CA: Bay Area Community Services (BACS) is hiring

Source: bayareacs.org  The California-based Bay Area Community Services (BACS) is looking to expand our services in the Sacramento region. There are several positions open, which including supervisory roles, employment or housing coordinators. Here at BACS, we look for the very best people and then give them meaningful work to do.  We do whatever it takes to stop the cycle of poverty — end homelessness — and help people living with mental illness recover. Our team is filled with smart, creative, socially conscious, and dynamic people who are committed to providing…

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The Law Must Respond When Science Changes

Source: scientificamerican.com 11/4/24 What was once fair under the law may become unfair when science changes. The law must react to uphold due process It’s been an astounding couple of weeks in the world where science and law intersect. Robert Roberson’s execution is delayed because everybody but the highest courts in Texas and the U.S. now realize that the medical theory on which he was convicted—shaken baby syndrome—originally rested on bad science. The life-without-parole sentences for Lyle and Erik Menendez, convicted of killing their parents, are also in question because researchers at the…

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