A North Carolina judge has ruled that four sex convicted sex offenders could not be subjected to lifetime monitoring—their ankle bracelets and waist transmitters have been removed. The constitutional issues of lifetime monitoring are unresolved. (Charlotte Observor)
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FIRST-PERSON….I had to go to jail because in 1998 I got a DWI, and then last April I got pulled over after a couple of beers. When you have a prior these days, they’re much more harsh about drinking and driving. The penalty could have been one year in jail if I had gone to [...]
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IN THE NEWS….Jose Padilla trained with al-Qaeda and was convicted of conspiring to commit murder. His headline case drew national attention to the controversial treatment by the Bush administration of military prisoners and “enemy combatants.” Padilla’s single mother, Estela Ortega-Lebron, spoke last year about the toll taken by the three years her son was held [...]
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IN THE NEWS….Kenneth Cashwell and William Ellsworth “Max” Grumiaux got just three years’ probation and $1,000 for various and unclear actions with stolen Blackwater weapons. Both Cashwell and Grumiaux submitted plea bargains and are cooperating in ongoing Blackwater investigations, although only the judge heard more of those stories….( New Bern Sun Journal, [...]
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IN THE NEWS….Jamie Leigh Jones is suing her former employers Halliburton/KBR, alleging that she was gang-raped by fellow employees in Iraq, denied follow-up medical care, and that investigations into her claims have been repeatedly thwarted by the State and Justice Departments. At least three other women have come forward with stories similar to Jones’. The [...]
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IN THE NEWS….Hear from more than 137 prisoners exonerated by DNA evidence and released into private life. Compelling coverage at the New York Times…..
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FIRST-PERSON….I was visiting a friend about 2:00 in the morning. I parked my car and three men approached me. They said something I didn’t understand. I thought they were asking me to buy drugs. Then they said something louder to me, we want your wallet. I turned around and they were right behind me, [...]
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FIRST-PERSON….I’m African-American. I come from a family that’s educated—we work hard and we never really blame society for anything. We do what we need to do and live quiet lives. But being a black male, I’m telling you, the police are just completely biased. It doesn’t matter if they’re black or white. I [...]
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FIRST-PERSON….After spending a year in Vietnam and a couple of years on the LAPD and being confronted with some difficult situations, life-threatening situations, this is pretty much a walk in the park. It’s easy, and it’s challenging, and it’s rewarding also. 98% of serving process is uneventful. But then again, there [...]
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FIRST-PERSON….The drinking started before we were even married. This was in the 80s. Tim had a couple of DWIs. One day they said, we want to put you in a program. He had to go in a residential program for three months. It was the only thing that worked. Tim got out in February of [...]
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