The Debt We Shouldn't Pay
The New York Review of Books The British devised the concept of legal discharge from debt not out of a sudden attack of compassion but because the economic crisis of the 1690s had put much of the merchant class in jail. The cause was not improvident or immoral behavior on the part ... |
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Court in San Francisco Hears Challenge to Gay Conversion Ban
KQED (blog) SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California's novel law seeking to ban licensed counselors from trying to turn gay teens straight is boiling down to a question over whether the therapy is free speech or a medical treatment that can be regulated by government ... California Law Banning Gay 'Conversion Therapy' Challenged on Free Speech ...ABC News Appeals court hears challenge to gay therapy banDekalb Daily Chronicle Officials try to enforce ban on gay conversionConcord Monitor Huffington Post all 27 news articles » |
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The (in)justice of mental health in prison
Examiner.com Three returning citizens spoke out Wednesday on the issue of mental health ills inside America'sprisons. Mental illness is widely described as a psychological issue, potentially reflected in behavior, that is generally associated with distress and/or ... and more » |
Stray dogs, not lone wolves -- a new profile of jihadis
Fox News (blog) While the FBI hunts for suspects and “persons of interest” in this case, an influential terrorism expert says that law enforcement has learned much about the kind of person, or persons for whom the 1,000 F.B.I. officials may now be searching. No one... and more » |
Hunger Striking at Guantanamo & the Abusive Use of Forced Feeding
Firedoglake But, a new report that examines the United States government's recent history of torture and abuse of detainees in the global war on terrorism highlights hunger strikes in the prison camps and recommends that forced feeding come to an end because it is ... and more » |
Klemme said the state of Washington has had laws on the books since 1999 barring this behavior and in 2003 President George W. Bush passed the Prison Rape Elimination Act.The incident occurred Thursday, April 11th, ...
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Doctor Pleads Guilty to Running 'Pill Mill'
fox8.com CLEVELAND– A local psychiatrist admitted on Thursday that he used his practice to illegally prescribe powerful drugs for profit. Dr. Samuel ... Nigro has surrendered his medical license, and faces up to 14 years in prison when he's sentenced on May 27. |
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Bravo, Jerry Brown! Take the Judges to Jail With You
Patch.com The three-judge panel insists that “overcrowding” has impaired the prisoners' mental health care and has led to “preventable suicides.” Really? Are all suicides preventable? For perspective, there were 15 suicides in the first half of 2012 in the 30 ... Prisons: Brown drops defiance, but what about compliance?San Francisco Chronicle (blog) Still too many prisoners in CaliforniaLos Angeles Times 'Mass incarceration now, tomorrow, forever': Gov. Jerry Brown and the politics ...UC Berkeley (blog) Correctional News-California Healthline all 12 U-T San Diego all 11 news articles » |
Criminal insanity bill increases risk: Canadian Psychiatric Association
680 News But the Canadian Psychiatric Association said it believes it is “highly likely” the new law will prompt the mentally ill to keep quiet about their problems and simply serve their time, only to emerge fromprison untreated and five or six times more ... and more » |
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We Need More Cameras, and We Need Them Now
Slate Magazine When combined with competent law enforcement, surveillance cameras are more effective, less intrusive, less psychologically draining, and much more pleasant than these alternatives. As several studies have found, a network of well-monitored cameras can ... Online witch hunt for Boston bomber leads to NY Post cover photo of innocent ...The Verge How video analytics helps reconstruct Boston Marathon bombingsGCN.com FBI to hold news briefing on Boston Marathon probeSacramento Bee PetaPixel -Latinos Post -ValueWalk all 2,015 news articles » |
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Prisons: Brown drops defiance, but what about compliance?
San Francisco Chronicle (blog) Gov. Jerry Brown has apparently decided to stop thumbing his nose at the federal court that oversees health care and population levels in California's prisons, a court that has threatened to hold him in contempt if he doesn't obey its orders. But he's ... Still too many prisoners in CaliforniaLos Angeles Times 'Mass incarceration now, tomorrow, forever': Gov. Jerry Brown and the politics ...UC Berkeley (blog) Gov. Brown and the repeal of 'Three Strikes' lawU-T San Diego Patch.com -Correctional News -Watchdog.org all 12 news articles » |
THREATS TO US NATIONAL SECURITY; COMMITTEE: SENATE ARMED ...
Power Engineering Magazine However, a more radical group might form to inflict more systemic impacts such as disrupting financial networks or accidentally trigger unintended consequences that could be misinterpreted as a state- sponsored attack. Cybercriminals also ... However ... and more » |
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Even Hank Morris, a consultant who was caught with his hands in the till, deserves fair treatment by the parole board.
