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Woman Named Fellony Gets Slapped With Ironic Charge

The Huffington Post | Andy Campbell | Posted 04.16.2012

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Sadly, this child really did live up to her mother's expectations. A suspect named Fellony was arrested and charged with felony battery on Sunday a...

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Hidden Gun Shoots Girl, 4, While Jumping On Bed

Posted 03.26.2012

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A Chicago man was slapped with weapons charges after a gun hidden between two mattresses fired and injured a 4-year-old girl who was jumping on the be...

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Institutionalized Racism and the War on Drugs

Joshua Shulman | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Jim Crow, Racism, Discrimination, Felony, War on Drugs, Obama War on Drugs, Institutionalized Racism and War on Drugs, Institutionalized Racism, The New Jim Crow, Racial Discrimination, Politics News

Is our Criminal Justice system really just a way to keep large numbers of African-Americans out of mainstream society, like we did under Jim Crow?

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Ethnic Studies Court Emergency in Arizona: Only an Injunction Can Prevent Irreparable Harm

Jeff Biggers | Posted 01.15.2012

Read More: Latinos, Ethnic Studies, Education, Felony, Mexican American Studies, Heritage, High School, Arizona, John Huppenthal, Tea Party, Education News

In a stunning breakdown of the Arizona's obsessive witch hunt, a motion filed by plaintiffs for the acclaimed Ethnic Studies/Mexican American Studies program delineates several areas of discrimination against Tucson's Latino community.

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Teen Faces Possible Jail Time For Sex Doll Prank Gone Wrong

AP | Posted 09.04.2011

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INDIANAPOLIS -- When 18-year-old Tyell Morton put a blow-up sex doll in a bathroom stall on the last day of school, he didn't expect school officials ...

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Waiting To Die: A Tale Of Modern American Justice

Luke Whyte | Posted 07.23.2011

Read More: Law, Felony, California, Crime, Prison, Corrections, Three-Strikes-Laws, Three Strikes, Jail, Justice, Prison Reform, Prison Justice, California Prisons, Prisons, Impact News

This is a love story about a quadriplegic woman named Sarah and a heroin addict named Rick grappling with the consequences of conviction under California's Three Strikes Law.

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Charges For Bikini-Clad Woman In Burger King Brawl Caught On Video

AP/Huffington Post | Posted 05.29.2011

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Associated Press: PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. -- A bikini-clad woman who is accused of starting a brawl at a Burger King in Panama City Beach is now facin...

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Man Jailed For Showing Up Drunk, And With Beer, To DWI Hearing

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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MONTICELLO, N.Y. — Authorities say a New York man appearing before a judge on a felony drunken driving charge arrived at court an hour and a half la...

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He's an Even Bigger Authority Now, and Easier to Book

Frank Dwyer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tom DeLay still a pundit? Sure. Guilty verdict boosts his talk-show cred....

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Morgan Stanley Wealth Manager Won't Face Felony Charges For Hit-And-Run

The Huffington Post | William Alden | Posted 05.25.2011

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This post has been updated. A Morgan Stanley wealth manager will not face felony charges for a hit-and-run because Colorado prosecutors don't want hi...

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Home Invasions: Are You Protected?

Robert Siciliano | Posted 11.17.2011

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Home invasions happen to millions of people every year. Protect yourself for a dollar a day with a monitored system.

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Jeanne Mundango Manunga Jailed For Sending Text Threats -- To Herself

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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SANTA ANA, Calif. — An Orange County woman was sentenced to a year in jail for sending hundreds of threatening text messages – to herself....

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Facing the Future as a Media Felon on the Gulf Coast

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 05.25.2011

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The United States Coast Guard considers me a felon now, because I "willfully" want to obtain more photos like these to show you the utter devastation ...

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Lock-up: What Behind the Mass Incarceration Across the Nation?

Arlene M. Roberts | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Crimes, Criminal Law, Felony, Jim Crow, Jim Crow Laws, Michelle Alexander, Racial Caste System, Racialized Social Control, Social Control, The New Jim Crow, War on Drugs, Misdemeanors, Mass Incarceration, Mass-Incarceration-and-Colorblindness, Colorblindness, Politics News

Where have all the black men gone? Michelle Alexander, in her recently released book The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, answers the question head on.

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Next stop for Gilbert Arenas? Prison basketball team.

Ed Berliner | Posted 05.25.2011

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I feel not a shred of sympathy for Gilbert Arenas. The Washington Wizards will go without Arenas and teammate Javaris Crittenton for the remainder of...

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Gilbert Arenas and the Continuing Sports Epidemic of Stupidity

Ed Berliner | Posted 05.25.2011

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As hard as NBA Commissioner David Stern tries, and I honestly believe he's doing something about it but could be doing a lot more, the recent Gilbert ...

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Gun Rights For Domestic Abusers Gain Ground At Supreme Court

Los Angeles Times | David G. Savage | Posted 05.25.2011

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Reporting from Washington -- Thousands convicted of a misdemeanor for threatening or assaulting a spouse or girlfriend could once again own guns becau...

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