Whether Threats are Real or Idle, it's Against the Law

Now that the people of the United States of America, composed of all races, colors and demographics, have elected the first African American to serve as President of the United States, a possibly torturous road...

Fat boy executed

Good riddens"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- An Ohio death row inmate was executed Tuesday after the Supreme Court rejected his last-minute plea that he was too overweight to be put to death. ...

Supreme Court rejects inmate's too-fat-to-execute appeal

Oy Vey!, please someone, hand me a gun, I'll make his execution nice and painless. You have to have your brains in tact to feel pain, a 50 cent bullet will take care of that. Would he like some cheese with his whine?"COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected...

MPs to vote on smacking ban in UK

The UK parliament is today to consider a measure to ban hitting children as punishment. The bill would give children the same protection against physical assault as adults, eliminating the defense for parents of "reasonable punishment," which allows physical assault against...

Baby killer allowed to stay in Canada: Judge orders new hearing for deportation

Barry Artiste Op/Ed Wow, What a Bargain, Who knew a Baby's life was only worth 50 months in jail? This Murderer got a slap on the wrist for this horrific crime for the brutal killing of his newborn son of 6 months....

Parkinson drugs turned headmaster into paedophile

A headmaster with thousands of indecent pictures of children on his computer has been aquited after a judge ruled that the drugs he was taking to combat Parkinson's disease turned him into a paedophile."A former headmaster who amassed thousands of indecent images of children...

Any last requests? Yes, says death row inmate. Turn me into fish food

Texas death-row inmate Gene Hathorn's final request is one for the record books.  Easily one of the strangest final request ever made, Hathorn has asked that his post-execution body be turned into fish...

Sanjeev Nanda Gets for BMW Hit and Run Crime

New Delhi(ABC Live): Delhi’s Patiala House Court on Friday pronounced the quantum of punishment for Sanjeev Nanda, the prime accused in the BMW hit-and-run case, sentencing him to five years in jail

Elderly Chinese Women Sentenced to Labor Re-Education

I got a tip from my friend John E. Carey today pointing me to this story about China and its glowing human rights record."Two elderly women were sentenced to a year of "re-education through labor" after they applied for permits to demonstrate during the Olympics, according to...

Corporal punishment rife in U.S. schools, report shows

I was shocked to learn from this report that 21 US states still allow teachers in public schools to hit students! It's also amazing to see who is getting hit. The report concludes that in the states which still allow corporal punishment, which are mostly in the South, blacks...

Laypeople to decide death penalty in Japan

Starting next May, jury duty in Japan will become an even heavier responsibility, as the country's new "lay-judge" program will sometimes empower ordinary citizens to deliver death sentences.The ethics of the death penalty aside, I find it fascinating--and terrible,...

Nigerian advises against 86 wives

Mohammed Bello Abubakar, 84 years old, a charismatic man, manage him self to marry more than 4 woman. Some of Mr. Bello wives are younger than some of his children. " The former teacher and Muslim preacher, who lives...

Asperger Families Who Believe in Punishment for Correction

i remember having my mouth forcibly "washed out with a soap bar" by my mother. i mean FORCIBLY. In the crevices of my teeth, lips bleeding. No memory of anything else. Just that.i remember having my bottom whipped by my mother with a leather belt for touching (TOUCHING, not...

Top cop jailed for child porn

"A FORMER federal policeman has been jailed for five months on child pornography charges by a magistrate who said a ruined career and community ridicule were not punishment enough. Michael Edward Hatch, 38,...

Boy Suffocated During School Punishment

i don't normally post articles from elsewhere but this was too much for me NOT to post it. It might be old news to you, but this belongs in my list of contributions one way or another because this is a crime...

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