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Law Practice

Jun. 12, 2020

George Floyd, the coronavirus and the new normal

We lawyers are accustomed to incremental change based on reasoned consideration of precedent. Legal precedent is designed to change slowly. That’s not always a good thing.

Paul Grech

Paul is a criminal defense lawyer in Riverside.

We lawyers are accustomed to incremental change based on reasoned consideration of precedent. Legal precedent is designed to change slowly. That's not always a good thing.

The killing of George Floyd highlights how slow the law is in delivering equal justice for African-Americans. Society changed quickly to reduce the death toll from the coronavirus. Yet we have trouble changing the law and police practices when it comes to the killi...

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