Stories by Liliana Segura
Liliana Segura is an AlterNet staff writer and editor of Rights & Liberties and World Special Coverage. http://twitter.com/LilianaSegura
The U.S. stands alone in the world in condemning thousands of juveniles to life without parole. And race is a huge factor. Will the Supreme Court even consider it?
Posted on Nov 11, 2009, Source: AlterNet
Two cases in the Supreme Court could alter the fates of over 2,500 people serving life without parole for crimes they committed as teenagers.
Posted on Oct 31, 2009, Source: AlterNet
Recent evidence shows that an executed Texas man was innocent. There are others who still might avoid that fate.
Posted on Oct 26, 2009, Source: AlterNet
Would a Human Sacrifice TV Channel be protected by the First Amendment? Answers to this and other key questions will be answered.
Posted on Oct 12, 2009, Source: AlterNet
Dr. Philip Nitschke has caused uproar from Australia to the UK over his unapologetic pro-suicide philosophy -- and now he's bringing his cause to the States.
Posted on Oct 3, 2009, Source: AlterNet
A hot new iPhone App uses GPS technology to track registered sex offenders everywhere. Are they keeping you safe, or profiting off paranoia?
Posted on Sep 24, 2009, Source: AlterNet
Tasers aren't 'nonlethal'; they've killed hundreds. With younger people being especially vulnerable to the Taser's shock, the risks could be very deadly.
Posted on Sep 16, 2009, Source: AlterNet
While other states release low-risk, high-cost prisoners, CA officials want to jail another terminal prisoner, on taxpayers' dime.
Posted on Sep 12, 2009, Source: AlterNet
With apparent psychos like Garrido wreaking havoc, it's hard for society to be reasonable about the thousands of people have been wrongly swept up by excessive sex offender laws.
Posted on Sep 4, 2009, Source: AlterNet
When judges take on airs and lash out in fits of whimsical bullying, innocent people can end up paying the price with jail time -- or their lives.
Posted on Aug 21, 2009, Source: AlterNet
The Boston policeman who called Gates a "banana-eating jungle monkey" had taken racial-sensitivity training classes. It's not clear they work.
Posted on Aug 18, 2009, Source: AlterNet
There's no indication that getting hate crimes on the books actually prevents them.
Posted on Aug 4, 2009, Source: AlterNet
The "birther" conspiracy has been utterly debunked, yet more GOP establishment figures have embraced the transparently racist cause.
Posted on Jul 28, 2009, Source: AlterNet
Laws expanding DNA collection from people accused of crimes are passing in states across the country. But it doesn't mean that justice will be done.
Posted on Jul 16, 2009, Source: AlterNet
Francis Collins has defended practices derided by the God squad. But a man committed to reconciling faith and science brings back bad Bush memories.
Posted on Jul 11, 2009, Source: AlterNet
Alvaro Uribe could be re-elected through just the type of referendum the ousted Manuel Zelaya has been accused of trying to carry out.
Posted on Jul 2, 2009, Source: AlterNet
A new report finds people on the terrorist watch list can more easily buy guns than board planes. But the real problem lies deeper than that.
Posted on Jun 27, 2009, Source: AlterNet
The transfer of four Uighur prisoners to Bermuda has been treated like a happy human-interest story, but the truth is far darker.
Posted on Jun 20, 2009, Source: AlterNet
At AlterNet, I'm fighting for a society that doesn't victimize the innocent and vulnerable. To do it right, I need your support.
Posted on Jun 12, 2009, Source: AlterNet
Exposing the latest and slimiest ways the "financial services" industry is raking it in from cash-crunched Americans.
Posted on Jun 10, 2009, Source: AlterNet
A surprising poll shows that by wide margins, Americans don't want to see Gitmo shut down -- here's why it should be closed forever.
Posted on Jun 6, 2009, Source: AlterNet
Today marks the 200th execution under Perry, a record even deadlier than George W. Bush's tenure. What's the matter with Texas?
Posted on Jun 2, 2009, Source: AlterNet
How far is Obama going to roll back the legacy of Bush's torture policies?
Posted on May 16, 2009, Source: AlterNet
A teenage girl is strip-searched and gets snickered at by old men in robes for challenging it -- what's so funny about the Fourth Amendment?
Posted on May 9, 2009, Source: AlterNet
Abandoned animals and "foreclosure pets" are the innocent victims of our financial downward spiral.
Posted on Apr 28, 2009, Source: AlterNet
Amid citizen outrage and news that torture was used to extract a link between Iraq and al Qaeda, Eric Holder won't say if he intends to prosecute.
Posted on Apr 24, 2009, Source: AlterNet
The man who blew the lid off Bush's spying program believes more details on government spying must, and will, come to light.
Posted on Apr 18, 2009, Source: AlterNet
Slamming prisoners into walls, locking them in boxes with insects; these memos are the smoking gun for the sadistic crimes of the Bush administration.
Posted on Apr 17, 2009, Source: AlterNet
The
New Yorker's Jane Mayer discusses the fallout from the Red Cross' shocking report on CIA torture and its serious legal implications.
Posted on Apr 11, 2009, Source: AlterNet
Watch out: 50,000-volt Tasers are deployed in London this week; meanwhile, a new model can 'instantly incapacitate' multiple people at a time.
Posted on Apr 2, 2009, Source: AlterNet
Words matter, as Obama said on the campaign trail. But when it comes to his detention and counterterrorism policies, his actions are speaking louder.
Posted on Mar 17, 2009, Source: AlterNet
The author of A People's History of the United States discusses his newest project and why dissent is as important as ever.
Posted on Mar 12, 2009, Source: AlterNet
Obama is adding religious advisers to the executive branch and kicking off events with prayers vetted by his staff.
Posted on Mar 5, 2009, Source: AlterNet
As Eric Holder calls for "frank conversations" on race in the U.S., the NY Post cartoon controversy reveals how far we have to go.
Posted on Feb 20, 2009, Source: AlterNet
A famous 1970s experiment was recently replicated, revealing what it takes for us to question and resist those in positions of authority.
Posted on Feb 12, 2009, Source: AlterNet
Attorneys representing the Obama administration are defending one of the most controversial practices of the Bush administration.
Posted on Feb 10, 2009, Source: AlterNet
It seems Bush's lust for spying went so far as to target reporters, and even the senator tasked with overseeing U.S. intelligence.
Posted on Jan 24, 2009, Source: AlterNet
As states grapple with record budget deficits, more politicians are looking toward criminal justice reform to cut costs.
Posted on Jan 22, 2009, Source: AlterNet
What will Obama do, and how could he screw it up, given the fact that pretty much everything is riding on him getting things right the first time?
Posted on Jan 17, 2009, Source: AlterNet
In his confirmation hearing, Holder called waterboarding "torture," but his support for preventive detention and warrantless spying is bad news.
Posted on Jan 16, 2009, Source: AlterNet
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