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Posted Dec 20, 2012 at j u s t c r i m
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Hallelujah - The Voice (Tribute to victims with Leonard Cohens) - YouTube
The coaches and artists pay tribute to the Connecticut shooting victims with Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah." Christina Aguilera , Adam Levine & more ... December 17 , 2012. Three days after the shootings in Newtown, Conn., The Voice kicked off its... Continue reading
Reblogged Dec 18, 2012 at j u s t c r i m
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Newtown and the Madness of Guns : The New Yorker
Then there were—many more, in fact—and when the latest and worst one happened, in Aurora, I (and many others) said, this time in a tone of despair, that nothing had changed. And I (and many others) predicted that it would... Continue reading
Reblogged Dec 17, 2012 at j u s t c r i m
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Pain Continues after War for American Drone Pilot - SPIEGEL ONLINE
For more than five years, Brandon Bryant worked in an oblong, windowless container about the size of a trailer, where the air-conditioning was kept at 17 degrees Celsius (63 degrees Fahrenheit) and, for security reasons, the door couldn't be opened.... Continue reading
Reblogged Dec 17, 2012 at j u s t c r i m
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High court fight looms over right to carry a gun
The next big issue in the national debate over guns , whether people have a right to be armed in public , is moving closer to Supreme Court review. A provocative ruling by a panel of federal appeals court judges... Continue reading
Reblogged Dec 17, 2012 at j u s t c r i m
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"Ending the School-to-Prison Pipeline”
"Ending the School-to-Prison Pipeline” Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights (Broadcast starts @ approximately 14:25) DATE: December 12, 2012 Continue reading
Posted Dec 14, 2012 at j u s t c r i m
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Changing Universities: The One-Dimensional University: The Destructive Marriage of Technology and Administration
Changing Universities, Wednesday, December 12, 2012 "Close to fifty years ago, Herbert Marcuse wrote One-Dimensional Man [full text], a radical criticism of contemporary society that has much to say about the current world around us. Marcuse’s central claim was that... Continue reading
Reblogged Dec 14, 2012 at j u s t c r i m
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Ohio ACLU calls for special prosecutor and new investigators into fatal Cleveland shooting | cleveland.com
Relatives of Malissa Williams, including, from left, cousins Gabrylle Jeffries, Trina Williams, and Tanicka Hill, attend a rally Monday, Dec. 3 in East Cleveland to protest the what they said was excessive force from Cleveland police officers in the killing... Continue reading
Reblogged Dec 14, 2012 at j u s t c r i m
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This is hardly news ...
This is hardly news ... "The federal prison system is growing at an unsustainable rate, according to a new study from the Urban Institute’s Justice Policy Center, which reports that the federal inmate population has ballooned by almost ten times... Continue reading
Posted Dec 14, 2012 at j u s t c r i m
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Europe Court Finds Violation in C.I.A. Rendition - NYTimes.com
The European Court of Human Rights ruled that Macedonia violated the rights of Khaled el-Masri when it arrested him and turned him over to the United States. In a unanimous ruling, the 17-judge panel, based in Strasbourg, France, found that... Continue reading
Reblogged Dec 14, 2012 at j u s t c r i m
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A History of Racial Injustice | Equal Justice Initiative
Reblogged Dec 13, 2012 at j u s t c r i m
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West of Memphis (2012)
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Posted Dec 13, 2012 at j u s t c r i m
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Oregon Supreme Court On Memory
State v. Lawson (CF080348; CA A140544; SC S059306) " ... The Oregon Supreme Court broke the misconduct/exclusion spell by facing up to the modern scientific findings that indicate that suggestion itself is not the real issue; the problem is the... Continue reading
Posted Dec 13, 2012 at j u s t c r i m
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Mandatory Sentences Face Growing Skepticism - NYTimes.com
Many scholars say mandatory sentencing policies lock up nonviolent, low-level offenders for too long and are no longer a cost-effective way to reduce crime in the United States. But the defendant and the judge fully agreed about the fairness of... Continue reading
Reblogged Dec 13, 2012 at j u s t c r i m
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Breaking The Taboo | Directed by Cosmo Feilding Mellen and Fernando Grostein Andrade
