We all chose death for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
By Nancy Gertner
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We all...
Press
Officials must follow law prohibiting the shackling of pregnant inmates
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By Nancy Gertner
The anti-...
Op-Ed: Like DNA, Cameras on Cops Would Reveal Truth
By Nancy Gertner and John Reinstein
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DNA testing and videotaping of police-...
The Perfect Victim
A conversation between America ReFramed's host Natasha Del Toro and Judge Nancy Gertner about the documentary The Perfect Victim.
Was Dzhokhar Tsarnaev trial necessary?
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By Nancy Gertner
April 08, 2015...
Sexual Assault and Justice: Can we reconcile the belated attention to rape on campus with due process?
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Campus sexual assaults are horrifying, made all the worse because the...
Retired Judge Nancy Gertner to Receive NEFAC’s 2015 Stephen Hamblett First Amendment Award
An advocate for cameras in the courtroom, and such a proponent of the press...
There will be more Fergueson
It isn’t surprising that a grand jury on Monday ruled...
Op-Ed: Who Speaks For the Bench About Surveillance?
At the 11th hour, the Senate Judiciary and Intelligence Committee received an extraordinary letter from U.S. District Judge John Bates of Washington...
(Not) Wired: Electronic Coverage in the Federal Courts
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By: Nancy Gertner
I supported electronic coverage of court proceedings...
The Trial of Edward Snowman--Legally Speaking (Special Edition)
In late 2012, an NSA contractor named Edward Snowden leaked to the press almost 200,000 classified documents exposing secrets about the scope and methods of American intelligence gathering. To some this made him a hero; to others a traitor. In...
Nancy Gertner receives the Margaret Brent Lawyers of Achievement Award
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Harvard Law School Professor of Practice...
A Texas ‘Handmaid’s Tale’: A Woman Controls Her Body, But Her Fetus Belongs To The State
Click here to read the article by Nancy Gerter on WBUR
At first glance, the scene is Kafkaesque. The John Peter Smith Hospital, citing Texas’ Advance...
Judicial Nominations
On February 6, 2014 Judge Gertner was on C-SPAN discussing Judicial Nominations with Senator Elizabeth Warren. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) was the keynote speaker at an Alliance for Justice forum on judicial nominations and diversity. She...
Tsarnaev Death Penalty Decision Causes Divide
Judge Gertner was interviewed regarding her thoughts on the decision to seek the death penalty for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. She is quoted as saying, “Even in this horrendous crime, our citizens believe that the death...
