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Execution of an Innocent Man in Texas, USA

The unimaginable has happened and it could happen to anyone in the barbaric United States justice system where justice is a myth, Wild West attitudes remain, and the courts are used for political gain, instead of as a fact finder of the truth. The argument for the...

What Is Caning?

Caning is a form of judicial corporal punishment involving the official whipping of the convicted offenders with a cane made of rattan, which becomes very flexible when wet. The physical punishment is generally applied on the buttocks, palm, or rarely, the soles of the feet. ...

Extreme U.S. Incarceration Rates Destroy Economy & Family

The huge incarceration rate in Illinois, where we send non-violent drug abusers and thieves to prison at a rate 40 times greater than any civilized country means that we are breaking our economy. The children of the prisoners are a great social burden when parents don’t...

Iranian Cleric Urges Harsh Punishment - Where is Obama?

"EDITOR'S NOTE: Iranian authorities have barred journalists for international news organizations from reporting on the streets and ordered them to stay in their offices. This report is based on the accounts of...

Lance Armstrong Accused by French Anti-Doping Agency

Lance Armstrong was recently accused by the French Anti-Doping Agency (AFLD) of breaking rules and protocol during an unannounced test last month. Armstrong is facing potential punishment for the accusations....

China punishes auction house for the sale of bronze sculptures

Chinese authorities are threatening to punish the auction house that sold two relic bronze sculptures that once adorned the residence of the Emperor of China. The Christie’s auction house sold two bronze...

GUTTED by flickr

What happens when a social networking community based on photography and art is run by anti-social people? They self destruct, driving away the real artists expressing themselves, and encouraging lowest common...

EU resolution lambastes Israel over Gaza Strip isolation policy

In early 2008, the EU responded to Israel's recent killing of 300 Gazan civilians with this statement:"The policy of isolation of the Gaza strip has failed at both the political and humanitarian level," the...

Whether Threats are Real or Idle, it's Against the Law

Now that the people of the United States of America, composed of all races, colors and demographics, have elected the first African American to serve as President of the United States, a possibly torturous road...

Fat boy executed

Good riddens"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- An Ohio death row inmate was executed Tuesday after the Supreme Court rejected his last-minute plea that he was too overweight to be put to death. ...

Supreme Court rejects inmate's too-fat-to-execute appeal

Oy Vey!, please someone, hand me a gun, I'll make his execution nice and painless. You have to have your brains in tact to feel pain, a 50 cent bullet will take care of that. Would he like some cheese with his whine?"COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected...

MPs to vote on smacking ban in UK

The UK parliament is today to consider a measure to ban hitting children as punishment. The bill would give children the same protection against physical assault as adults, eliminating the defense for parents of "reasonable punishment," which allows physical assault against...

Baby killer allowed to stay in Canada: Judge orders new hearing for deportation

Barry Artiste Op/Ed Wow, What a Bargain, Who knew a Baby's life was only worth 50 months in jail? This Murderer got a slap on the wrist for this horrific crime for the brutal killing of his newborn son of 6...

Parkinson drugs turned headmaster into paedophile

A headmaster with thousands of indecent pictures of children on his computer has been aquited after a judge ruled that the drugs he was taking to combat Parkinson's disease turned him into a paedophile."A former headmaster who amassed thousands of indecent images of children...

Any last requests? Yes, says death row inmate. Turn me into fish food

Texas death-row inmate Gene Hathorn's final request is one for the record books.  Easily one of the strangest final request ever made, Hathorn has asked that his post-execution body be turned into fish...

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