Lionel Tate is Freed Posted on Blackworld Mon 26 Jan 6:28pm Found on CNN, Written by katekilla Lionel Tate, has been released after serving three years. Coming in the same week the Supreme Court announced it will take up the issue of teen execution, does this indicate a turn toward a saner approach to juvenile crime?
Out with Dean, in with Kerry? Posted on Blackworld Tue 20 Jan 10:24am Found on CNN, Written by katekilla Howard Dean's disappointing third-place finish in the Iowa caucuses was a surprise even to the media covering the race. What do you think the future holds for Dean? And can anyone beat Bush?
Oops, Bush Did It Again! Posted on Blackworld Mon 19 Jan 10:15am Found onBoston Globe, Written by katekilla Just one day after MLK's birthday, President George W. Bush took advantage of a loophole and appointed to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals one Charles Pickering -- a man whose former support of segregation has sparked debate.
How is justice served by locking up a high school student for having consensual sex (as the jury found in this case)? Among the industrialized countries of the developed world, only the United States would lock up one of its best and brightest young people for this particular crime.more >>
Will Gibson
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