by Elizabeth Ann | May 25, 2025 | Articles, Massachusetts vs. Karen Read, Trial Watch
A Trial Within the Trial Degrees of Separation: The CV Controversy Before defense attorney Robert Alessi discussed a single algorithm or time offset, the prosecution’s digital forensic witness from Aperture, Shanon Burgess, faced intense scrutiny over a...
by Elizabeth Ann | May 22, 2025 | Articles, Massachusetts vs. Karen Read, Trial Watch
Credentials Under Crossfire As the Karen Read trial enters its most heated chapters, a pivotal moment arrived in the form of expert witness Shanon Burgess — and with it, a spectacle that had little to do with data and much to do with degrees. Burgess, a digital...
by Elizabeth Ann | May 18, 2025 | Articles, Insights, Justice & Reform
Meet the Real Jury: One Trial, Twelve Personalities, Zero Chill. Let’s be honest: jury duty isn’t exactly what Hollywood made it out to be. You show up expecting twelve solemn thinkers united in a quest for justice—and instead, you get a caffeine-deprived circus of...
by Elizabeth Ann | May 16, 2025 | Articles, Politics & Power
Elon Musk’s vision of a spacefaring future just landed on Earth—in the form of a brand-new Texas city. As of May 2025, Starbase is officially a municipality, making it the newest city in Texas. Nestled in Cameron County near Boca Chica, the area surrounding SpaceX’s...
by Elizabeth Ann | May 4, 2025 | Articles, Politics & Power
A sovereign wealth fund (SWF) is a state-owned investment fund that a government uses to manage national assets, often derived from surplus revenues such as natural resource exports (like oil), foreign exchange reserves, or budget surpluses. These funds are typically...
by Elizabeth Ann | May 4, 2025 | Articles, Justice & Reform
When someone is accused of a crime, the U.S. justice system operates on a powerful presumption: that the defendant is innocent until proven guilty. But what does “proven guilty” really mean? At the heart of that question lies one of the most misunderstood concepts in...
