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After student activists protested the University’s investments in a company operating in Angola in 1972, the University created the ACSR to examine the ethical ramifications of the Corporation’s investments and recommend courses of action.
Gawande’s writing applies both his academic and professional experience to examine the world of medicine.
His case, Crawford vs. Washington, involved a criminal trial in which a videotape was used as evidence against the defendant, Crawford. But because Crawford’s lawyer was not able to cross-examine the videotaped witness, they took the case to the Washington State Supreme Court. There they argued...
“In this case, one thing was unusual,” Fisher says. “In almost all Supreme Court cases you argue on precedent, but in this circumstance I argued that all its previous rulings that used the reliability framework were wrong and that there was...
“The judge has to examine every credible claim concerning whether the defendant received a fair trail and, if not, entertain the possibility of reopening it,” he added. “I have much faith in the judicial process to ultimately reach the right result...