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June 3, 2012

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One Teen's Fate: The Math of a 100-Year Sentence

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted June 1, 2012

Read More: Crime, Prisons, Prisons, Juvenile Justice, Pellicano Trial, Court Case, Gang, Murder, Parole, Rodrigo Cahallero

By: Teresa Chin
SAN FRANCISCO -- Should a judge be able to sentence a 16-year-old to 110 years in prison if he didn’t actually kill anyone? That is the question behind the court case The People vs. Rodrigo Caballero, which began opening statements before the California State Supreme Court...

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Seattle Mass Shooting Latest by a Concealed Handgun Permit Holder

Josh Sugarmann | Posted June 1, 2012

Read More: Alan Gottlieb, Dave Workman, Ian Stawicki, Seattle Mass Shootings, Ccw, Concealed Carry, Gun Violence

Another day, another mass shooting committed by a private citizen legally allowed to carry a concealed, loaded handgun in public.

This time it was 40-year-old Ian Stawicki, who entered a Seattle cafe on Wednesday and opened fire, killing four people. He then left Cafe Racer, killing another...

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Philandering Public Men of America (and Michael Vick) Meet Me at Camera Three

Emma McLaughlin | Posted June 1, 2012

Read More: Chris Brown, John Edwards, John Edwards Affair, John Edwards Aquitted, John Edwards Trial

We have a friend who, heeding endless pleading from her toddlers, took them to Disney World. Her husband -- Kenny -- spent the trip going on about riding Space Mountain. He was still grumbling as they piled their suitcases back onto the monorail at which point she turned to him...

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It's Bigger Than "Bath Salts" and "Zombie Apocalypses"

Subhash Kateel | Posted June 2, 2012

Mention Miami this week and the first thing people will talk about is the "zombie" attack. What they are obviously referring to is the gruesome near-killing of Ronald Poppo by Rudy Eugene, who was shot by the police after virtually devouring 75 percent of Poppo's face. The Police...

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How to End Up Like John Edwards

Rick Newman | Posted June 1, 2012

Read More: Elizabeth Edwards, John Edwards, John Edwards Verdict, John Edwards Mistrial, John Edwards Trial

Most of us won't stumble nearly as badly as John Edwards, the former political wunderkind who once seemed like White House material and is now a late-night punchline. But many ordinary people do face challenges similar to those Edwards did, with the same choices about responding recklessly or finding a...

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Forget the Sex Scandal, Love Child and Rielle Hunter: John Edwards' Reliance on Big Donors All Too Common

The Sunlight Foundation | Posted June 1, 2012

Read More: 2008 Election, Campaign Finance, Campaign Finance Reform, Fred Baron, John Edwards, John Edwards Verdict, Rielle Hunter, John Edwards Trial, Rachel Mellon

By Bill Allison, editorial director for the Sunlight Foundation.

The strange case of John Edwards -- who has been humiliatingly undressed as a scoundrel and the very opposite of what he pretended to be in two runs for the presidency -- sheds some light on the relationship between...

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Isn't There Anybody on Our Side Anymore?

Bill Hillsman | Posted May 31, 2012

Read More: Accretive Health, Al Franken, Al Franken Accretive Health, Bill-Hillsman, College Loans, Minnesota Aclu, Senator Al Franken, Student Loan Debt

It's no secret that Americans are losing faith in many of our institutions. It's no wonder, either. Reading the news makes you think that there isn't anybody on our side anymore.

How about our colleges and universities, those bastions of higher learning? Their only intention is to educate their students...

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Edwards' Jury Couldn't Decide and for Good Reason

Alan Dershowitz | Posted June 1, 2012

Read More: John Edwards

It is a wise person who knows when not to decide. The jury in the John Edwards case rendered exactly the right verdict. Of course they couldn't make up their mind on most of the charges. No rational person could. The judge essentially instructed them to get into John Edwards'...

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Honoring Women Who Serve

Nancy K. Kaufman | Posted May 31, 2012

Even though the parades and commemorations for Memorial Day are over, I can't help but think about an issue that impacts women in the Armed Services and that doesn't get much notice. Let's recall that Memorial Day began as a day to memorialize those soldiers who died in the Civil...

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Identity Theft Still on the Rise

Robert Siciliano | Posted May 31, 2012

Read More: Hackers, Identity Theft, Iovation, Javelin, Online Banking, Preventing Identity Theft, Social Media

For the 12th year in a row, identity theft complaints top the list of consumer complaints received by the Federal Trade Commission. Fifteen percent of more than 1.8 million total complaints filed in 2011 involved identity theft.

Javelin Strategy & Research estimates that nearly 12 million Americans were...

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Fixing the 'Façade of Concern'

Molly M. Gill | Posted May 31, 2012

Read More: Dafna Linzer, Presidential Pardons, Sam Morison, Clarence Aaron, Clarence Aaron Case, Commutations, President Obama, Propublica

How could President Obama serve justice, show mercy, and correct appalling wrongdoing by a government official -- all without the approval of Congress?

