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Christopher Zorn
@prisonrodeo.bsky.social
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He/him. Nebraska-born #firstgen, Truman State alum, proud dad, GenX prof at Penn State + GSERM. Courts, stats, 🎸. #COYS since ‘95. Pros: Oxford comma, 0-dep, Miles Davis. Antis: MAGA, "causal inference," Woolwich.
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October 31, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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While I have you papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Conspiracy Abolition Virginia Law Review, 2026 69 Pages Posted: 7 Aug 2024 Last revised: 26 Feb 2025 Evan D. Bernick Northern Illinois University - College of Law Date Written: July 24, 2024 Abstract Criminal conspiracy seems as American as apple pie. Every state criminalizes conspiracy, and there are dozens of federal conspiracy statutes. The crime of conspiracy is the darling of prosecutors across the political spectrum. It has been wielded against poor Black teens and White TV moguls; anti-carceral and anti-abortion activists; rap stars and a President. Conspiracy's hold on U.S. criminal systems is firm. This Article seeks to break that hold. The crime of conspiracy promotes surveillance of and violence against poor people of color. It is a menace to freedom of expression, the right of a criminal defendant to confront an adverse witness, and the rule of law. Its purported social benefits remain unsubstantiated; its social costs have been understated when they have not been outright ignored. And it can't be reformed. It should be abolished.
September 9, 2025 at 5:37 PM
prisonrodeo.bsky.social
Lots of fallacies (Robinson Crusoe, ecological, continuum, ludic, Baconian, prosecutor’s, etc.)
July 24, 2025 at 10:21 AM
prisonrodeo.bsky.social
It’s no wonder they suck more now…
July 8, 2025 at 6:30 PM
prisonrodeo.bsky.social
I’ve never said it isn’t. But I’ve said it shouldn’t be for decades, and I’ll stand by that.
July 8, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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www.scientificamerican.com/article/trum...
Trump’s Massive Deportation Plan Echoes Concentration Camp History
Trump’s language about immigrants “poisoning” the U.S. repeats past rhetoric that led to civilian detention camps, with horrific, tragic results
www.scientificamerican.com
July 4, 2025 at 3:37 PM