At first blush, this shape-shifting view of criminal justice
may appear to be lunacy,
but take a gander at these two US stories of shape-shifting within the species.
Defense Waiting to Decide on Plea Bargain for Boy, 8–New York Times
Christopher Pittman, 15, who was 12 at the time of the November 2001 slayings of Joe Frank […]
Protest against priest who said Obama voters must repent
David Edwards and Muriel Kane
Published: Monday November 17, 2008
Several dozen protesters and counter-protesters lined up on Sunday outside a Greenville, SC Catholic church where the pastor has stated that any of his parishioners who voted for Barack Obama should repent(CNN video also) before receiving communion.
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Image: (Father) via […]
Chambliss Refusing to Speak in Imperial Sugar Case
WSAV Savannah, Hilton Head
Friday, Nov 14, 2008 - 09:59 PM Updated: 10:43 PM
By Alice Massimi
News Three was the first to tell you Georgia Senator Saxby Chambliss had been subpoenaed by Savannah Attorney Mark Tate in the case against Imperial Sugar.
Tate, who represents families of the deceased, subpoenaed Chambliss because […]
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Think Progress
Historians: Stop Bush/Cheney From Destroying Presidential Records
“Thirty-two of the nation’s leading historians have sent letters to congressional leaders calling on them to stregthen the Presidential Records Act (PRA). The effort, led by the Center for American Progress Action Fund and joined by the American Historical Association, the Organization of American Historians, and the National […]
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The story and video is here.
Images: (cork) nexternal.com via homebrewheaven.com (band-aid) via cofp.com;(McCains)(hear) AP Photo via samimajed.wordpress.com; (see) via mittreport.com via sayanything.com; (speak) via thewashingtonnote.com
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Images: (interior of airliner) news.bbc.co.uk; (Naomi) REUTERS/Alessandro Garofalo
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Reuters
NY duck gets “order of protection” after attack
Fri Apr 4, 2008 5:39pm EDT
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A pet duck named Circles, shot and wounded by a neighbor with a pellet gun, has received an order of protection to keep it safe, the first duck in New York state’s Suffolk County to benefit from such an […]
chicagotribune.com
Bill Clinton’s Midas touch
Stock deal benefiting his foundation among shrouded successes
By Andrew Zajac
WASHINGTON BUREAU
March 4, 2008
WASHINGTON
In December 2004, former President Bill Clinton made a much-publicized appearance at a launch party in New York for Accoona, a new Internet search engine billing itself as a rival to Google.
Clinton’s presence at the gathering at Tavern on the […]
I think it’s merely an example of what happens when the leader is a rogue at best–an outlaw at worst. There are no pictures because this story is graphic enough for most humans.
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Rogue debt collectors — how to fight them
By Jen Haley
CNN
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Exxon Oil Spill Case May Get Closure
Almost 20 Years After Valdez Wreck, Justices to Weigh In
By Robert Barnes
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, February 24, 2008; A01
When a federal jury in Alaska in 1994 ordered Exxon to pay $5 billion to thousands of people who had their lives disrupted by the massive Exxon Valdez oil spill, an […]