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A Tale of Nature and Justice in the Big Apple
An email from my brother, who lives in Washington Heights: For the last two days, there has been a single housefly in my apartment. I haven’t tried to swat it, for no particular reason. Yesterday, one of my fountain pens … Continue reading
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Tagged fountain pen cleaning, nature in New York City, Washington Heights
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The story of one mistranslated word
When I posted and linked to a New York Times op, “Why Mistranslation Matters,” I was thinking about an incident involving a criminal case which caused me a lot of angst. Coincidentally, the judge in that case — who angered … Continue reading
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Tagged criminal defense law, criminally negligent homicide, death penalty, depraved indifference homicide, manslaughter, Murder 2, New York State death penalty, Pedro Gil, Peter Neufeld, Roberto Campos-Marquetti, Washington Heights
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