“The just man is always happy,” Plato asserts in The Republic.
Really?
It depends, I suppose, on what is meant by “happy.”
What if the just man were wrongfully convicted?
Today, in America, stoic acceptance isn’t the only possible response. The Innocence Project works zealously to marshal definitive DNA evidence to clarify problematic convictions — which sometimes leads to exoneration.
Showing posts with label DNA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label DNA. Show all posts
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Monday, August 31, 2009
Mothers of the Disappeared Get a Database
The BBC reported tonight that the Chilean government is creating a DNA database to help identify (living or dead) people who disappeared (and were probably murdered) during the repression of the Pinochet era.
It reminds me not only of U-2's song, but of a speech I heard Cornell West give at Boise State University in 1997. One of the most deeply human desires is to be able to bury our dead. With the creation of the new database, Chileans will have a better chance to do that, for loved ones taken from him during the terrible violence unleashed by the Pinochet government.
It reminds me not only of U-2's song, but of a speech I heard Cornell West give at Boise State University in 1997. One of the most deeply human desires is to be able to bury our dead. With the creation of the new database, Chileans will have a better chance to do that, for loved ones taken from him during the terrible violence unleashed by the Pinochet government.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