The forthcoming execution of Robert Pruett, convicted in the 1999 killing of a corrections officer, has put focus back on the pay and staffing issues that unions say undermine guards’ safety.
In “Waiting to Be Heard,” Amanda Knox acknowledges her own mistakes and says she was the victim of mistreatment by Italian authorities while imprisoned over the murder of her roommate.
Rulings Guide Psychiatrists on Forced-Treatment Limits
Psychiatric News Arguments over whether individuals in the criminal justice system can be medicated against their will are unlikely to disappear soon, said two speakers at the first annual forensic psychiatry conference at St. Elizabeths Hospital in Washington, D.C ... |
Mental Disorders Increase Vulnerability to Homicide
Psychiatric News Webb is a senior research fellow in psychiatric epidemiology, Shaw is a professor of forensic psychiatry, and Appleby is a professor of psychiatry at the center. Their editorial also pointed out future directions for further study, calling for direct ... and more » |
Police and schools continue to battle bullying and and harassing behavior
Bay Today More recently, the North Bay Police Service and area School Boards have formed Youth Advisory Committees to facilitate understanding and communication between law enforcement and students. On April 24, 2013, members of the North Bay Police Service ... |
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“In the past few days, we have seen the best and we've seen the worst of human behavior, and it's the best that all of us really want to focus on,” he said, regarding the Boston bombing. “Like everyone, we are going to keep ...
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Federal law enforcement team convenes at White House
MSNBC ... we have seen the best and we've seen the worst of human behavior, and it's the best that all of us really want to focus on,” he said, regarding the Boston bombing. “Like everyone, we are going to keep watching, and we will await word from law ... Kerry: 'Direct confrontation with evil'Chicago Daily Herald all 165 news articles » |
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Boston on lockdown as details pour in: Suspects told carjack victim they were ...
NBCNews.com Secretary of State John Kerry, who is from Massachusetts, praised law enforcement for their work during "a pretty direct confrontation with evil." "In the past few days we have seen the best and we've seen the worst of human behavior, and it's the best ... LIVE UPDATES: Police Descend on Mass. Town in Hunt for Bombing SuspectABC News (blog) Live blog: Vehicle found in manhunt for 2nd bombing suspectCNN (blog) Uncle of bomb suspects confirms 2nd suspect's nameSacramento Bee Slate Magazine -The Right Sphere -Latinos Post all 4,140 news articles » |
UPI ? OKLAHOMA CITY — A convicted Oklahoma rapist said in a court filing he may kill himself if he does not receive a requested sex-change operation at state expense. Ronny Darnell, imprisoned in 2005 for raping a 13-year-old girl, has repeatedly asked for sex-reassignment surgery, The (Oklahoma City) Oklahoman reported Thursday. Referring to himself as a female in federal court documents, Darnell ...
A new report by the ACLU reveals that “debtors' prisons” in Ohio. The phrase refers to the practice of imprisoning someone for the failure to pay fines. This practice is in violation of the U.S. Constitution. Still, people who can't ...
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It's Hard to Legislate Immigration Law From the Boston Bombing
The Atlantic Watching the coverage this morning and early afternoon, it's a good time to remember that it's impossible to legislate all behavior. That makes it tough to draw a straight line from what we know about the Tsarnaev brothers to American immigration policy. FBI interviewed Boston bombing suspect in 2011 -sourceChicago Tribune This Is the Modern Manhunt: The FBI, the Hive Mind and the Boston BombersWired BSC terrorism expert says Boston Marathon bombers may fit radical faith profilePress-Register - al.com CNN (blog)-NBCNews.com-NOLA.com all 5,796 news articles » |
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Psychiatrists say proposed insanity bill will raise risks - Canada.com
Canada.com But the Canadian Psychiatric Association said it believes it is "highly likely" the new law will prompt the mentally ill to keep quiet about their problems and simply serve their time, only to emerge fromprison untreated and five or six times more ... and more » |
SOUTHGATE: Man accused of matricide to undergo independent psychiatric ...
Southgate News Herald Judge James Kandrevas granted the motion brought by James Alan Shields' attorney, Larry Polk, after the Michigan Center for Forensic Psychiatry said recentley that he was fit to stand trial.. He had been declared mentally incompetent for trial twice ... |
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An in-depth look at not criminally responsible through the eyes of a patient
680 News He committed such a terrible act, people said, why should he get such privileges so soon after? People were similarly outraged after Turcotte was released after spending only 18 months inpsychiatric care. Combined with the time he spent in jail ... and more » |
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A study out this past month in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggests that forecasting future criminal behavior could become reality in the near future. The study offers the first evidence that brain scans might be used to predict who will commit a crime.
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