crimes

I know that the term "Capitol Crimes" may bring up some nostalgia, but you have to watch the latest PBS-coverage yourself to make a proper statement about recent developments on Capitol Hill: http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/08012008/watch.html Quote: "With former lobbyist Jack Abramoff, who...

According to Democracy Now, according to Spanish National radio, according to Haaretz. No wonder Israel is making a case to warn its leadership to be careful with what they say in public! I guess they'll have to bomb those countries that do detain their leaders in the future. Wait a minute, it's...

Everyone lives in a world created substantially before our arrival. Just like today, through history there have been crimes, big and small, committed. Why shouldn't the child of a criminal pay for their parents crime if the family of the criminal benefited from the crime? Why shouldn't a...

I think community service is an excellent way to show inmates that there are more constructive ways of spending their time. It gives them a sense of worth, exercise and fresh air and it's very helpful to the community. http://mainejobs.mainetoday.com/newsresources/051009inmates.shtml

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9503449/ I wasn't there, so I don't know what the truth is. But thought it would be an interesting read, after all of the attention was given to the crimes as previously reported.

Edward Shepard and Paul Blackley looked at the 62 counties in New York to determine the effect of increased drug enforcement on other crimes. Their conclusion is that more arrests for drug crime correspond to more reported non-drug crimes. Possible causes include drug dealers switching to...

http://www.theage.com.au/news/World/UN-votes-on-Darfur-war-crimes/2005/04/01/1112302235693.html I would have thought the process was laudable, particularly since there has been so much criticism of UN action to date on Darfur. The US did not vote for the resolution, despite it's close ally...

I'm sure we've all heard of the right of jury nullification. What crimes would you nullify or consider nullifying?

Story here I'm going to take this as a good sign. However, I fear that it'll likely never come to trial and if it does, it will only be the grunts no matter how many memos become declassified.

Focusing on egregious crimes of commission, in no particular order: 1) slavery 2) treatment of afro-americans post-slavery 3) treatment of native americans 4) replace elected government in Chile with brutal dictatorship 5) replace elected government in Guatemala with brutal dictatorship 6)...

From the article: So they are charged with war crimes for fighting a war, interesting.

I am sorry to disappoint our friends from the Left, but this is not about U.S. war crimes. This is about the small, insignificant matter of the slaughter of Iraqis by the thousands by bullets, bombs and chemicals over a period of decades. Iraqi war crimes tribunal created What? The U.S...

Please save a humble man from using Goggle. Well, actually, I would like to hear the views of those who are interested in WWII-and-post history. My brother had read a book recently which prompted him to tell me, "Don't worry, the Russians (sic) got their own back (after the fall of Berlin in...

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=519&e=3&u=/ap/20030612/ap_on_re_us/un_international_court I do think this treaty, as I understand it may be misused for political gain. Recall that the UN Human Rights commission, is comprised of who is who of worst offenders- it is possible the...