In the city of San Francisco you can be arrested for intent to solicit a prostitute. This is something of a thought crime. If the government believes you intended enough to do an action, though you never agreed to do that action, than it is a crime. For example, if you make...
In this case four Occupy San Diego protestors were arrested after interrupting the mayor of that city's speech. I am not really that opposed to their arrest. In a public assembly one doesn't have an absolute right to yell a protest. It's a balancing act between...
In an unprecedented move the Supreme Court (SC) of India on Monday uploaded on its website, details about the the assets and liabilities of 21 SC judges, including the Chief Justice of India Justice KG...
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ISLAMABAD: Twelve additional judges of the Lahore High Court took oath of their offices on Tuesday. President Asif Ali Zardari yesterday appointed 12 additional judges in the LHC in the second phase of inductions in the superior judiciary.On Sept 5, two judges were elevated...
California needs to cut its inmate population from the current 150,000 to about 100,000 in two years, by order of a panel of federal judges. The judges found that the prisons currently are grossly overpopulated, which leads to at least one unnecessary inmate death every week....
created by Annina Bergman | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 231 views | 14 recommendations | 4 comments
North Dakota, The most corrupt state in the United States.Dear Governor John Hoeven, and Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem,I have a bunch of questions to ask you about the Phil Manning Case. I am wondering why you the most powerful person in the state of North Dakota refused...
Norway's Alexander Rybak has won the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest with 387 points. Previous reporting: The Eurovision Song Contest final takes place in Moscow, Russia tonight, and voters in 25 countries are...
created by Amy Judd | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 1652 views | 21 recommendations | 2 comments
Paulina Porizkova has been fired from the popular show America's Next Top Model as she revealed to Craig Ferguson on 'The Late Late Show' on Tuesday night. She claims she was fired on her birthday and that the reason she was in Los Angeles was that she was looking for a job....
created by Amy Judd | 2 years ago 230 views | 4 recommendations | 0 comments
Islamabad ( Punjab, Pakistan )Dated = Monday, 16th March 2009Clip Capture Time = ( Between 2:22 AM - 2:28 AM PST )Clips From Pakistani Media, Before The Golden Moment In Pakistan’s History. When Pakistani Nation...
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Opening Pandora's box: Over seven long years, two US judges, Mark Ciavarella and Michael Conahan conspired "to strip the local state detention centre of funding, diverting the money to a private company called PA Child Care which it helped to build a new facility in the...
created by Maireid Sullivan | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 388 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
ISLAMABAD: The efforts of the ruling Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and its allied parties for reconciliation with twice-elected former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who has been declared by the Supreme Court of Pakistan ineligible to contest election to any public office,...
Milan Milutinovic, the President of Serbia from 1998 to 2002, has been cleared of all charges laid against him by the UN International Criminal Tribunal. At the end of his presidential term in 2002, Milutinovic...
created by Yuliya Talmazan | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 382 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Although it is believed that a democratic government has replaced the dictatorial rule of former President Pervez Musharraf in Pakistan, the successors of former military ruler are also following in his footsteps.Just like the Musharraf, the democratic government too is doing...
Barry Artiste Op/Ed Well DUH! As I warned time and time again in my stories on Now Public, British Columbia touted by a National magazine as a World Crime Superpower, this is a no brainer, in a province where...
opinion by Barry ORegan | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 567 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
The lawyers’ movement in Pakistan that started after the suspension of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry last year turned into a mass movement after Pervez Musharraf ambushed judiciary on this day of...
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