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Editorial: Closed Subjects, Closed Minds
An article critiquing President Prince B. Woodward on his refusal to listen to student opinions regarding an extended visitation policy.
Due Process Of Law?
Newspaper article about the Fourteenth Amendment’s due process clause and its applicability to actions taken by state agencies. Colleges, categorized as state agencies, should conform to the Fourteenth Amendment’s due process clause regarding…
Deciding who is crazy: Reform Florida's procedure
Opinion editorial by Michael Mello about changing the process for declaring someone legally insane or incompetent.
Death? let the jury decide.
An article by Michael A. Mello on the Legislation regulation and its importance of jury control.
Death Row: Last Skirmish
A magazine article that discusses capital punishment in America and how lawyers are trying to get rid of it.
Death Row Inmate Wants to Study Law
Convicted killer Joe Giarratano hopes to elude Virginia's electric chair and study law in Vermont.
Death Penalty Foes Have Been Dormant
The case of Gordon Perry is examined. It is considered by Michael Mello to be a case highly important to those opposing the death penalty in New Hampshire.
Death Penalty
A review of Michael Mello's book: Against the Death Penalty.
Death Not Easy Punishment for Murder
After the murder of federal appellate Judge Robert S. Vance, Mello discusses the opinions on the death penalty held in states such as Florida, California, New York, and Texas. Mello further examines the complications of the death penalty including…
Dear Editor
A letter to the editor of the Bullet from several leaders of a student protest, criticizing Mike Mello's reporting of their student protest.
Dean's Court Comments Draw Fire
Reporting on the critical comments of Vermont governor Howard Dean towards the state Supreme Court and judicial system pertaining to defendants rights. Critics from law backgrounds comment on the governors stances and comments.
Dean supports death penalty
The Governor spoke about his position on the death penalty and the appropriate usage of the death penalty for the state of Vermont.
Dead Men Talking
The passionate outreach against the death penalty by Sister Helen Prejean. As a Catholic nun she details her views and advocacy for those on death row.
Cutting appeals 'could be Catch-22'
Pan to eliminate state appeals for death row inmates may not speed up the legal process.
Current Events
The rivalry between two newspapers over the guilt or innocence of Joey Spaziano leads to a new trail, of a case that's over twenty years old. In the end, Justice won over newspaper sales.
Crossfire
In this article Michael Mello writes about giving amnesty to the people who refused to participate in the Vietnam War.
Criticism Should Lead to Action
This is a newspaper article written in response to criticisms of the MWC Newspaper "The Bullet".
Court Refuses to Grant Delay in Execution
This source is about a man named Aubry Dennis Adams, who was given the death penalty after being convicted of murder. Mike Mello was his defense attorney, and was attempting to get Adam's case reheard on the grounds that the jury was biased.
Court hears Spaziano's death appeal
Michael Mello, Joseph Spaziano's attorney believes Spaziano deserves a chance to prove his innocence.
Court gives 'Crazy Joe' 11th-hour reprieve
“Crazy Joe” Spaziano receives a last-minute stay of execution on his 50th birthday September 25, 1995. In 1975 police charged Joe Spaziano with the 1973 rape-torture slaying of 18-year-old hospital clerk Laura Lynn Harberts. Jurors found Spaziano…