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April 9th, 2023 - 12:54 pm § in Jews

What should society do about kids who wreak havoc?

In the Middle Ages fathers were allowed to kill their children, but modern society prohibits that practice. But the tradeoff is that modern society has a problem with out-of-control kids. A case in point: A 13-year-old crashed a stolen car while being chased by police on Saturday, April 8, 2023, in [...]

May 4th, 2016 - 9:58 am § in Israel/Palestine, Misc.

Israeli Justice

Abu Khdeir murderer sentenced to life plus 20 years in prison News: Yosef Ben-David, convicted of the murder of a Palestinian teenager, also ordered to pay compensation to Abu Khdeir family, and to another Palestinian… WWW.YNETNEWS.COM[...]

February 15th, 2016 - 1:18 pm § in Misc.

Cliven Bundy wants taxpayers to foot his legal bills

Cliven Bundy is the ultimate deadbeat. He owes the government over $1 million in unpaid grazing fees. Now that he’s behind bars for fomenting armed insurrection and threatening to kill law enforcement officers, he wants — you guessed it — the government he hates so much to provide [...]

January 5th, 2015 - 8:52 pm § in America

Lying cops and flawed legal system sent innocent teens to death row

In 1975, a white man was murdered on a Cleveland street corner by black robbers. Ricky Jackson, 18, and two friends, brothers Wiley and Ronnie Bridgeman, were convicted and sentenced to death. Ricky Jackson and Wiley Bridgeman ended up serving 39 years in prison; Ronnie Bridgeman was paroled in 2003[...]

December 18th, 2014 - 4:27 pm § in Misc.

How would you decide this case?

The defendant was driving in the left lane of a freeway. She spotted a family of ducklings on the highway, and being an animal lover, wanted to save them. To keep them from being run over by other cars, she stopped and parked her car in the travel lane. Two motorcyclists behind her, a father and [&[...]