Maryland death penalty race-bias report [U. Maryland] News
Maryland death penalty race-bias report [U. Maryland]

An Empirical Analysis of Maryland's Death Sentencing System with Respect to the Influence of Race and Legal Jurisdiction, University of Maryland, Professor Raymond Paternoster and Professor Robert Brame, January 2003 [documenting effects of race on the handling of Maryland death penalty cases]. Read the full text of the report here [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

THIS DAY @ LAW

US Supreme Court heard Bush v. Gore

On December 11, 2000, the US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the Bush v. Gore Presidential recount case.

Listen to the arguments and/or read the transcripts on Oyez, the Supreme Court multimedia website at Northwestern University.

UNICEF established

On December 11, 1946, the United Nations General Assembly established the UN International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) to aid child victims of World War II. UNICEF became a permanent UN agency in 1953.

Learn more about the mission of UNICEF and read the UN Convention on the Rights of a Child.