We can't have 50 different immigration policies but neither can we turn a blind eye to things.
That's it exactly, Lilo. The AZ law invites racial profiling--police aren't going to demand proof of citizenship from my wife or me in a traffic stop--but they will check my neighbor because he's of Mexican background and has a Spanish name. On the other hand, illegal immigration is a serious problem here in AZ, and the Feds have simply dropped the ball.
Ntra la porta tua lu sangu � sparsu, E nun me mporta si ce muoru accisu... E s'iddu muoru e vaju mparadisu Si nun ce truovo a ttia, mancu ce trasu.
(CNN) -- The Justice Department announced Friday that it is expanding a decades-old definition of rape that it has used in compiling its annual crime statistics.
Now, any kind of nonconsensual penetration, no matter the gender of the attacker or victim, will constitute rape -- meaning that for the first time, attacks on men will be counted.
The crime of rape will be defined as "penetration, no matter how slight, of the vagina or anus with any body part or object, or oral penetration by a sex organ of another person, without the consent of the victim," a Justice Department statement said.
"Generosity. That was my first mistake." "Experience must be our only guide; reason may mislead us." "Instagram is Twitter for people who can't read."
Last year, AZ voters approved medical marijuana. Licenses have been issued to individuals to possess or grow medical marijuana--but no dispensaries have been licensed yet. Reason: Justice Dept. has reiterated that marijuana is an illegal drug. So, AZ Governor Jan Brewer, who opposed the medical marijuana referendum, filed a suit in federal court, asking for a ruling on whether AZ officials who grant licenses to dispensaries will be considered accessories to a federal crime. Judge dismissed her case, but she has 60 days to appeal.
Ntra la porta tua lu sangu � sparsu, E nun me mporta si ce muoru accisu... E s'iddu muoru e vaju mparadisu Si nun ce truovo a ttia, mancu ce trasu.
So, AZ Governor Jan Brewer, who opposed the medical marijuana referendum, filed a suit in federal court, asking for a ruling on whether AZ officials who grant licenses to dispensaries will be considered accessories to a federal crime. Judge dismissed her case, but she has 60 days to appeal.
That fucking little [BadWord] you call a governor won't be happy until she can call SOMETHING illegal..... she's had little luck with illegal aliens so she's going after "drugs" now.
Move, TB, before you get poisoned by those inbred yahoo cowboys living in too much sunshine and WWII era nuclear waste contamination.
Well, I don't know what the federal general accessory statute says, but it's a good question. Too bad the case was dismissed. Of course, It's at least ironic that on one hand Brewer supported her state's illegal immigration statute because the federal government wasn't doing its job. However, she now supports her state's marijuana law despite the fact that the federal government is doing its job.
"Generosity. That was my first mistake." "Experience must be our only guide; reason may mislead us." "Instagram is Twitter for people who can't read."
Aside from hr political views, a couple times I've seen Brewer she seems a little spacy. Seriously, the way she seems to lose her train of thought and that blank stare makes me wonder if she has alzheimers or something. I remember Reagan toward the end seemed kind of the same (although he was much older) and we all thought it was old age. I guess it's just her way or somebody would have said something. She just doesn't seem all there some of the time.
I know that's a great opening for jokes.
TIS
"Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind. War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today." JFK
Aside from hr political views, a couple times I've seen Brewer she seems a little spacy. Seriously, the way she seems to lose her train of thought and that blank stare makes me wonder if she has alzheimers or something. I remember Reagan toward the end seemed kind of the same (although he was much older) and we all thought it was old age. I guess it's just her way or somebody would have said something. She just doesn't seem all there some of the time.
"Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind. War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today." JFK
In a decision that Muslim legal advocates celebrated as a major win, a federal appeals court on Tuesday agreed with a lower court that blocked an Oklahoma law that would have barred state courts from considering or using Sharia law — the Islamic code of conduct.
The law would likely dampen similar legislation proposed in at least 20 U.S. states over the last couple of years, said Noah Feldman, professor of law at Harvard University.
For the first time in 45 years, homicide dropped out of the top 15 causes of death in the United States in 2010, according to a new government analysis of mortality trends.