Breaking the Taboo was directed by Cosmo Feilding Mellen and Fernando Grostein Andrade, and is Narrated by Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman Featuring interviews with current and former presidents from around the world, such as Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter, the... Continue reading
Posted Dec 11, 2012 at j u s t c r i m
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Endgame for death penalty in California - SFGate
The election-night headlines didn't seem cheerful for those dedicated to ending capital punishment in California. Proposition 34, the audacious attempt to use ballot initiatives to abolish the death penalty, was defeated. The narrowness of the final vote (52-48 percent) was... Continue reading
Reblogged Dec 10, 2012 at j u s t c r i m
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State Corrections Expenditures, 1982-2010 | Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)
State Corrections Expenditures, FY 1982-2010 Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) Tracey Kyckelhahn December 10, 2012 NCJ 239672 Presents data on state corrections expenditures from fiscal years 1982 to 2010. This bulletin examines trends in state corrections spending for building and... Continue reading
Posted Dec 10, 2012 at j u s t c r i m
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"On the Chopping Block 2012: State Prison Closings" | The Sentencing Project
"On the Chopping Block 2012: State Prison Closings" | The Sentencing Project (December 2012) By Nicole D. Porter, Director of Advocacy at The Sentencing Project. "The Bureau of Justice Statistics recently reported that the overall state prison population declined for... Continue reading
Posted Dec 7, 2012 at j u s t c r i m
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America Is Finally Closing Prisons. Now What Do We Do With Them? - Design - The Atlantic Cities
Two years ago, the federal Bureau of Justice Statistics announced a small data point marking an inglorious milestone: In 2009, America’s prison population declined, and for the first time in decades. This meant, to frame the news another way, that... Continue reading
Reblogged Dec 7, 2012 at j u s t c r i m
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State's pot era lights up to smoke, dreams, uncertainty | Local News | The Seattle Times
Maybe even a little before 12:01 a.m. Thursday, Washingtonians started celebrating — on sidewalks, in parks, outside bars and on their own comfy couches — a new marijuana law that is among the most liberal in the world. The festivities... Continue reading
Reblogged Dec 7, 2012 at j u s t c r i m
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Jim Letten, New Orleans U.S. Attorney, Resigns - NYTimes.com
A United States attorney known for taking on corruption is resigning amid revelations that senior prosecutors in his office had been anonymously commenting online about active cases. In a brief but passionate statement, Mr. Letten, the longest-serving United States attorney... Continue reading
Reblogged Dec 7, 2012 at j u s t c r i m
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How do you pack your bag for a seven-year, 22,000-mile international reporting assignment? » Nieman Journalism Lab
Every reporter has a checklist of things to grab or arrange before heading out on an assignment. Paul Salopek’s is longer. Beyond a laptop and video camera, Salopek’s list includes a satellite phone, a GPS, and arranging for translators, guides,... Continue reading
Reblogged Dec 7, 2012 at j u s t c r i m
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Marijuana Initiatives in 2 States Set Federal Officials Scrambling - NYTimes.com
Voter initiatives allowing recreational use in Colorado and Washington State are a dilemma for the president. Even as marijuana legalization supporters are celebrating their victories in the two states, the Obama administration has been holding high-level meetings since the election... Continue reading
Reblogged Dec 7, 2012 at j u s t c r i m
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Marijuana Arrests Fuel ‘War on Drugs,’ Administration Should Support, Not Hinder Change Advanced in Colo., and Wash. | ACS
by Jeremy Leaming The Obama administration may be on the verge of irking large swaths of its supporters by employing scarce Justice Department resources to go after users of small amounts of marijuana in Colorado and Washington, where voters, by... Continue reading
Reblogged Dec 7, 2012 at j u s t c r i m
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Supreme Court to rule on California's Prop. 8 ban on gay marriage - latimes.com
The Supreme Court announced Friday it will rule for the first time on same-sex marriage by deciding the constitutionality of California’s Proposition 8, the voter initiative that limited marriage to a man and a woman. The justices also said they... Continue reading
Reblogged Dec 7, 2012 at j u s t c r i m
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