Thursday, May 3, 2012

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MoveOn's Quest to Outlaw the Term “Illegal Immigrant”
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There are no shades of gray here. And it is also fundamentally unfair to Hispanic and other immigrants who have come to this country legally, and have followed the law since arriving here, to airbrush and reward illegal behavior.
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Feds to investigate law enforcement, Montana college's response to sexual ...
Washington Post
The investigations have indicated an association with patterns of behavior from a small number of student athletes, UM President Royce Engstrom said in January. Four of the cases resulted in student conduct code action against eight students, ...
Justice Department probes University of Montana student rape reportsChicago Tribune

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Lieberman, Collins Demand Answers from Secret Service
U.S. News & World Report (blog)
Are Secret Service personnel, or any subset of Secret Service personnel, required to abstain from any types of otherwise legal behavior? Are there any rules regarding the use of alcohol or legal or prescribed drugs or medications by Secret Service ...
New Secret Service rules on alcohol, unsavory barsLas Vegas Sun
3 Secret Service agents refuse polygraphCNN
New investigation launched into prostitution scandalCNN International

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Middleborough Swearing Problem Leads to New Law to Fine Cursing
Christian Post
Sexual relationships are off-limits for moral judgment. Once sexual behavior is ... By Sami K. Martin , Christian Post Contributor Middleborough, Mass. is considering passing a law that would allow police officers to fine swearers $20.

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The Law of Allowing: Submission 2.0
Huffington Post
The authors' claim that you can only be "fierce and feminine" by substituting "masculine" behavior with the curious, "Law of Allowing." What is that you may wonder? "Using your feminine grace" to get what you want, claims Grado.






U.S. Legal Profession Makes a Case for its Critics
Slate Magazine (blog)
Law schools aim to attract more tuition-paying students. And Dewey may have tried to hide its financial woes to retain its dwindling business. While understandable, such behavior undermines lawyers' reputations and worse. To improve its image, ...

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Ind. lawmakers seek changes to early release law
RealClearPolitics
Indiana lawmakers are planning changes to the state's early release law in response to this week's slated release of two convicted sex offenders who significantly shortened their prison terms by earning college degrees. Republican Sen.

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Police: Health Inspectors Arrested for Taking Bribes
First Coast News
Tuesday, police arrested Davis at his home, charging him with unlawful compensation or reward for official behavior. While investigating Davis in Jacksonville, law enforcement agencies were also investigating Steven Rivera by setting up the same type ...
Cops catch state inspectors in Jacksonville restaurant bribery stingFlorida Times-Union

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Sex offender laws are adequate, experts say
The Columbian
The state's definition for Level I sex offenders is that they present the lowest possible risk to the community, have not shown predatory behavior and are successfully completing treatment. All but one of the 48 registered in the county's schools are ...
Sheriff's Office issues Level 2 Sex Offender notificationsEastern Arizona Courier

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Kramer Levin Recognized Among Top 100 Law Firms for Diversity by MultiCultural ...
Sacramento Bee
By Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP NEW YORK, May 1, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP is pleased to announce that for the seventh consecutive year, the firm has been named to MultiCultural Law Magazine's "Top 100 Law Firms ...


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Who Regulates The Regulators?
Forbes
Whether the rule is ever applied to that person will depend on the vagaries of enforcement: whether the offensive behavior is observed, recognized as outside the boundaries, and thereafter punished by those charged with enforcement. Other laws command ...






Clues to 'slacker' behavior found in brain
13abc Action News
Taser guns used by law enforcement can cause heart rhythm problems, sudden cardiac arrest and death, according to a new study. Taser guns used by law enforcement can cause heart rhythm problems, sudden cardiac arrest and death, according to a new study ...

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In letters from his last hideout, Osama bin Laden fretted about dysfunction in his terrorist network and crumbling trust from Muslims he wished to incite against their government and the West.

