{"id":766,"date":"2011-04-18T09:00:29","date_gmt":"2011-04-18T13:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www3.law.harvard.edu\/journals\/hlpr\/?p=766"},"modified":"2015-10-02T15:58:05","modified_gmt":"2015-10-02T15:58:05","slug":"hlpr-blog-roundup-destroying-rights-in-the-name-of-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/lpr\/2011\/04\/18\/hlpr-blog-roundup-destroying-rights-in-the-name-of-justice\/","title":{"rendered":"HLPR Blog Roundup: Destroying Rights in the Name of Justice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"color: #505050\"><em>HLPR Online editorial staff<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #505050\">Several recent HLPR posts have captured the idea that states, legislatures and authorities, by enacting laws to ensure justice, are actually just doing more to damage it.\u00a0 The tension between balancing conflicting rights and priorities is a constant concern i.e. consider the current desire of UN forces to promote human rights in Libya by, inevitably, causing more death and destruction.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #505050\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #505050\">HLPR bloggers have presented their own examples of this dilemma:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"color: #505050\">\n<li style=\"font-style: inherit\">Smita Ghosh discussed how legislatures in several states want to solve more crimes by\u00a0<a style=\"font-style: inherit;color: #000000\" href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20110422201604\/http:\/\/hlpronline.com\/2011\/04\/states-push-through-dna-legislation\/\">expanding DNA testing<\/a>\u00a0to individuals that have not been convicted of any crime.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-style: inherit\">Jessica Jackson\u2019s post captured how law enforcement is preventing preventing \u201cpolice interference\u201d by arresting those caught<a style=\"font-style: inherit;color: #000000\" href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20110422201604\/http:\/\/hlpronline.com\/2011\/04\/states-push-through-dna-legislation\/\">\u00a0filming police encounters<\/a>, and potential police violations.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-style: inherit\">Zach Luck\u2019s post called for a \u201c<a style=\"font-style: inherit;color: #000000\" href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20110422201604\/http:\/\/hlpronline.com\/2011\/04\/is-it-time-for-truth-on-torture\/\">trust commission<\/a>\u201d on America\u2019s torture policies, a topic that tends to\u00a0<a style=\"font-style: inherit;color: #000000\" href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20110422201604\/http:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/blogs-and-stories\/2011-04-12\/red-cross-study-finds-60-percent-of-young-people-support-torture\/\">split people\u00a0<\/a>on the their use and necessity.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"color: #505050\">Check out these posts and more at the HLPR blog.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HLPR Online editorial staff Several recent HLPR posts have captured the idea that states, legislatures and authorities, by enacting laws 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