Archives for the 'crime' Category
Democrats Hit By Hsu-nami… Hillary Donor Fraud Case Goes to Court
Published on 31 Aug 2007 at 11:01 pm.
2 Comments.
Filed under Clintons, crime.
It all started this week with Ma and Pa Paw’s little green shack… And, it’s turned into a democratic donor fraud Hsu-nami.
Earlier today democratic mega-donor and fugitive Norman Hsu turned himself in to the authorites.
Hsu is no longer on the lam- free to float $1,368,055 to his favorite democrats.
Here is a memorable line from the [...]
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Thriller Near Manilla
Published on 11 Aug 2007 at 9:16 am.
7 Comments.
Filed under asia, crime, punishment.
It’s fun to stay at the Cebu Provincial Detention Center and Rehabilitation Center:
“Thriller”
“In The Navy” and “YMCA”
Here’s what that’s about:
Crime and Punishment
Published on 29 Jul 2007 at 9:45 am.
48 Comments.
Filed under GWOT, crime, punishment.
Crime. And punishment.
Quick news quiz, essay question. What exactly is crime? What is punishment? Highly subjective matters, even though matters of law:
Lapse in Judgment
Published on 13 Jul 2007 at 8:23 am.
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Filed under crime, punishment.
Just the latest in the sordid case of a 17-year-old boy given 10 years for oral sex with a 15-year-old girl. DA cites public records law as he hands out copies of a teen sex tape. But he also thinks it bolsters his position in the highly controversial case:
Judge Not
Published on 11 Jul 2007 at 12:14 pm.
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Filed under crime, punishment.
The judge who sued the Boston Herald, reporter David Wedge, myself and others for libel and was granted a $2.1 million judgment by other judges,* is now charged with “conduct unbecoming” and “willful misconduct” by the Massachusetts Commission on Judicial Conduct.
Save the Gangsta
Published on 1 Jul 2007 at 10:44 am.
5 Comments.
Filed under crime, racism, song.
Demise of an American folkway predicted. Gangsta rap going the way of so many of its artistes. Sales headed where the lyrics always were, down the toilet.
Kevin Powell, a historian of the genre, said: “Hip-hop culture has been assassinated by the hip-hop industry’s desire to make money by any means necessary.”
Means which, if we are to [...]
Crime and Punishment
Published on 14 Jun 2007 at 1:48 am.
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Filed under crime, punishment.
Turns out Paris Hilton is getting special treatment:
Imaginative Justice
Published on 13 Jun 2007 at 11:55 pm.
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Filed under crime, punishment.
Obama general counsel Robert F. Bauer at HuffPo makes the “Progressive Case for a Libby Pardon.” His argument is that this will finally make Bush complicit in the vast rightwing conspiracy that assisted Joe Wilson and Valerie Plame in making themselves look foolish and blow her cover.
OK, he doesn’t exactly argue it that way. I [...]
The Pious Life
Published on 11 Jun 2007 at 11:26 am.
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Filed under celeb, crime, punishment, shameless self-promotion.
Paris calls Barbara from jail. Like so many crims, Paris has had a religious awakening behind bars:
Death vs. Murder
Published on 11 Jun 2007 at 9:28 am.
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Filed under crime, law & order, punishment.
Studies say the death penalty, expeditiously applied, not only prevents murders but deters them.
Something About Mary
Published on 9 Jun 2007 at 9:44 am.
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Filed under crime.
Our colleagues across the aisle like to tie everything to Scooter Libby. Here’s one. Mary Winkler shot her husband to death and gets less time than a guy who forgot who he said what to when in furtherance of a non-crime. Dr. Helen rounds it up. Her question for the lawyers and criminologists:
Murderous Maggot Wants Love
Published on 6 Jun 2007 at 8:06 am.
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Filed under crime.
Face-slashing guard killer seeks penpal. Probably will find one. With a MySpace site, he’s looking for love in all the right places.
As his sister notes, he’s really “a great guy with a loving heart” who just got some bad breaks. When last heard from, exiting the courtroom to spend life in prison, expressed his loving heart [...]
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Crime and Punishment
Published on 4 Jun 2007 at 10:32 am.
41 Comments.
Filed under crime, law & order, pols.
And the latter in the absence of the former.
Editor and Publisher on Libby’s sentencing tomorrow, focuses on Clinton perjury** vs. Libby perjury.
Illegal Criminals
Published on 26 Feb 2007 at 12:17 am.
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Filed under crime, illegals.
The AP and other articles I saw failed to include this key bit of information. The man suspected of kidnapping a 13-year-old boy and leaving him tied to a tree in the woods in a ransom scheme reportedly is an illegal alien who had already been deported once. Doesn’t belong here. Shouldn’t be tying people [...]