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Conrad Black release ends sorry saga
Financial Times
By Hal Weitzman in Chicago When Conrad Black is released from a Florida prison on Friday, it will cap a good recent period for the disgraced peer and former media magnate. Two weeks ago, Canada's Supreme Court ruled he could pursue libel cases against ...
Welcome back, Conrad Black!Globe and Mail
Conrad Black granted permission to live in Canada after release from prisonToronto Star
Conrad Black Nears End of Jail TermWall Street Journal

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Equality Florida: Federal Bureau of Prisons now requires LGBT employee ...
MiamiHerald.com (blog)
Equality Florida says the Federal Bureau of Prisons now is requiring LGBT employee representation in the national federal prison system. "I expect Chief Executive Officers at every level to demonstrate support for diversity and inclusion.

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In letters from his last hideout, Osama bin Laden fretted about dysfunction in his terrorist network and crumbling trust from Muslims he wished to incite against their government and the West.

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Conrad Black release ends sorry saga
Financial Times
By Hal Weitzman in Chicago When Conrad Black is released from a Florida prison on Friday, it will cap a good recent period for the disgraced peer and former media magnate. Two weeks ago, Canada's Supreme Court ruled he could pursue libel cases against ...
Welcome back, Conrad Black!Globe and Mail
Conrad Black granted permission to live in Canada after release from prisonToronto Star
Conrad Black Nears End of Jail TermWall Street Journal

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Equality Florida: Federal Bureau of Prisons now requires LGBT employee ...
MiamiHerald.com (blog)
Equality Florida says the Federal Bureau of Prisons now is requiring LGBT employee representation in the national federal prison system. "I expect Chief Executive Officers at every level to demonstrate support for diversity and inclusion.

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Arizona's Budget Giveaway to the Private Prison Industry
Tucson Citizen
There could be no clearer proof that the legislature is putting the interests of their private prison pals ahead of kids, victims of the housing crisis, and the 99%. House Speaker Andy Tobin took in $5990 in campaign contributions from individuals or ...

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Palestinian hunger strikers appeal to Israeli court
Reuters
By Jihan Abdalla | JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Facing Israel's highest court in their wheelchairs, two Palestinian prisoners on the 66th day of their hunger strike appealed on Thursday for their release from detention without trial.
UN concerned about 2 Palestinians on hunger strikeSeattle Post Intelligencer
UN envoy urges Israel to preserve health of Palestinian prisoners on hunger strikeUN News Centre
Abbas asks Blair to intervene on prisonersJerusalem Post
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UN envoy concerned about health of 2 Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike ...
Washington Post
The envoy, Robert Serry, said Thursday he was “deeply troubled” by the situation and urged Israel to “preserve the health of the prisoners.” Sahar Francis of the Palestinian prisoners group Addameer says the two are in critical condition.





Breivik's Monstrous Dream
The Nation.
Anders Behring Breivik clenches his fist in a far-right salute as he arrives in court for the second day of his terrorism and murder trial in Oslo April 17, 2012. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov Bodø is the last stop on the Norwegian State Railway.

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Witnesses describe island massacre in Norway trial
Albany Democrat Herald
Anders Behnring Breivik, center, sits in the Oslo Courthouse, Oslo, Norway Thursday, May 3, 2012 on the 11th day of the terror trial. Witnesses have described in chilling detail how mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik tricked them into believing he ...





Sam Harris, Will You Visit A Mosque With Me?
Huffington Post
In fact, last year you wrote this about the 2011 attacks orchestrated by Anders Behring Breivik in Norway that resulted in the deaths of over 70 people: One can only hope that the horror and outrage provoked by Breivik's behavior will temper the ...
Islamophobia: Europe's New Political DiseaseThe Platform

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Mass killer Breivik demands medal from Oslo court - YouTube

Mass killer Breivik demands medal from Oslo court - YouTube


Published on Feb 6, 2012 by
http://www.euronews.net/ Anders Breivik, the man who admitted killing 77 people in a bombing and shooting spree in Norway last year, has appeared before the cameras for the first time since the murders as he attended his final detention hearing before his trial begins in April.
He called on the Oslo court to award him a medal for the attacks and he added "I acknowledge the acts but I plead not guilty."

