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This week, Malawi’s Supreme Court outlawed the death penalty ordering the re-sentencing of at least 37 people known to be under a death sentence. Sandra Babcock, director of the Cornell Center on the Death Penalty Worldwide and a partner in the Malawi Resentencing Project, has worked on capital cases in Malawi since 2007. She calls the ruling “historic,” and adds that Malawi has now joined the growing ranks of abolitionist countries where high courts have concluded that the death penalty violates the right to life.

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The New York State Senate and Assembly will vote Wednesday on whether to extend the COVID-19 emergency moratorium on residential and commercial evictions which would allow New Yorkers four more months to access the $2.4 billion housing relief fund established in the state budget. William Niebel says the extension of the New York eviction moratorium is critical and the only way to ensure tenants are protected and landlords get paid.

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Angela Cornell, professor of law and director of the Labor Law Clinic at Cornell University’s Law School, says the Amazon vote represents a system that favors corporate interests over workers’ fundamental rights. 

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Top officials from the U.S. and China will meet in Anchorage on Thursday and Friday for the first high level summit after President Biden took office. Cornell University experts, Allen Carlson and Robert Hockett, are available to discuss the political and economic implications of the summit.

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Valerie Hans, professor of law at Cornell Law School, has conducted extensive research and written widely on juries. She says the legitimacy of the verdict in the trial of Derek Chauvin depends on the jury for being racially representative.

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Despite CDC recommendations that farmworkers should be one of the first groups selected for COVID-19 vaccinations, some of the top farming states have not prioritized agricultural workers. Beth Lyon and Mary Jo Dudley are available to discuss the importance of vaccinating farmworkers.

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Jaclyn Kelley-Widmer, professor of immigration law and director of Cornell University’s Immigration Law and Advocacy Clinic, says the court strike-down of the Biden administration's proposed 100-day moratorium on deportations means that it engage more effectively with ICE on conducting deportations.

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Sital Kalantry, professor of law at Cornell University, says that censoring social media is just one of several troubling developments related to the Indian government’s recent crackdown on free speech.

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On Thursday, the House Financial Services Committee will host a hearing to discuss the recent GameStop stock speculation. The committee will hear from the CEO of Robinhood and other financial service apps that contributed to pushing the stock price of the gaming retailer to record highs. Cornell professors Scott Yonker and Robert Hockett comment on the upcoming hearing. 

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Cornell University experts are available to weigh in on Congress taking up either Biden's immigration wide-ranging bill or smaller pieces of legislation, offering historical, legal and labor perspectives.

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