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19-year-olds don’t belong in adult prisons

Click here to read on the Boston Globe Website

By Nancy Gertner

Governor Baker introduced a criminal...


19-year-olds don’t belong in adult prisons

Click here to read on the Boston Globe Website

By Nancy Gertner

Governor Baker introduced a criminal...


Judge Gorsuch is more dangerous than he appears

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By Nancy Gertner

He sounds so judicial...


How ‘confused’ could Jeff Sessions have been?

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By Nancy Gertner

That Attorney General Jeff...


Why some ‘secrets’ leaked while Trump’s tax returns haven’t

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By Nancy Gertner

President Trump...


As President Trump Considers His Conflicts, He Should Heed The Tale Of Icarus

By Nancy Gertner

To read on WBUR's Cognoscenti's website click here

The Icarus myth is a cautionary tale for our new president. Daedalus...


Gov. Baker should protect the Mass. Supreme Judicial Court

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By Nancy Gertner

JANUARY 26...


Professor Nancy Gertner in Melbourne: perspectives on Trump and US politics

To read on The Australia and New Zealand School of Government website click here

On Friday (13...


Hard time gets a hard look

Click here to read on the Harvard Gazette's website

By Colleen Walsh, Harvard Staff Writer

On a recent afternoon Vincent Schiraldi watched...


I take this election personally

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By Nancy Gertner

I take the election of Donald Trump...


Hillary in Harvard Square

Click here to read on the Harvard Crimson website

BY HANNAH NATANSON, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER MULTIMEDIA BY ALANA M STEINBERG, CRIMSON STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

It...


Brock Turner's Sentencing Revives Mandatory Minimums Debate

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The effectiveness of mandatory minimums is up for debate. NPR's Scott Simon talks to retired...


Hillary Emails and Republican Hypocrisy

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A number of Republicans, including Michael Mukasey, former judge, and Attorney General, have...


Wrong? Maybe. Criminal? Maybe not.

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The Supreme Court’s decision in the corruption case against...


Time for a broad approach to clemency

Read on the The Hill

By Marc Mauer, Nancy Gertner, and Jonathan Simon

Despite growing national discussion on criminal justice...


UC Hastings Commencement Address

On May 15, 2015 Judge Gertner gave the Commencement Address at University of California, Hastings College of the Law. A video of the address can be viewd...


Justice Denied in the Bronx

Click here to read on the New York Law Journal's website

By Nancy Gertner

Access to justice means more than fancy...


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