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Robert J. Norris, PhD

Robert J. Norris, PhD

Sharing Ourselves in the Classroom

Building human connections to build empathy and compassion in education

4 min readAug 31, 2020

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Sharing Ourselves in the Classroom

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Robert J. Norris, PhD

Self-Awareness and Self-Education in the Wake of (Yet Another) Police Shooting

Some thoughts and reading recommendations

6 min readAug 28, 2020

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Self-Awareness and Self-Education in the Wake of (Yet Another) Police Shooting

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Robert J. Norris, PhD

Killing without Knowing: We Did It Again

Another state execution despite doubts about guilt

4 min readMay 20, 2020

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Killing without Knowing: We Did It Again

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Robert J. Norris, PhD

The Joker and Mental Illness

Courageous, yet conflicting, messages from the hit film

6 min readOct 15, 2019

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The Joker and Mental Illness

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Robert J. Norris, PhD

Reflecting on Joker

Brief Impressions of the Latest “Comic Book Movie”

5 min readOct 11, 2019

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Reflecting on Joker

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Robert J. Norris, PhD

The Death Penalty in the 21st Century

In 2019, are there still two sides to this debate?

7 min readAug 1, 2019

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The Death Penalty in the 21st Century

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Robert J. Norris, PhD

The Lessons of ‘When They See Us’

An innocence scholar explores what we can learn from the hit Netflix series

12 min readJun 20, 2019

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The Lessons of ‘When They See Us’

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Robert J. Norris, PhD

Is This Really a “Witch Hunt”?

Donald Trump claims to be the subject of a witch hunt, but history may suggest otherwise.

4 min readMay 23, 2019

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Is This Really a “Witch Hunt”?

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Robert J. Norris, PhD

What do we owe the wrongly convicted?

Compensation for the wrongly convicted has been in the news recently. Just over a week ago, Indiana became the 34th state to pass a…

4 min readMay 10, 2019

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What do we owe the wrongly convicted?

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Robert J. Norris, PhD

Why NOT test the DNA?

A few days ago, the New York Times ran a story about the case of Sedley Alley, who convicted and sentenced to death for a 1985 rape and…

4 min readMay 3, 2019

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Why NOT test the DNA?

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Robert J. Norris, PhD

Robert J. Norris, PhD

Author, professor. Writing about law, justice, politics, culture. Books: Exonerated (tinyurl.com/y4jfqsaj) & When Justice Fails (tinyurl.com/yyen4ggf).

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