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Anders Behring Breivik Trial: Witnesses Describe Norway Island Massacre
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By JULIA GRONNEVET 05/ 3/12 08:35 AM ET Accused Norwegian Anders Behring Breivik arrives at the courtroom, in Oslo, Norway, Tuesday April 17, 2012. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein) OSLO, Norway — Witnesses on Thursday described in chilling detail how mass ...
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Anders Behring Breivik trial: police witness describes scene on UtoyaTelegraph.co.uk
How Anders Behring Breivik's clothes duped ferry captain into taking him to ...Daily Mail

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Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik has again defended his sanity in court, claiming he slept well, ate breakfast and prepared a ham and cheese sandwich for his lunch on the day of his dual terror attacks.


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Anders Behring Breivik roundup: killer defends mental state as nation stands ...
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Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik has again defended his sanity in court, claiming he slept well, ate breakfast and prepared a ham and cheese sandwich for his lunch on the day of his dual terror attacks. The right-wing extremist, ...
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'Christian terrorist' unapologetic in court
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By Starla Muhammad -Staff Writer- | Last updated: May 2, 2012 - 9:59:51 PM (FinalCall.com) - Day three of the criminal trial of Anders Behring Breivik, the lone gunman who carried out what has been called the most heinous massacre in Norway's history, ...


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Sam Harris, Racial Profiling and American Muslims
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The homicidal triad: Predictor of violence or urban myth? - In the news by Karen Franklin PhD:

In the news by Karen Franklin PhD: The homicidal triad: Predictor of violence or urban myth?


Wednesday, May 2, 2012


The homicidal triad: Predictor of violence or urban myth?


THE MACDONALD TRIAD: PREDICTOR OF VIOLENCE OR
URBAN MYTH?
The Macdonald triad is an alleged phenomenon that has
enjoyed popular acceptance for almost half a century. The
triad consists of three behaviors: extreme cruelty to
animals, firesetting, and enuresis. It is often cited by
academics, professionals, and practitioners as precursory
to a variety of violent criminal careers. Presence of the
Macdonald triad in childhood has long been held to be
predictive of later interpersonal violence. Using a
methodology based upon grounded theory, this study examined
the origins and evolution of the triad with an eye to
evaluating its utility as a predictive factor in subsequent
violent behavior. An extensive review of the literature
reveals little empirical support for the validity of this
triad. The fact that the Macdonald triad has been and
continues to be presented as fact suggests a need to
revisit the process by which theories of violent behavior
are derived and sustained.
Kori Ryan
May 2009

http://www.csufresno.edu/gradstudies/thesis/AbstractsSpr09/KoriRYAN.pdf

For at least half a century, legend has told of a "triad" of ominous childhood behaviors -- cruelty to animals, firesetting, and enuresis – said to predict future violence.

The so-called "Macdonald triad" (also known as the homicidal triad or the Hellman and Blackman triad) is taught in criminology and psychology courses, used by forensic practitioners in assessing risk, and has even made its way into Law and Order: Special Victims Unit. Especially, it’s become a staple among aficionados of the trendy serial killer.

But is the syndrome valid?

Providing the most definitive exploration to date is Kori Ryan, a former criminology student at the California State University, Fresno who delved into the "evolutionary history" of this tantalizing construct for her as-yet unpublished master's thesis. Her ultimate conclusion:
Even though the literature on violent behavior contains many references to the Macdonald triad (and its aliases), collectively these studies do not provide sufficient evidence of its ability to predict violence, nor, in fact, of its existence as a bona fide phenomenon.
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Instead, childhood enuresis, firesetting and animal cruelty more likely represent three among many indicators of severe childhood abuse. In other words, the presence of one or more of these elements in the histories of some violent offenders can be explained by the fact that violent offenders are often the products of child abuse. More importantly, relying upon these behaviors as predictors of future violence would lead to many false positives, punishing children who might not be violent in the future.

Roots of the legend

Gulliver's Travels
Forensic psychiatrist John Macdonald is generally credited with "discovering" the triad. In a 1963 article in the American Journal of Psychiatry, entitled "The Threat to Kill," he gave his clinical impression that "a history of great parental brutality, extreme maternal seduction, or the triad of childhood firesetting, cruelty to animals and enuresis" can signal those who will eventually threaten homicide. His article was based on his work with 100 patients at the Colorado Psychopathic Hospital in Denver, Colorado who had threatened -- but not necessarily committed -- violence.

