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"Was this good? Or a misstep?" This was you doing what you can with the tools you have.
Oh! Well then, thank you for clarifying, and sorry to be a bit defensive.
@Watcher: I meant that as agreement to your statement, "What I doubt is that it was anywhere near complete, let…
"The number is more like 72 years, since the US and the UK overthrew an elected government and replaced it…
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Category Archives: Prisons and Justice and Police
Top Wisconsin Court OKs Putting Non-Sex Offenders on Sex Offender Registry
From The Legal Watchdog: For each violent rapist, a registry may contain dozens of teenagers who had consensual sex with younger teens, and dozens of other teens who were convicted of “sexting,” urinating in public, or similar behavior. But, perhaps … Continue reading
How The Death Penalty Makes False Convictions More Likely
Let’s suppose that Suzy and Bobby had a business together, which they’re liquidating. They have to negotiate how they’ll split the business assets, and if they can’t reach an agreement, then they’ll have to go to trial. Just one thing: … Continue reading
Pat Robinson Favors Legalizing Pot
Not often I agree with Pat Robinson about anything… From The Independent: “We’re locking up people that have taken a couple puffs of marijuana and next thing you know they’ve got 10 years with mandatory sentences,” Mr Robertson said on … Continue reading
We Wouldn't
In late 2007, I declared that the upcoming presidential election “is about torture”. I was wrong. It wasn’t. Despite my assertion that torture should stay in the public eye until we come to terms with it and, ultimately, eradicate it, … Continue reading
And the best thing about it was they're guilty!
In Decca: The Letters of Jessica Mitford she tells a story of the 1960s. I can’t remember the details of the political trial – had the defendant’s been accused of . But they were found not guilty, and in the … Continue reading
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Open Thread: Man Convicted For Nudity In Own Home
As Radley Balko says, WTF? Williamson denied standing naked in his doorway or front window and said he had no intent to expose himself to anyone. But [Judge] O’Flaherty wasn’t buying it and likened Williamson to bank robber John Dillinger, … Continue reading
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Dreidel: "I don’t see it as a big moral issue — that’s just the way war works." Whether or not…