Law
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View From the Inside: How Gang Members Use Secret Codes
Everyone knows Thomas Angel Porter as AROCKS, a name he was given while growing up in Harlem during the 1990s. While playing basketball with his crew of friends, they would constantly yell at him to pass the ball, or “rock.” Within the next year his crew of friends were recruited—along with thousands of black youths […] -
The Prison Guard With a Gift for Cracking Gang Codes
Former correction officer Gary Klivans doesn’t want to be photographed more clearly for fear of gang retaliation.Gary Klivans Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . As a corrections officer at a Westchester County, N.Y., prison in the 1990s, Gary Klivans was a one-man gang unit. Members of The Latin Kings […] -
How the Law Protects the Idea of a Famous Person
A woman walks in to the room. She is wearing a white dress and has a mole over her bright red lips. She could be anybody, but you might have instantly guessed she was Marilyn Monroe. Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . For every famous person, there is a […] -
The Odds of Innocence
How numbers can tip the scales of justice.