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The story features Andrew Bacevich, professor of international relations; Thomas Robbins, BU’s chief of police and executive director of public safety; Neta Crawford, professor of political science; Kecia Ali, professor of religion; Jack Beermann, professor of law; Hillel  Levine, professor of religion; Richard Cornell, professor of music and composition; Shahla Haeri, associate professor of anthropology; Joseph Wippl, professor of international relations; and Margaret Ross, director of behavioral medicine at Student Health Services.

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“Though requiring a long and difficult process, Demjanjuk’s conviction is an act of justice.

“All camp guards, trained by the SS and assigned to serve in death camps such as Sobibor, were crucial cogs in the overall genocidal machinery of the Third Reich. Their function was the daily extermination of Jewish men, women and children in pursuit of the Nazi state’s ultimate ambition: to make the world Judenrein, free of Jews.

“No camp guard, or other camp official, was uninvolved in this process of mass killing. And for such extraordinary crimes there is no statute of limitations.”

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Thomas Nolan, an associate professor of criminal justice at BU’s Metropolitan College and a 27-year veteran of the Boston Police Department, was recently quoted in the Boston Herald on the gray areas of the law in using such technologies.

“This is the wild, wild west. Legislative bodies and courts are years away from being able to establish any body of law to deal with this.”

Contact Tom Nolan for additional comments at 617-358-3582, tnolan@bu.edu, Twitter: @thomas_nolan

Thomas Nolan, an associate professor of criminal justice at BU’s Metropolitan College, is available to offer commentary and analysis on the outlook for gun control today.

Contact Tom Nolan, 617-358-3582, tnolan@bu.edu tnolan@bu.edu, Twitter: @thomas_nolan

Thomas Nolan, an associate professor of criminal justice at Boston University and a former Boston City police officer, is available to offer expert commentary and analysis on the incident and what, if any, lessons have been learned during the past twenty years.

Contact Thomas Nolan, 617-942-1311, tnolan@bu.edu, Twitter: @Thomas_Nolan

In the video below, Douglas Starr, co-director of the graduate Program in Science and Medical Journalism at the College of Communication, vividly recounts the birth of science-meets-detective work in his new book, The Killer of Little Shepherds.

“It’s all about guns (in a society in which many are already predisposed toward violence). The ease of access to firearms for the unhinged, deranged, and mentally disordered in so many states across the country is increasingly making the law enforcement profession all the more hazardous, perilous, and fraught with danger. That we as a society refuse to engage in any meaningful dialogue or debate regarding our ubiquitous access to firearms and firearm possession (particularly in the aftermath of the shootings in Tuscon and the shooting deaths of 14 police officers in the last 24 days) is nothing short of scandalous.

“The question remains: How many more innocent people (and children), public servants, and police officers need to be shot and killed before we seriously consider outlawing private possession of handguns, assault rifles and other weapons whose only purpose in manufacture and design is to kill people?”

Contact Tom Nolan, 617-942-1311, tnolan@bu.edu, Twitter @Thomas_Nolan