Today, the city of Lubbock, Texas, dedicated a 13-foot tall bronze statue of a man who died in prison rather than confess to a crime he didn’t commit as a reminder to the community that justice is fallible. Tim Cole, who went to prison for a 1985 rape and died in 1997 at age 39 from […[...]
Posts Tagged ‘rule of law’
September 17th, 2014 - 5:08 pm § in Misc.
It’s time to honor Steve Titus with a memorial statue
I call on Pakistan .. Try YOUR Citizen under Shariya!
Now do you believe in capital punishment? “Omar Sheikh, a British-Pakistani, serving life imprisonment in Hyderabad prison, tried to hang himself with the exhaust of the prison cell late Friday,” AFP. According to the Pearl project at Georgetown, however, Sheikh was not the murderer [...]
December 18th, 2013 - 1:55 pm § in Misc.
The Art Of Getting Disbarred For Perjury
Disbarment is somewhat like suicide. If you’re a neurotic lawyer hell-bent on self-destruction, there are a couple of easy ways to get yourself thrown out of the bar, and a whole bunch of messy ways that aren’t guaranteed to get the job done. I won’t go into the details of how to m[...]
January 7th, 2013 - 12:49 pm § in Misc.
The Rule of Law in Israel
A New Peace Now victory against illegal outposts Peace Now stated: “The verdict ordered the evacuation of all structures that are on private Palestinian land within six months.” (included is Givat Assaf, pictured above) Read More > Related Article: Ha’aretz: “High Court g[...]
“Shared Governance” Chinese Style.
By Caixin Online staff reporter Ye Doudou 05.06.2011 Administrative Enforcement’s Uncertain Future A proposal to limit the special administrative enforcement powers enjoyed by government agencies is going nowhere A judicial arena in China called administrative enforcement lets a basic governme[...]