Source: reason.com 7/17/26 Journalist Michael Tracey and professor Marcella Szablewicz debate the Epstein scandal and the public reaction to the files. Journalist Michael Tracey and Pace University’s Marcella Szablewicz debate the resolution, “The Jeffrey Epstein scandal has become a case of moral panic.” Taking the affirmative is Tracey, an independent journalist, political commentator, and media critic known for his skepticism of the Epstein narrative and what he calls the surrounding “mythology” and hysteria. Taking the negative is Szablewicz, an associate professor of communication and media studies at Pace University’s Dyson College of Arts and…
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How a Paid Expert Reversed His View of a Notoriously Flawed Prosecution in the Rape of a Bestselling Author
Source: propublica.org 7/17/26 Law professor Bennett Gershman told ProPublica that the prosecution of a man for the rape of author Alice Sebold was laced with misconduct. Then he was hired by the city and county that prosecuted the man — and reached a very different conclusion. The upstate New York city of Syracuse seems at odds with itself when it comes to a notorious miscarriage of justice. Nearly five years ago, the district attorney of Onondaga County, William Fitzpatrick, stood up in court and excoriated his county’s decision decades earlier…
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