justice

Thanks to Abdul for pointing this one out elsewhere. A naturalised US citizen who has lived in USA is being held in Phoenix, having been denied bail, because he committed the horrific crime of copying and taking Not Secret information to Iran. Justice. Yeah, right.

In modern justice, you have basically one simple setup. Person A does X. X is considered a Bad Thing to do. We have the following options: 1. forgive it 2. forgive it if A promises not to do it again 3. punish A 3a. as warning to others in the future 3b. as enforcement of a prior warning to...

Boy, I hope they got the right guy. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060928/ap_on_re_us/girl_slain_tatoo_1 http://www.wishtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=5456126

One of my major beefs with Christianity.....Christian sects generally agree that "salvation" is conditional on having some sort of acceptance of Jesus' message. In the Catholic tradition, this involves baptism, then living one's life in accordance with church teachings on avoiding sin and doing...

Why allow such an offer to be communicated? If it were illegal to publish or otherwise communicate information about such an offer, then there would seem to be less of a threat to the people targeted by those who offer such rewards. If there were high penalties for communicating such...

A fourteen year old boy had consensual sex with his twelve year old girlfriend. He was slightly more than 24 months olds which made it a statutory rape. What should his punishment be? The girl did not tell anyone until she was 17 which meant the boy was now legally an adult. He admitted the...

Justice Sunday II Dr. Dobson AND Tom Delay. Fire up the TIVO, cause this is too important to miss. Given that Dobson is a follower of the doctrine of "entire sanctification" and that his belief in Jesus has made him above sin - has made him pure and has made him no longer a sinner, I always...

Terror suspect Imad Yarkas had the crap kicked out of him by other inmates yesterday in his Spanish prison.

Sometimes people sign contracts, and then there's some disagreement about the contract, and they go to law. Or sometimes one party has been wronged and would go to law but they can't afford it. I feel there's too much in it for the lawyers. I had an idea. Let's imagine a profession called...

Telling figures about the Israeli killers: 1 British civilian killed = 1 Israeli soldier jailed . http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,1516194,00.html 1,722 Palestinian civilians killed = no Israeli soldiers jailed . http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1516268,00.html...

This week the the supreme court ruled that a Texas prosecutor used peremptory challenges to excluded blacks from a jury and ordered a new trial. Almost unnoticed in the reporting was Breyer's concurring opinion which questioned the use of peremptory challenge...

Galloway slams U.S. justice as he rejects charges Have you guys seen this?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7645118

article: Correct me if I'm wrong, but I wanted to comment on this statement: It is not the judiciary's job to make decisions based on mainstream American values. It is the judiciary's job to make decisions based first on the US Constitution and secondly on US law. The filibuster refered to is...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/4425989.stm Imagine a man beats you with a table leg and a metal belt-buckle. Tries to microwave your head. Imagine he does this for 18 hours straight and continues even when you vomit blood. Imagine he only eases off when you begin to bleed from...

This guy's blog essentially records what he feels are the worst of left-wing demonstrations. Recently he attended some speeches from our favorite Ward Churchill: http://www.zombietime.com/churchill_in_bay_area/churchill_sf_march_25_2005/ Which is fine. Everyone gets to enjoy their freedom of...

From Kathimerini A drug dealer hunted by Interpol who's been selling guns to Greek police and who's been having suspicious relationships with the clergy! But this is just the tip of the iceberg. You can't possibly imagine what happens on Greek TV these days. For example, there are hot tapes...

"I was caught stealing gas." interesting I wonder if Enron executives and Corperate CEOs and accountant firms that are indicted would have to wear sandwich boards; or would this kind of punsihment only be reserved only for those that don't engage in white coller crime?

The left hate it cause its unfair, especially to the poor and minorities, the right hate it because its not strong enough. WE talk big about how great our system is, then we turn around and bash it. We're told that "rouge judges" are making laws and electing presidents. We have legislation...

...Demopublican style! http://www.liberty-news.com/cartoons/Justice.gif <table cellspacing=1 cellpadding=4 bgcolor=#660066 border=0><tr><td bgcolor=#660066><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=#ffffff size=1>Posted by Pyrrho:</font></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor=white><font face="Arial...

The department wants to examine the medical histories for what could amount to dozens of the doctors' patients in the last three years to determine, in part, whether the procedure, known medically as intact dilation and extraction, was in fact medically necessary, government lawyers said. But...

Following on from the parents convicted of murder or separated from their children because of the flawed evidence of expert witnesses in cot death cases, there now appears to be a number of appeals about to come before the court of teachers accused of crimes against children in their care. The...

From yahoo News Mom attacks daughter's male stripper Fri Aug 29, 4:59 PM ET Add Crimes and Trials - Court TV to My Yahoo! By Steve Irsay, Court TV WHEELING, Ill. (Court TV) — Jacqueline McMahon only wanted the best for her daughter Carrie. Mom ordered a male stripper for her...