoking posts about the history and state of the blawgosphere from the "practical blawgosphere": From Simple Justice, Are Law Professors Afraid of the Practical Blawgosphere? From CrimLaw, A Brief History of Blogging: Is It...

"Blawgosphere" Becomes a Word
Or at least this is the first time I ever noticed someone Googling “Blawgosphere”.

Blawgosphere pay attention: AT & T might have lost its mind
I try very hard to keep this blog focused on criminal law issues. Sometimes, however, I see something that just blows my mind. AT & T is considering filtering internet content. Odd, in light of the fact that Comcast might just get hit bigtime...

DNA: Something new and something old
DNA helix The biggest story of this past weekend is this L.A. Times piece on the accuracy of the DNA identifications and the statistics used to come up with the probabilities of a random match...

Luminaries of the Canadian blawgosphere
Thanks to Canadian Lawyer magazine for including me in their list of top 10 law related blogs in their March edition. Read the Luminaries of the Canadian blawgosphere article See page 24 Go to the Canadian Lawyer web site...

MADD Statistics Again Debunked
As I’ve posted repeatedly in the past, MADD’s prohibitionist zealots are fond of twisting statistics to justify their expansion of unfair laws, Draconian penalties and unconstitutional procedures...