"A huge rise in the number of children calling to report sexual abuse by women has been revealed by ChildLine. Over the past five years, the charity says the number of such calls has risen five times faster than youngsters reporting abuse by a man. Of 16,094 children who...
"If you commit a crime and get caught it is reasonable to think that you will go to court, be prosecuted and pay the price for your actions. Not necessarily. In fact, in England and Wales half of all criminal cases brought to justice these days are punished out of court by...
Michael Wallschlaeger and a friend were arrested and charged by the FBI for allegedly directing protests at the Pittsburgh G20 Summit in September/09. "The FBI has accused a US citizen of using the Internet to...
It appears that with an almost complete news black out all is not doing well in Iran with the opposition. Some more footage from today's protest " Clashes erupted between Iranian university and security forces in...
"About one in ten of all Scottish prisoners is a registered sex offender, according to figures released by the Scottish government. Nearly 800 sex offenders were in jail at the end of March, out of a total prison...
At the End of Slavery ( International Justice Mission ) has asked me to write a blog to run at the end of the show on October 30, 2009. The Documentary is narrated by Danny Glover. ...
"A female freelance writer who blogged about the pornography industry was threatened with rape. A single mother who blogged about "the daily ins and outs of being a mom" was threatened by a cyber-stalker who...
"Reported rapes have fallen to the lowest level in 20 years as DNA evidence helps send more rapists to prison and victims are more willing to work with police and prosecutors, victims advocates and crime researchers say."In some respects, I’m not entirely sure why I’m...
Violence has errupted in Rio de Janeiro today, just two weeks after they won the 2016 Olympic bid, with suspected drug traffickers shooting down a police helicopter and setting fire to five buses and a school, two...
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"A lip gloss that comes with a date rape drug testing kit has been launched in the UK with plans to make it available in vending machines in bar and club toilets."When I first saw this headline, I thought that it was possibly satirical, possibly in poor taste, possibly even...
We all know that Taliban are terrorists and this and that. But it looks like they have the crudest form of humor sense. They responded to the news, peace Nobel for Obama with a suggestion that Obama should get the...
One of the main orchestrators of the Rwandan 1994 genocide that has been heavily publicized in "Hotel Rwanda" and "Shake Hands with the Devil," Idelphonse Nizeyimana has been arrested in Kampala, the Ugandan...
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Everyday news media outlets shout the headlines of the latest horrendous crime. Whether it be a murder, suicide, missing person, or just a spree of evil laid out upon the world, the news and the court systems are...
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"Children who eat sweets and chocolate every day are more likely to be violent as adults, according to UK researchers. The Cardiff University study involving 17,500 people is the first into effects of childhood diet on adult violence."This is a very high sample number for...
Nancy Pelosi's selective memory was on display just recently as many of you well remember. What the younger readers and writers here won't remember so well as some people who lived through the era are the many...