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jurisprudence

[joor-is-prood-ns, joor-is-prood-] / ˌdʒʊər ɪsˈprud ns, ˈdʒʊər ɪsˌprud- /


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I think in some ways, this botched execution is emblematic of how everybody understands now what happens in that room, but the jurisprudence and the technologies have occluded that for most of us.

From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026

Whether it chooses to do so will reveal as much about our immigration politics as this opinion reveals about our jurisprudence.

From Slate ● Jun. 26, 2026

Sotomayor has long been an advocate for criminal defendants in her jurisprudence, and for her part, Jackson’s thesis in undergrad even covered coercive plea bargaining.

From Slate ● Jun. 18, 2026

Yet the uncomfortable truth at the heart of modern Batson jurisprudence is that although it identified the disease, it has never found an effective cure.

From Slate ● Jun. 17, 2026

An influential nineteenth-century manual on medical jurisprudence cited the saying “A medical man, when he sees a dead body, should notice everything.”

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann




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