Crime rates have been falling for decades, fueled by a range of social, demographic and law enforcement factors, but the just-released death figures from the National Center for Health Statistics underscore the decline.
"Generosity. That was my first mistake." "Experience must be our only guide; reason may mislead us." "Instagram is Twitter for people who can't read."
For the first time in 45 years, homicide dropped out of the top 15 causes of death in the United States in 2010, according to a new government analysis of mortality trends.
Crime rates have been falling for decades, fueled by a range of social, demographic and law enforcement factors, but the just-released death figures from the National Center for Health Statistics underscore the decline.
Ya Right, It's because everyone is dieing from heartattacks, stress , smoking to much, killen themselves one way or another . This Govt. analysis shit, hell these fucken idiots can't make a decision when ta take out the fucken trash let alone what else is happenin !
Re: Crime & Justice
[Re: Frosty]
#630465 01/19/1207:32 AM01/19/1207:32 AM
Yesterday, Maksim Gelman, the psycho Russian who, in February 2011, murdered four people here in Brooklyn just a few blocks from where I live, was sentenced to 200 years in prison. Defiant, even in the courtroom, he said that what happened wasn't his fault (!).
By Pete Yost updated 1 hour 1 minute ago 2012-01-23T15:58:32 WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court says police must get a search warrant before using GPS technology to track criminal suspects.
The court ruled in the case of Washington, D.C., nightclub owner Antoine Jones. A federal appeals court in Washington overturned his drug conspiracy conviction because police did not have a warrant when they installed a GPS device on his vehicle and then tracked his movements for a month.
"Generosity. That was my first mistake." "Experience must be our only guide; reason may mislead us." "Instagram is Twitter for people who can't read."
Re: Crime & Justice
[Re: olivant]
#631293 01/24/1212:39 AM01/24/1212:39 AM
Here in AZ a lawyer with a client on death row is arguing that the lethal injection process in the state must be suspended because the only qualified doctor dispensing them quit--"had enough"--leaving just one person who's a prison guard with no medical training and an arrest record for DUI and public intoxication. The Death Row inmate in question was given "compassionate leave" from prison to visit his ailing foster mother--whom he promptly murdered and dismembered.
Ntra la porta tua lu sangu � sparsu, E nun me mporta si ce muoru accisu... E s'iddu muoru e vaju mparadisu Si nun ce truovo a ttia, mancu ce trasu.
Here in AZ a lawyer with a client on death row is arguing that the lethal injection process in the state must be suspended because the only qualified doctor dispensing them quit--"had enough"--leaving just one person who's a prison guard with no medical training and an arrest record for DUI and public intoxication. The Death Row inmate in question was given "compassionate leave" from prison to visit his ailing foster mother--whom he promptly murdered and dismembered.
You mean a death row inmate was given unescorted leave?
"Generosity. That was my first mistake." "Experience must be our only guide; reason may mislead us." "Instagram is Twitter for people who can't read."
No, I misspoke. The lawyer filed the brief on behalf of his client, who's on death row, and the other guy, who wasn't on death row before he killed his foster mother.
Ntra la porta tua lu sangu � sparsu, E nun me mporta si ce muoru accisu... E s'iddu muoru e vaju mparadisu Si nun ce truovo a ttia, mancu ce trasu.
SCOTUS rendered two opinions this week that I think are quite interesting. They are interesting not because of their content, but because they were both unanimous decisions. One decision requires law enforcement to get a warrant before utilizing GPS to track a suspect. The other decision affirmed the primacy of federal law over state law.
Now, the subjects of those two rulings are hot buttons with conservatives. But, having hugely conservative justices like Scalia, Roberts, and Alito sign onto them is almost startling.
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"Generosity. That was my first mistake." "Experience must be our only guide; reason may mislead us." "Instagram is Twitter for people who can't read."
Well, Oli, it's the old question of how you define a "liberal" or "conservative" SCOTUS decision. Hugo Black, considered one of the most "liberal" Justices, always said he was a "strict constructionist--I believe in everything that was written in the Constitution."
