{"id":1093,"date":"2014-06-12T20:31:21","date_gmt":"2014-06-13T01:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/enielson\/?p=1093"},"modified":"2014-06-22T10:28:59","modified_gmt":"2014-06-22T15:28:59","slug":"why-rap-lyrics-shouldnt-be-used-in-criminal-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/enielson\/2014\/06\/12\/why-rap-lyrics-shouldnt-be-used-in-criminal-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"Why rap lyrics shouldn&#8217;t be used in criminal cases"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/enielson\/files\/2014\/06\/antwain_steward-620x412.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1092\" title=\"antwain_steward-620x412\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/enielson\/files\/2014\/06\/antwain_steward-620x412-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/enielson\/files\/2014\/06\/antwain_steward-620x412-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/enielson\/files\/2014\/06\/antwain_steward-620x412.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Salon:<\/strong> Hip-hop scholar Erik Nielson works as an expert witness fighting<\/em><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>to keep rap out of the courtroom<\/em><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #444444; line-height: 1.7;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/address>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #444444; line-height: 1.7;\">When author and professor<\/span><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.andrewcotto.com\/\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Andrew Cotto<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #444444; line-height: 1.7;\"> approached me about doing <\/span><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.salon.com\/2014\/06\/12\/a_murder_that_involves_a_choking_a_shooting_then_a_roping_why_rap_lyrics_shouldnt_be_used_in_criminal_cases\/\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">this interview<\/span><\/a> <\/span><span style=\"color: #444444; line-height: 1.7;\">for\u00a0<\/span><em style=\"line-height: 1.7;\">Salon<\/em><span style=\"color: #444444; line-height: 1.7;\">\u00a0related to my work on rap lyrics in criminal trials, I was both flattered and grateful for the continued attention to this issue. \u00a0 I am pleased with how it came out and hope it continues to put the spotlight on this disturbing use of art to put people in prison.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d also like to acknowledge the central role of <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/socialecology.uci.edu\/faculty\/ckubrin\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Charis Kubrin<\/span><\/a><\/span> in this research&#8211;we&#8217;ve been working together for almost a year now to make this part of a national conversation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Salon: Hip-hop scholar Erik Nielson works as an expert witness fighting to keep rap out of the courtroom\u00a0 &nbsp; When author and professor\u00a0Andrew Cotto approached me about doing this interview for\u00a0Salon\u00a0related to my work on rap lyrics in criminal trials, I was both flattered and grateful for the continued attention to this issue. \u00a0 I &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/enielson\/2014\/06\/12\/why-rap-lyrics-shouldnt-be-used-in-criminal-cases\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Why rap lyrics shouldn&#8217;t be used in criminal cases<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1656,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/enielson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/enielson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/enielson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/enielson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1656"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/enielson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1093"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/enielson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1093\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/enielson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/enielson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/enielson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}