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  • The Trials of Dzokhar Tsarnaev’s Jurors

    The Sixth Amendment guarantees a criminal defendant with U.S. citizenship the right to be tried before an “impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed.” By this amendment, a jury is meant to be representative of a cross-section of the community in which the crime in question occurred. But…

  • Boston Strong: Commercializing Trauma

    BY RACHEL BUTLER When you type the words “Boston Strong” into Google, the first results that pop up are t-shirts for sale. With an $11.98 kids’ version, a $19.99 variation sporting the Boston Bruins logo, and a $25 iteration with the Boston skyline on the front, the Boston Strong t-shirt has become ubiquitous in Boston…