Ntra la porta tua lu sangu � sparsu, E nun me mporta si ce muoru accisu... E s'iddu muoru e vaju mparadisu Si nun ce truovo a ttia, mancu ce trasu.
Re: Crime & Justice
[Re: olivant]
#631425 01/25/1212:00 AM01/25/1212:00 AM
SCOTUS rendered two opinions this week that I think are quite interesting. They are interesting not because of their content, but because they were both unanimous decisions. One decision requires law enforcement to get a warrant before utilizing GPS to track a suspect. The other decision affirmed the primacy of federal law over state law.
Now, the subjects of those two rulings are hot buttons with conservatives. But, having hugely conservative justices like Scalia, Roberts, and Alito sign onto them is almost startling.
Honestly I'm surprised they did especially on the GPS precident.
TB, what do you think about the prosecution of organized crime figures as terrorists? I wonder if there are provisions of the Patriot Act under which they could successfully be prosecuted or legitimately investigated. How much of a stretch would that be? Thus, they could be held indefinitly without usual due process.
"Generosity. That was my first mistake." "Experience must be our only guide; reason may mislead us." "Instagram is Twitter for people who can't read."
Detroit— A judge freed on $50,000 unsecured bond Wednesday an alleged leader of an international drug ring that is accused of peddling hundreds of kilograms of heroin, cocaine and marijuana.
Carlos Powell, who was arrested early Wednesday following a multi-year investigation, must wear a global-positioning device and adhere to a curfew. Powell, 37, declined comment after standing mute to charges in federal court that could send him to prison for life.
One of Powell's alleged associates, former state Rep. Ken Daniels, D-Detroit, also was freed on bond.
During the probe, the feds have seized more than $21 million in cash, 66 pounds of heroin, 12 kilograms of cocaine and 1,000 pounds of marijuana. The size, scope and profits of Powell's alleged drug ring would rank him among the most prolific drug dealers in recent Detroit history.
"This surpasses everybody," said Carl Taylor, a criminologist at Michigan State University who has studied drug trafficking in Detroit. "That's very scary. That's a lot of heroin and a tremendous amount of cash, particularly at this time."
Powell and 11 others were charged in an indictment unsealed Wednesday in federal court...
"When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies but the pack survives." Winter is Coming Now this is the Law of the Jungle—as old and as true as the sky; And the wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the wolf that shall break it must die. As the creeper that girdles the tree-trunk, the Law runneth forward and back; For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.
TB, what do you think about the prosecution of organized crime figures as terrorists? I wonder if there are provisions of the Patriot Act under which they could successfully be prosecuted or legitimately investigated. How much of a stretch would that be? Thus, they could be held indefinitly without usual due process.
Coincidence. I'm watching an episode of Law&Order which attempts to apply an anti-terrorism statute to a murder.
"Generosity. That was my first mistake." "Experience must be our only guide; reason may mislead us." "Instagram is Twitter for people who can't read."
You be the judge: 1. A cop shoots and kills his wife with his service revolver. Claims she attacked him with a kitchen knife. His knife wounds are found to be self inflicted. He gets 6 years in prison. 2. A man shoots a 14 year old boy twice. Boy lives. Man gets 8 years. 3. Husband and wife have an argument. Wife assaults husband with physical blows. Man defends himself, but grabs a piece of rope and subdues her by holding the rope against her throat. She passes out. He lets go. She revives. Husband gets 11 years. 4. Drunken wife runs down her husband with car as he waits for the bus and kills him. Wife gets 6 years.
Which punishment seems extreme? Which punishment seems too lenient.
These are real cases.
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Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, whoever humbles himself will be exalted - Matthew 23:12
#1 seems far too lenient. Not only did he murder his wife, but had the forethought (is that a word??) to fake self-defense. And for this he gets 6 years? Disgusting.
#1,#2, and #4 are disgusting acts that should have been over 30+ years. #3, should have been way less and the wife should have been in trouble as well. then again who knows, maybe there was more to the story.
I remember Reagan toward the end seemed kind of the same (although he was much older) and we all thought it was old age. I guess it's just her way or somebody would have said something. She just doesn't seem all there some of the time. 
