Justice System Archive

September 11, 2001 will be a date forever etched in the minds of all Americans. The sense that citizens were safe on U.S. soil disappeared, replaced by a sense of panic for years after the …

The recent trials of the Steubenville, Ohio high school football players as well as the Jordan Johnson trial got a great deal of media attention. Both were rape cases, which are big in the mainstream …

When I was younger, I was all for the death penalty for murderers. In some cases, I didn’t think that death was a harsh enough punishment. I thought they should suffer some themselves, before they …

Addressing the issue of using Magistrates In the English judicial system Magistrates have been critised for many years now, along with the use of Magistrarates and the powers in which they prosess. There has been …

Besides the obvious costs of crime, lives lost, the expense of law enforcement and prisons, there is the cost of actually prosecuting the criminals that is sometimes overlooked. The full burden is squarely on the …

Enough has been said about the not guilty verdict of Casey Anthony’s murder trial of her little girl. We all know she did it. Even Juror 3 has admitted Casey probably did it but she …

Well this topic is like a double edge sword since there are some parents that care and some that don’t. It depends on the situation. Most kids develop their own minds at an early age …

The State of Ohio recently executed Dan Wilson, an inmate convicted of putting a woman into a trunk of a car and setting it on fire. No sane person would say that he did not …

The calendar shows that the end of August is here. For many school age kids, it means that summer vacation is over, and it is back to the grind of another school year. For some …

If parents should not be at least taken into account for their child’s criminal behavior, then neither should a coach be lauded for turning out a great player, or a teacher be commended for helping …

By regulating prostitution, the safety of all parties can be monitored. Sex workers would be screened for STIs and protected from potentially harmful clients. The clients would also get the same benefits, as can be …

The death penalty is obviously not an effective deterrent. Otherwise why would people still kill people in states that have the death penalty. If the death penalty was an effective thing like murder would have …

Just ask any man with an itch to scratch and no will power what the benefits are in legalizing prostitution. I don’t know of any overwhelming argument as to why it should be legal, but …

I have always had conflicting feelings with regard to the death penalty. The logic is astounding though isn’t it? A few years ago, watching the tube one night, I stumbled across a TV show that …

Sex Offender Recidivism and The Willfully Ignorant According to , “the recidivism rate for sex offenders remains disturbingly high. He said statistics prove that most sexual predators . . . are extremely likely to strike again.  …

I celebrated my New Year’s in 2007 by staying home. I always stay home on New Year’s I have to, for my own safety. I know what people are doing that night, and I’m not …

Most Americans understand the importance of the right of the individual to keep and bear arms while at the same time most Americans also understand the need for moderate regulations. Fully automatic weapons were not …

THE COST OF CRIME When criminals commit their crimes they naturally do not think about the potential damage they cause and the expense involved. Few people may realize the actual cost of crime since some …

Wrongly convicted Khalid awanKhalid Awan says he falsely confessed to his crimes because he was tortured by FBI agents and the RCMP threatened to arrest his sisters in Montreal U.S. officials presented incriminating, False ,Bogus,Fabricated,purchased …

I have read all of the articles posted to this title and I am astonished and disappointed by the depth of ignorance surrounding the subject of Child Abuse in general and also by the sheer …

On December 13, 2010, U.S. District Judge G. Thomas Porteous of the 24th U.S. District Court of Louisiana became the eighth U.S. District judge to be impeached and removed from office. His impeachment included both …

When a company gets to be as big as Halliburton, it tends to think of millions the way that most folks think of tens. Dollars, that is. The oilfield services giant, which recorded revenues of …

Moral righteousness – checkIntrusive and abusive morality laws – checkRampant hypocrisy – checkUnbridled Feminist blather – check Yes all of the above are firmly in place when the discussion of legalizing prostitution comes up. Especially …

Politicians Clueless about Solving Issue of Gang Violence In Section A-4 (T-N-T on 7/22) “Leaders ask Cantwell for help with gangs” there was a picture of a roundtable panel of everyone except members of the …

Judith Sheindlin, otherwise known on television as Judge Judy, is being sued by Patric Jones for $500,000 after allegedly purchasing expensive fine chinaware for a knocked-down price from a divorcing couple. The lawsuit contends that …

Despite all the sensationalism by individuals like Nancy Grace and being convicted in the court of popular opinion, Casey Anthony is a free woman. Our Constitution grants every citizen the right of due process, to …

One definition of abuse is to treat in a harmful, injurious, or offensive way. It does not have to be a deliberate act of causing harm to be considered abuse. How can something that can …

It doesn’t happen to everyone, but it does happen to some; and it could one day happen to you. You’re going along about your business, then suddenly, there right in front of you, someone is …

Yes, there are some bad people out there. They need psychological help, like any criminal, to understand why they did what they did. They need to do their time, and pay their debt to society. …

So that the guy who sneaks into people’s houses when they’re not home and steals their stuff for drug money gets a slap on the wrist and is told not to do that anymore? I …