Over the next few decades, the idea "attracted a dedicated following" and gradually expanded to encompass various forensic groups, including sexual sadists, recidivist firesetters and -- most salacious -- serial killers.

Ryan traces the history of cultural interest in these behaviors all the way back to Greek mythology and early Western fiction, such as Jonathan Swift's 1726 Gulliver's Travels, in which Gulliver puts out a fire with his own urine, much to the chagrin of the Imperial Majesty, thereby linking urination with fire and revenge.

Early psychoanalytic thinkers also placed heavy emphasis on these behaviors, seeing them as products of arrested psychosexual development and sublimated sexual and sadistic urges. Psychoanalyst Melanie Klein, for example, saw bedwetting as a daughter’s sadistic revenge against her mother.

Empirical research: Triad goes bust

Two psychiatrists were the first to empirically evaluate the Macdonald triad, according to Ryan. Studying 84 incarcerated offenders in 1966, Hellman and Blackman reported a positive association between the triad and future violence. Accordingly, some took to labeling the phenomenon as the “"Hellman and Blackman triad."

But subsequent attempts to replicate Hellman and Blackman's findings were unsuccessful. Even John Macdonald himself voiced later doubt about the triad's validity. After trying to test his own clinical theory, Macdonald reported in his 1968 book, Homicidal Threats, that he could find no statistically significant association between homicide perpetrators and early problems with firesetting, cruelty to animals, or enuresis.

Likewise, in an examination of 206 sex offenders at the Massachusetts Treatment Center for Sexual Dangerous Persons, Prentky and Carter (1984) found "no compelling evidence" for the idea that the triad predicted adult criminality. They did, however, note that the individual components of the triad were common among people raised in highly abusive home environments.

Some years later, this was also the conclusion of Jonathan Pincus, in his 2001 book on convicted murderers. Pincus described "a forensic assessment protocol in which bed-wetting, firesetting, and cruelty to animals (among other behaviors) are considered 'hallmarks' of childhood abuse," notes Ryan.

Indeed, it seems far more likely that one of Macdonald’s five original indicators that didn’t go on to fame has more explanatory power as a cause of later violence: parental brutality.

Dangerous ramifications

"The frequency with which discussions of violent offenders (of various types) include mention of the Macdonald triad suggests its general acceptance as a predictor of violent behavior," notes Ryan.

This continuing prominence owes in large part to the triad's promotion by prominent FBI profilers in the 1988 book, Sexual Homicide: Patterns and Motives. Like Macdonald’s, the FBI study was anecdotal, small-scale and lacking in any statistical analyses or control groups. Studying 36 sex killers, Douglas, Burgess and Ressler found that many manifested one or more elements of the triad. Unfortunately, notes Ryan, the authors did not report which factors were present in which subjects, or how many of these killers evidenced all three components of the triad.

Ryan warns that promotion of the triad has real-world ramifications, in that children who exhibit one or more of these behaviors "might be falsely labeled as potentially dangerous."

For example, police officers exposed to the triad in undergraduate criminology courses may target young offenders who have lit a fire or harmed an animal -- both fairly common behaviors among troubled youth -- as future sex fiends or serial killers. (Enuresis, with less face validity as an indicator of sadism, has tended to drop from more contemporary renditions of the triad.)

Ignoring the miniscule base rate of serial killers, even veterinarians are encouraged to identify those who hurt pet animals as potentially lethal: "Many known serial killers began their careers by hurting pet animals," warn the authors of a 2004 article in one veterinary journal. "It is well known in the criminology field that people who perpetrate acts of cruelty on animals, frequently escalate to torturing humans, usually the young and helpless."

Rather than throwing the baby out with the bathwater, Ryan says researchers could do more research to understand these behaviors in context. For example, might arson be a coping mechanism in children who have experienced severe emotional abuse, rather than a marker for future aggression? Are some elements of the triad indicators for future violence when they co-occur? More fundamentally, is there any set of behaviors that can legitimately be considered a behavioral syndrome predictive of later violence?

