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...potential abuse of prosecutorial discretion." The key, she adds, is whether prosecutors chose not to pursue evidence of criminal activity by Republicans because of political bias or a conflict of interest. Sometimes prosecutors have a more benign motive; they may simply verify that allegations are untrue or be unclear on how to categorize the offense or the relevant statute of limitations. Certainly in Young's statements about Sessions and Pryor, he did not allege a quid pro quo for his money laundering of their campaigns. And whatever the involvement of their campaigns, Sessions and Pryor both assert they were completely...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Alabama: A Case of Selective Justice? | 10/4/2007 | See Source »

When it comes to the standardized college admissions tests like the SAT and ACT, there’s a lot to gripe about. Beyond bringing additional stress to the admissions process, it is unclear that standardized tests are really fair or measure actual aptitude. Indeed, studies have shown that standardized test scores are less effective than things like high school grades at predicting academic performance in college, are correlated with the socioeconomic status of test takers, and are subject to the influence of coaching and private tutoring, luxuries only available to those who can afford them.Despite their many flaws, however...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: An Imperfect Necessity | 10/3/2007 | See Source »

Though many of the facts of the situation are still unclear, the final violence in Jena seems to stem from an incident in August 2006 in which white students placed nooses on a schoolyard tree after black students had the audacity to sit under it. The fact that neither the local prosecutor nor the federal district attorney could find statutes that such an dastardly and hate-filled act of intimidation violated points to a major problem with federal and local hate crime statutes...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Putting Jena On the Map | 9/27/2007 | See Source »

Jonathan D. Colburn, communications coordinator for the office of the senior vice provost, said that the fact that junior faculty are unclear on the tenure process will be “something we consider very strongly over the next year as we try to find the best ways to support junior faculty...

Author: By Adrienne C. Collatos, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: State Schools Better for Junior Professors | 9/27/2007 | See Source »

...started to become unclear how much communication that I received was what I should have received as a student still affiliated with the house,” says Gutierrez. “I know that there was at least one major official e-mail that I did not receive, and that made me start to wonder if I wasn’t getting other ones as well...

Author: By Guillian H. Helm, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Outside the Bubble, Out of the Loop | 9/26/2007 | See Source »

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