Tag Archives: Law and Rights

Our judicial system is a delicate balancing act between the rights of the defendant (with an eye toward protecting the innocent accused), the victim (justice), and society as a whole (sequestering and/or rehabilitating the dangerous, letting it be known that breaking the law is unacceptable). The media takes it upon …

They have been selling seeds. Nothing more.

Smooth R&B star Gerald Levert — ex lead singer of the group Levert, son of O’Jays leader Eddie Levert, and former Tri-C spokesman — apologized in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court on Wednesday and admitted to charges of assault and attempted obstruction of official business when he pleaded guilty to …

As a result of investigations by New York state Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, Sony BMG Music Entertainment agreed Monday to pay $10 million and stop bribing radio stations to feature its artists. Spitzer called payola — illegal payoffs for airplay designed to manipulate record charts, generate consumer interest in records …

A 27 year-old Islamist radical of joint Dutch-Moroccan nationality, Mohammed Bouyeri, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole today for committing a terrorist act by murdering Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh last November. He was also convicted of the attempted murder of several police officers and …

Opponents of the death penalty may have finally found their “smoking gun” – a case in which an innocent person may have been executed. Many people have been exonerated while on death row, but the United States has never had a case in which an executed person was later proven …

These brave men and women who fought and died...are largely ignored by the histories of our countries.

Isn’t there enough pain...without us denying succour to those most in need?

“A boon for all mankind” have become five of the most dangerous words..."

...now when someone says he or she is a reformer, you can’t be sure what is meant.