He could commute the sentence of Clarence Aaron, a model prisoner and first-time, nonviolent drug offender serving life without parole in federal prison for a stupid decision...

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American Trifecta: Broken Political, Economic and Justice Systems

David A. Love | Posted May 31, 2012

Read More: Citizens United, JPMorgan Chase, Cameron Todd Willingham, Carlos Deluna, Death Penalty, Executions, Exoneration, Troy Davish, Voter ID Laws

People are losing faith in a number of America's institutions because these institutions are failing miserably.

For example, take the U.S. criminal justice system. In one week we learned two things: First, Columbia law professor James Liebman and his students revealed that Texas executed an innocent man named

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Facebook: I've Been Hacked

Donna Estes Antebi | Posted May 31, 2012

Read More: Adam D'Angelo, Chris Cox, Chris Kelly, Dustin Moskovitz, Jeff Rothschild, Mark Zuckerberg, Bad Customer Service, Counterfeit Goods, Facebook, Fraud, Hacking, Nike, Online Safety, Piracy, Privacy, Scams, Shoes, Social Networking

Hackers have a far better understanding of the weakness of Facebook's privacy issues than any of us. Right now, thanks to some devious cyberjerks, many of my Facebook friends think I'm an obnoxious, knockoff Nike shoe vendor. Donna Antebi: Shoe Hawker.

The nightmare began when I logged-on...

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Getting Away With Murder at the Border

Michelle Brané | Posted May 31, 2012

Read More: Sergio Hernandez-Gueraca, Sergio Hernandez-Gueraca Border, Border Patrol Shooting, Immigration Mexico, Sergio Border Patrol Shooting

Co-authored by Michelle Brané, Director, and Jennifer Podkul, Program Officer, Detention and Asylum

It's been two years since Sergio Hernandez-Gueraca was killed by Customs and Border Protection agents. In June 2010, as 15-year-old Sergio was attempting to cross into the United States, a confrontation between a smuggler...

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A Malicious Nun?

Helen Young | Posted May 31, 2012

Read More: Bangor 5, General Cartwright, General James Cartwright, Nuclear Proliferation, Nuclear Weapons, Ploughshares Fund, Plougshares 8, Sister Anne Montgomery, Global Zero, Nuclear Arsenals

There are many words that come to mind to describe Sister Anne Montgomery, and her work but "malicious" is certainly not one of them. Sister Anne, an 85-year-old Roman Catholic nun from the Society of the Sacred Heart who once taught students in Spanish Harlem and high school dropouts in...

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New Details Emerge As Ex-Border Patrol Brothers Fight Corruption Charges

Andrew Becker | Posted May 31, 2012

Read More: Customs And Border Protection, Raul And Fidel Villarreal, Raul And Fidel Villarreal Smuggling, Border Patrol, Bribery, Corruption, Fidel Villarreal, Raul Villarreal

Days before U.S. Border Patrol agents Raul and Fidel Villarreal abruptly quit their San Diego posts in June 2006, the brothers scrambled to get their finances in order.

Fidel, the older brother, withdrew $10,000 from a bank account. Raul claimed to his insurance carrier that his 2000 Mercedes-Benz ML430 had...

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Justice for "Bush Wives": The ICC and Bosco Ntaganda

Eva Smets | Posted May 31, 2012

In March, the International Criminal Court (ICC) convicted Thomas Lubanga, a former Congolese rebel commander, for conscripting, enlisting and using children under the age of 15. The landmark judgment has stirred up events from the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to the courtrooms in The Hague.

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Is It the Beginning of the End for the War on Pot?

Anthony Gregory | Posted May 31, 2012

Read More: Drug War, Franklin Roosevelt, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana, Mexico Drug War, Obama Administration, War On Drugs, War On Pot

A clear majority of Americans now want to see marijuana legalized. Fifty-six percent believe it should be treated like alcohol or tobacco. Only thirty-six percent defend the status quo. What's more, the trend has been moving towards the pro-legalization position, and continues to do so.

It is...

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How Would You Design a Prison According to UX / User Experience Principles?

Quora | Posted May 31, 2012

Read More: Prisons, Prison Inmates, Incarceration, Prison Reform, Prison System, Prisoners, Prisons

This question originally appeared on Quora.

By Eric "Phil" Phillips, Inmate at San Quentin

If I were designing a prison, I would eliminate double bunking in cells and double/triple bunking in dorms. Look at the...

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Carlos DeLuna, Cameron Willingham and Rethinking the Criminal Justice System

Dan Simon | Posted May 30, 2012

Read More: Texas Death Penalty, Cameron Willingham, Carlos Deluna, Death Penalty, Death Penalty Debate

Carlos DeLuna and Cameron Todd Willingham probably did not commit the crimes for which they were put to death by the state of Texas. In-depth inquiries into their convictions revealed bungled investigations, poor recordkeeping, mistaken eyewitness testimony, spurious forensic testimony and misconduct by law enforcement personnel, among other...

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