by Matt Agorist. Does it matter that he did nothing morally wrong? Kyler Carriker is a loving husband and a father whose life could be ruined because of the ridiculous nature of the state’s war on drugs. According to Carriker’s family, on April 17, 2013, Carriker and a friend had finished work and were headed out to go fishing. They were stopped by ... MORE
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Showing posts with label punishment. Show all posts
Drug War Update: Man Facing Felony Murder Charge For Telling An Acquaintance Where He Could Find Marijuana
by Matt Agorist. Does it matter that he did nothing morally wrong? Kyler Carriker is a loving husband and a father whose life could be ruined because of the ridiculous nature of the state’s war on drugs. According to Carriker’s family, on April 17, 2013, Carriker and a friend had finished work and were headed out to go fishing. They were stopped by ... MOREJacob Sullum: Shona Banda Faces Decades in Prison Because Her Son Questioned Anti-Pot Propaganda
Childs comments may lead to prison for mom. In Live Free or Die,
a 2010 memoir recounting how cannabis oil saved her life, Shona Banda
emphasizes the importance of "self-taught knowledge," acquired by
constantly asking questions and "looking at all of the angles of any
information given." Her son may have learned that lesson too ... MOREHouse Bill Would Force Supremes To Enroll In ObamaCare
by Mark Hensch. Justices could be victimized by Congressional ruling. A House Republican on Thursday proposed forcing the Supreme Court justices and their staff to enroll in ObamaCare. Rep. Brian Babin (R-Texas) said that his SCOTUScare Act would make all nine justices and their employees join the national healthcare law’s exchanges. ... MOREKate Vinton: Feds Subpoena Libertarian Media Site Over Posted Reader Comments Threatening Silk Road Judge
Rhetorical criticism treated as actual threats. The Department of Justice issued a grand jury subpoena to Reason.com last week, asking the libertarian media site for the identities of six readers who had posted comments threatening Silk Road Judge Katherine Forrest. Blogger Ken White obtained the subpoena and published it in a post on ... MOREWhy Should Non-Criminals Care About Justice Reform?
by Julie Borowski. Criminal justice reform has been a hot topic lately. It’s something that both Republicans and Democrats can find common ground on. However, I get the sense that many Americans aren’t convinced that it would benefit them personally. Most of us are probably law-obeying citizens whom would never dream of being involved in illicit ... MOREDemocrats Seek Relief From Obamacare Penalties
by Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar. Politicians fear the ugly truth. The official sign-up season for President Barack Obama's health care law may be over, but leading congressional Democrats say millions of Americans facing new tax penalties deserve a second chance. Three senior House members told The Associated Press that they plan to strongly ... MOREAfter Whistleblowers Expose Stunning Instances Of Abuse, Florida Prison Officials Crack Down . . . On Whistleblowers
by Mary Ellen Klaus and Julie Brown. The tyranny is always at odds with transparency. Two days after Florida legislators asked a series of probing questions of the top inspector at the Department of Corrections, the agency has banned inspectors from discussing any investigations, releasing any public records relating to agency probes, or even ... MORETim Mak: He’ll Rot For Pot: 55 Years For Weed
Koch brothers seek reform. A father of two was sentenced to 55 years in jail for selling pot. The Koch brothers want to help set him free and make him the face of their new campaign for criminal justice reform. Weldon Angelos could have hijacked a plane and spent less time in jail. But due to mandatory sentencing laws, the father of two was ... MOREJohn W. Whitehead: Handcuffs, Leg Shackles and Tasers: The New Face of Punishment in the Public Schools
The police state at school. Roughly 1500 kids are tied up or locked down every day by school officials in the United States. At least 500 students are locked up in some form of solitary confinement every day, whether it be a padded room, a closet or a duffel bag. In many cases, parents are rarely notified when such methods are used. On any ... MOREMatt Kaiser: Overpunishment And Rationality
Injustice by prosecutorial discretion. Judge Jed S. Rakoff has launched a firestorm of conversation about his criticism of the federal criminal justice system in the New York Review of Books and his proposal for how to fix it. First, a bit of backstory for those who do not turn to the New York
Review of Books for commentary on the federal ... MORE
Islamic State Promises Crucifixion, Lashing for Unbelievers
by Adam Kredo. But so far, no threats of waterboarding. The Islamic State (IS) has published it own penal code, which harshly penalizes actions such as sodomy and blasphemy with punishments including execution, crucifixion, lashing, and the severing of limbs, among other penalties. IS (also known as ISIL or ISIS) issued the detailed ... MORE
Thomas Sowell: Is Law Optional?
Punishment based on preconceptions. The fiasco of "Rolling Stone" magazine's apology for an unsubstantiated claim of gang rape at a University of Virginia fraternity house — and the instant rush to judgment of the university administration in shutting down all fraternities, when those charges were made — should warn us about the dangers ... MOREThomas Sowell: Racial Quota Punishment
Enabling bad behavior solves nothing. If anyone still has any doubt about the utter cynicism of the Obama administration, a recent agreement between the federal government and the Minneapolis Public Schools should open their eyes. Under the Obama administration, both the Department of Education and the Department of Justice ... MOREDoes Obama Believe He Should Have Gone To Prison?
from Students for Liberty. As President Obama has admitted since long before entering politics, he’s done his fair share of illegal drugs. In his 1995 book, Dreams From My Father, he wrote that he’d used marijuana and “maybe a little blow[1].” Despite this, he continues to oversee a federal war against others who’ve done the same. What I have in ... MORENY TIMES: Coalition Urges Nations To Decriminalize Drugs
by Somini Sengupta. A coalition of political figures from around the world, including Kofi Annan, the former United Nations secretary general, and several former European and Latin American presidents,
is urging governments to decriminalize a variety of illegal drugs and
set up regulated drug markets within their own countries. The proposal ... MORENullification: The Secret Weapon Against Harsh Sentencing
by Molly Knefel. What if justice was the goal? On July 2, Occupy Wall Street protester Cecily McMillan was released from Rikers Island, completing a sentence that her jury never wanted her to serve. On May 19, that jury of twelve convicted McMillan of felony assault against police officer Grantley Bovell. The verdict came after a four-week ... MORE
Woman Dies In Jail Because She Failed To Pay A Fine
by Brian Doherty. Jailed for her child's truancy from school. Some monstrous policy out of Pennsylvania, from Associated Press
via the Pottstown Mercury News, a land where there is
no such thing as debtors prison for the poor unless that debt is to
the government, that institution that only monsters question
because after all it's there to help ... MOREJury Nullification: If The Law Is Bullshi*t, You Must Acquit
Why not go for justice? You and I have the power to end Nixon's failed War on Drugs once-and-for-all. In fact, it's our constitutional right to do so. Imagine for a second that you've been selected as a juror for the trial of someone like Jacob Lavoro, the 19-year-old Austin, Texas man currently facing anywhere from five years to life in prison for ... MORE
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