Kaitlin Prest
Recent Pieces from Kaitlin Prest
Life of the Law #12 - Games and Law
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From: Life of the Law
Online, multi-player games create addictive, all-encompassing competitive worlds for players. But sometimes, players disturb the fantasy with abusive behavior. Through trial ...
Life of the Law #13 - A Life on the Bench
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From: Life of the Law
What does it take to become a judge? No one starts their legal career as a jurist. First they work as a lawyer advocating for one side of a case over another. But ...
Life of the Law #10 - Dibs!
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From: Life of the Law
After a big snowstorm, the streets of many northern cities start to get cluttered with furniture. Why? Because of “dibs,” the practice of claiming a shoveled-out parking ...
Life of the Law #11 - Without Means
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From: Life of the Law
More than 30,000 people died by guns in 2011 in the US. Of those, close to 20,000 died by suicide. Many still do not make a connection between gun availability and suicide ...
Life of the Law #04 - Law in Translation
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From: Life of the Law
Vietnamese fishing communities are still finding themselves grounded by the BP oil spill, one of the largest environmental disasters of the century. These fishermen and women ...
Life of the Law #09 - Reporter on Death Row
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From: Life of the Law
What do we really know about death row in California? When we don’t know we create, we imagine.
Life of the Law #08 - Redesigning Justice
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From: Life of the Law
Red Hook is an isolated neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY, once known as the “crack capital of America.” In 2000, residents banded together to create a community justice center ...
Life of the Law #07 - Felony Factory
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From: Life of the Law
You’ve just been arrested, charged with a felony and can’t afford to pay your bail, let alone hire a lawyer. You know you have the right to a trial by jury or judge, but what ...
Life of the Law #05 - Tough Crowd
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From: Life of the Law
Is the law ever a laughing matter? We present to you a brief history of attempted comedy in the toughest room in the country—the Supreme Courtroom.
