Murderers and weapons will always exist. Gun control drives me crazy. I’m willing to consider any logical
argument, but gun control is so untethered from reality that it makes me
hyperventilate just thinking about it. It is reality that people are killed by guns every day. The reporter and photograhper who were gunned down
on live TV are only ... MORE
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Showing posts with label crime. Show all posts
Explaining Jury Nullification To A Sitting Judge
by Scott Shackford. I spent a day last week immersed in Los Angeles County's immense judicial system downtown after being summoned to jury duty. My experience was not quite as vividly terrible as Matt Welch's in New York,
partly because Los Angeles lets you complete your questionnaire and
orientation videos online well in advance, and thus I was ... MORE
Prison Sentences Based On Crimes Not Yet Committed
by Barry-Jester, Casselman and Goldstein. Criminal sentencing has long been based on the present crime and, sometimes, the defendant’s past criminal record. In Pennsylvania, judges could soon consider a new dimension: the future. Pennsylvania is on the verge of becoming one of the first states in the country to base criminal sentences not only on ... MORE
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crime,
incarceration,
justice,
penalties,
profiling,
punishment,
risk,
sentencing,
statistics
The Making of the American Police State
by Christian Parenti. How did we get here? The numbers are chilling: 2.2 million people behind bars, another 4.7 million on parole or probation. Even small-town cops are armed like soldiers, with a thoroughly militarized southern border. The common leftist explanation for this is “the prison-industrial complex,” suggesting that the buildup is largely ... MORE
The Tyranny Of The Criminal Justice System
by John W. Whitehead. The American nightmare. Justice in America is not all it’s cracked up to be. Just ask Jeffrey Deskovic, who spent 16 years in prison for a rape and murder he did not commit. James Bain spent 35 years in prison for the kidnapping and rape of a
9-year-old boy, but he too was innocent of the crime. He was finally
freed after DNA ... MORE
The State Of Free Speech In America: Panicked Shopper Sees Nazi And Confederate Geer At Flea Market, Calls 911
by Mary Ellen Godin. Not yet a crime. Local police received a complaint when a shopper discovered Nazi and Confederate merchandise at a popular flea market last weekend, according to Chief William Wright. An officer responded to the Redwood Flea Market on South Turnpike Road Sunday to investigate the report and found Nazi and ... MORE
Donald Trump Raises Uncomfortable Truths
by David Paulin. Increasingly, law-enforcement authorities classify Hispanic criminals as “white.” Donald Trump enjoyed a surge in the polls after his allegedly "racist" remarks about how all that diversity from South of the Border is not all it's cracked up to be. The brash real-estate tycoon and TV star has struck a nerve, saying things that America's ... MORE
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crime,
Donald Trump,
GOP,
Hispanics,
illegal aliens,
Mexico,
political correctness,
Republican
Charles Riggs: Parable Of The Sheep
When dealing with wolves. Not so long ago and in a pasture too uncomfortably close to here, a flock of sheep lived and grazed. They were protected by a dog, who answered to the master, but despite his best efforts from time to time a nearby pack of wolves would prey upon the flock. One day a group of sheep, more bold than the rest, met to ... MORE
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crime,
gun control,
gun-free zones,
incentives,
policy,
protection,
self-defense,
society,
weapons
Walter E Williams: Fiddling Away The Future
Let's list major problems affecting black Americans. Topping the list is the breakdown in the black family, where only a third of black children are raised in two-parent households. Actually, the term "breakdown" is incorrect. Families do not form in the first place. Nationally, there is a black illegitimacy rate of 72 percent. ... MORE
Marijuana Legalization: Bad For The Cartels, Better For All
by Hillary Bricken. Marijuana legalization has already led to many benefits in the United States, ranging from increased tax revenues to decreased cannabis use by minors. Marijuana legalization is also putting a dent into what the Department of Justice calls the “greatest organized crime threat to the United States,” the Mexican drug cartels. ... MORE
There’s No Evidence Of A ‘New Nationwide Crime Wave’
by Radley Balko. Last week in the Wall Street Journal,
Heather Mac Donald of the Manhattan Institute posited that we are in
the throes of a “new nationwide crime wave.” She blamed the chorus of
police reform advocates and critics of police brutality since the
Ferguson protest last summer. She claimed the criticism and efforts to
hold police ... MORE
Dreadful Criminal Justice System Destroyed Kalief Browder
by Scott Schackford. Elizabeth Nolan Brown linked to a piece at The New Yorker this morning about the suicide of Kalief Browder,
22, who spent three years at Rikers Island, often stuck in solitary
confinement, without ever seeing a trial. The journalist, Jennifer
Gonnerman, originally dove deep into Browder's case back in October, and it's worthy ... MORE
The Department Of Homeland Security Just Dumped 3,700 Illegal Immigrant ‘Threat Level 1’ Criminals In Our Streets
by Stephen Dinan. Most of the illegal immigrant criminals Homeland Security officials released from custody last year were discretionary, meaning the department could have kept them in detention but chose instead to let them onto the streets as their deportation cases moved through the system, according to new numbers from Congress. ... MORE
Labels:
borders,
compassion,
crime,
felony,
government,
Homeland Security,
illegal aliens,
incarceration
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