The study is: The Macdonald triad: Predictor of violence or urban myth? The abstract is HERE. Those with access to the Proquest database can access it online. The author, Kori Ryan, can be contacted HERE.

British Spy Most Likely Was Killed, Coroner Says - NYTimes.com

British Spy Most Likely Was Killed, Coroner Says - NYTimes.com

Foul Play Ruled Likely in Case of Spy Found Dead in Bag

LONDON — Deepening the mystery surrounding the death of a reclusive MI6 agent found doubled up inside a padlocked duffel bag in his London flat, a coroner said on Wednesday that it was unlikely that the case would ever be solved, but that the “balance of probabilities” suggested that he had been unlawfully killed. Scotland Yard reacted immediately by saying it would continue its efforts to hunt down the killer.
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Photographs from a video show an expert trying to determine whether Mr. Williams could have locked himself in a duffel bag.
After an eight-day inquest that has thrown an uncomfortable spotlight on MI6, Britain’s secret intelligence service, the coroner, Dr. Fiona Wilcox, said the death of Gareth Williams, 31, a Welsh-born mathematician involved in top-secret code-breaking work, appeared to have been “unnatural and likely to have been criminally mediated,” — a phrase that legal experts said meant that he was either killed, that someone assisted in a suicide plot or that somebody fled after a sex game went wrong.
Dr. Wilcox said she was “satisfied” that some “third party” had been involved in getting Mr. Williams into the bag, probably while he was alive. This person, she said, probably then locked the bag and carried it to the empty bathtub in the government-owned apartment in the upscale district of Pimlico, where the body was discovered a week after Mr. Williams died.
Dr. Wilcox noted that three pathologists working separately had been unable to determine, because of the body’s decomposition, whether Mr. Williams was poisoned or asphyxiated. She described other evidence as being inconclusive to the point that it was unlikely that the mystery “would ever be satisfactorily explained.”
Still, she said, she was “satisfied that on the balance of probabilities Gareth was killed unlawfully.” The conclusion seemed certain to give fresh currency to conspiracy theories, including some that attribute the death to Russian secret service agents or to militants from Al Qaeda.
The coroner said that it remained a “legitimate line of inquiry” whether MI6 or other secret agencies were involved in the death. She criticized MI6 for what she called its shortfalls in handling the case, including a delay of a week by Mr. Williams’s MI6 manager in reporting that he was missing from work. Pathologists said their work was impeded by the delay, which resulted in such advanced decomposition that they were unable to obtain any decisive forensic clues.
Dr. Wilcox played down suggestions that facets of Mr. Williams’s private life had led to his death, including his interest in bondage Web sites, cross-dressing, transvestite performances and what were described at the hearing as “autoerotic experiences,” specifically a condition known as claustrophilia, involving sexual thrills from being confined in enclosed spaces.
Dr. Wilcox also said she was disinclined to believe that Mr. Williams had committed suicide, a theory encouraged by a newspaper clipping found in his flat that canvassed the most common regrets that people have on their deathbeds. She said he had shown no other signs of depression. As for his purported interest in bondage, she said, she would have expected more than the four visits to bondage sites that were traced on his computers.
As for the $30,000 in high-fashion women’s clothing and shoes found in his flat, and a bright orange woman’s wig, Dr. Wilcox said this was more likely to reflect the interest in fashion he showed by attending a six-week fashion course, and his liking of manga parties, a pastime borrowed from Japan that involves wearing extravagant costumes.
The case has been an awkward experience not only for MI6 but also for an associated agency that was Mr. Williams’s primary employer, the Government Communications Headquarters, Britain’s principal electronic surveillance and code-breaking center. After 10 years working at the unit’s base outside London, Mr. Williams was on a three-year transfer to MI6’s London headquarters, working on the application of new code-breaking technologies, when he died. But it was the MI6 chief, John Sawers, who attended Mr. Williams’s funeral and who delivered an unusual apology for the delay in reporting Mr. Williams missing that was read to the inquest by an MI6 lawyer.
 A version of this article appeared in print on May 3, 2012, on page A16 of the New York edition with the headline: Foul Play Ruled Likely In Case of Spy Found Dead.