Traditions. We all have them. Some good and, well, some not so good. Think for a minute. When you were a kid, what were your holiday traditions? Do you still follow some of them today? Put up lights? Bake special cookies or visit relatives? What if the law makes it impossible to follow your traditions?
More than two million Americans will spend the holidays ... Show More
Sep 2018
139: Release Day [Rebroadcast] & Special Announcement
It's official, and it's one more amazing step into the future at Life of the Law: we have a new Executive Director. Six years after Nancy Mullane, Tom Hilbink and Shannon Heffernan launched the first episode of Life of the Law, with stories about jury nullification and jailhouse ... Show More
20m 8s
Sep 2024
Prisoners celebrate - but is early release good news?
On Tuesday, 1,700 prisoners were released early from their sentences in the first phase of Labour's plan to tackle overcrowding.
Policing minister Dame Diana Johnson says the prisoners will serve the rest of their sentence under the strictest licensing conditions, but ther ... Show More
18m 26s
Sep 2024
Scenes From A Dystopian Film
Monday, September 9th, 2024Today, a North Carolina court ruling on RFK Jr. disrupts mail in voting; DeSantis’ election police questioned people who signed abortion petitions; NPR names the Trump staffers who assaulted the Arlington Cemetery employee; veterans are turning away fro ... Show More
53m 44s
Dec 2024
6 PM ET: Mangione denied bail, CA fire spreading, a poet’s passing & more
Luigi Mangione is now fighting extradition to New York, where he faces a murder charge for the killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO. California’s Franklin Fire has tripled in size in just one hour. We’ll tell you why a federal judge blocked Kroger’s $25 billion merger with Albertson ... Show More
6m 47s