Criminal Justice

A Reform for Fair Courts

Seeded on Mon Jan 30, 2012 12:30 PM EST (The New York Times)
Seeded by Ms CYPRAH

With rising special-interest spending in state judicial elections, there is an urgent need to protect judicial integrity from the flood of campaign cash.

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Investigation Underway After Man, 76, Severely Injured While In Police Custody

Seeded on Sat Jan 28, 2012 10:21 AM EST (CBS Pitsburgh)
Seeded by Jerry Verlinger

“The traffic stop occurred. These people were acquainted. What happened is subject to controversy right now as you can tell from the factual reports from the varying witnesses. But, Mr.

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Pardoned Mississippi murderer drops out of sight

Seeded on Sat Jan 28, 2012 9:38 AM EST (CNN)
Seeded by McSpocky

The "Reward" sign being nailed above the convenience store counter takes on a little more meaning here in Desoto County, Mississippi.

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Do Harsh Pot Laws Create a Dangerous Drinking Culture? 5 Reasons to Get Stoned Instead of Drunk

Seeded on Sat Jan 28, 2012 7:12 AM EST (AlterNet.org)
Seeded by Jerry Verlinger

Myths about marijuana convince people that alcohol is safer, but science shows pot is the healthier choice. Alcohol kills approximately 70,000 people per year.

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Active duty cop: 'The war on drugs is a war on people'

Seeded on Fri Jan 27, 2012 6:35 PM EST (Raw Story)
Seeded by McSpocky

Speaking to Raw Story recently, an active duty police officer who asked not to be named threw down the gauntlet over the part of his job he hates most: the drug war. “I did not get in law enforcement to destroy a person’s future because that person had marijuana or …

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Bribes, Chinese Mob Ties Alleged at Casino of Gingrich Money Man - Yahoo! News

Seeded on Fri Jan 27, 2012 2:32 PM EST (Yahoo! News)
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The casino company run by the principal financial backer of Newt Gingrich's presidential bid, Sheldon Adelson, has been under criminal investigation for the last year by the Department of Justice and the Securities Exchange Commission for alleged bribery of foreign officials, a …

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NH Republicans Back Pro-Wife Beater Laws. This is not snark, it's true.

Seeded on Fri Jan 27, 2012 8:56 AM EST (Daily Kos)
Seeded by Ms CYPRAH

It's difficult to understand why even Republicans would be in favor of laws that make it harder for police to arrest men who beat up their wives, girlfriends or other women, but apparently that is the case in New Hampshire where Republican legislators want to turn back the cloc …

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Rodrigo Hernandez executed in Texas for killing Susan Verstegen says 'This stuff stings, man'

Seeded on Fri Jan 27, 2012 8:51 AM EST (the Mail online)
Seeded by Ms CYPRAH

A convicted killer was executed by lethal injection for the abduction, rape and strangulation of a 38-year-old woman in 1994. Shortly before Rodrigo Hernandez, 38, lapsed into unconsciousness, he said: 'This stuff stings, man,' according to a spokesman for the Department of Cr …

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Working in the US for .23 cents/hour

Fri Jan 27, 2012 8:49 AM EST
By McSpocky

Mike Elk, labor journalist explains how major defense corporations are benefiting from prison labor and undercutting wages for millions in the country.

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Police shoot man 10 times in Carl's Jr. parking lot

Seeded on Fri Jan 27, 2012 8:38 AM EST (the Mail online)
Seeded by McSpocky

Police in Los Angeles County gunned down a man who was preparing to swing a metal pipe at them in the parking lot of a fast food restaurant. The entire heart-stopping shooting - 10 shots in all - was captured on video by two teens with a cell phone camera, who watched as the m …

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