Tag: courts
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November 18, 2007 01:13 AM EST --
CNN reports that "A court in Saudi Arabia increased the punishment for a gang-rape victim after her lawyer won an appeal of the sentence for the rapists, the lawyer told CNN."
The victim . . . more
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June 12, 2008 08:52 PM EDT --
This probably will need to filter down before too long, but it appears that the Supremes ruled against the GWB administration's efforts to save American lives at home and abroad.
Supreme . . . more
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June 14, 2007 10:10 AM EDT --
I am outraged, I hope you are too. This lawsuit brought by a Judge about one pair of pants (for 54?) millions of dollars. Where is the sanity? Just tell me anybody out there thinks . . . more
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June 19, 2008 04:03 PM EDT --
A single day in your courts is better than a thousand anywhere else! I would rather be a gatekeeper in the house of my God than live the good life in the homes of the wicked.
Psalm . . . more
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December 12, 2006 02:53 PM EST --
These are from a book called Disorder in the American Courts, and are things people actually said in court, word for word, taken down and now published by court reporters who had the torment of staying . . . more
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February 05, 2007 01:00 PM EST --
In Michigan, a court has found that the state's law banning gay marriage means that no public institutions can offer any of the rights of marriage to non-married (read gay and lesbian) couples. To . . . more
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May 10, 2007 12:52 PM EDT --
We have just come out of 2 1/2 years of torture fighting for our rights as victims of a dognapping. The woman who sold us our dog, then attempted to grab and run with it. The amount of money . . . more
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August 31, 2007 01:40 PM EDT --
From: Rachel's Democracy & Health News #922, Aug. 30, 2007
THE ENFORCEMENT GAME
By Carolyn Raffensperger
Avoiding enforcement of environmental laws is a political game. The
goal of this game . . . more
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December 16, 2007 05:41 PM EST --
There will be people on both sides of this arguement, because of the subject matter, but the fact remains, a judge actually sided with the 5th ammendment -- unlike the Federal Courts these days that think . . . more
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June 04, 2007 07:28 AM EDT --
Drug Possession Defendant Christopher Jansen,
on trial in March in Pontiac, Michigan, said he had
been searched without a warrant.
The prosecutor said the officer didn't need a warrant
because a "bulge" . . . more
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July 15, 2008 02:48 PM EDT --
Many years ago, I was serving on grand jury when the interpreter couldn't understand what the witness was saying. Grand jury, although it has its rules, is a little more relaxed than petit jury. . . . more
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October 25, 2006 02:17 PM EDT --
How exciting! I went to college in NJ and lived there after for some time. It has always been a fairly progressive state. This move would be very exciting if it goes through. We . . . more
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June 12, 2007 09:31 PM EDT --
© 2007 James A. Harris
We are out of town for a church conference being held at a civic center. There are food counters located at several places around the building. We've gotten to know Mildred* . . . more
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December 28, 2007 03:58 PM EST --
To give you a little info about the situation ..
A local bussiness owner and a great christian family man who happens to be white. Took in some foster kids .. who happened to be black. He fell . . . more
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March 07, 2008 09:23 PM EST --
We need to wake up and start fighting for our rights as citizens here is the url of the story from California; Apparently the court says family religious beliefs is not evidence of first . . . more
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September 18, 2007 05:58 PM EDT --
To further prove my claim that we are headed for a police state here in North America comes this piece from the States.
A COLORADO judge has sentenced people busted for noise pollution (rap music) to . . . more
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March 07, 2008 04:29 PM EST --
I have been told by a reliable source that the courts in Williamsburg, VA, are not courts of record. If you wish to have a record of court proceedings, I am told, you must hire and pay a court recorder . . . more
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May 06, 2008 11:48 AM EDT --
I have been called for jury duty four times in my life. Each time, it was always when I was already scheduled to be out of town. So I would request to be excused and rescheduled. . . . more
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October 06, 2007 01:38 AM EDT --
This past spring, my husband and I took a much-anticipated trip to London! I had started my novel, A Scandalous Overture, in August of last year without ever having been to London (unless one counted the . . . more
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September 18, 2007 05:57 PM EDT --
Something happened here in Canada over the last few days that has me very worried.
A British Columbia court has placed severe restrictions on the life of a convicted rapist from Prince Edward Island . . . more
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