James Bailey Is a Liar. Is He a Murderer?
1. Ruth Robinson met James Bailey by accident. Robinson, a 39-year-old lawyer from Birmingham, Alabama, was trying to schedule a legal visit at Holman Correctional Facility with an inmate named Bailey....
View ArticleHow America Outlawed Adolescence
One Monday morning last fall, at Spring Valley High School in Columbia, South Carolina, a 16-year-old girl refused to hand over her cellphone to her algebra teacher. After multiple requests, the...
View ArticleRichland County search for 5-year-old girl continues
By Don Walker A day before key figures plan to meet in Madison to try to reach agreement on an arena financing plan, the president of the Milwaukee Bucks said a deal needed to be finalized in 10 days....
View ArticleAmber Alert issued for 9-year-old last seen in Green Bay
By of the Journal Sentinel Officials have issued an Amber Alert for a 9-year-old boy last seen in Green Bay Tuesday night. The child, Donovin Johnston, may be with his mother, Connie Smiley, 33,...
View Article92% of Foster Care, Poor Kids Prescribed Antipsychotics Get Them For...
Photo credit: Dai Sugano/ The San Jose Mercury News/Bay Area News Group The release in late March of an�alarming new report�by federal investigators has confirmed in shocking new detail what has been...
View Article“The Nail That Sticks Out Gets Hammered Down”
Summary “In the world there are some weird people,” my high school health teacher said to introduce the lesson. Then she said sex between boys was the main cause of AIDS so we should stay away from...
View ArticleDemonetisation, surgical strike, Jaya’s death made headlines in 2016
New Delhi: Demonetisation, attack on Indian Air Force Base in Pathankot, imposition of liquor ban in Bihar, fire in Puttingal temple in Kerala, the terrorist attack in Uri and Manipur activist Irom...
View Article“Call Me When He Tries to Kill You”
Map of Kyrgyzstan Summary Gulnara B. and her husband lived together for 15 years before he began brutally attacking her in 2003. One evening in 2012, he returned to their Bishkek home after a school...
View ArticleTeen sought in Racine shooting that wounded 52-year-old man
By of the Journal Sentinel Racine police are investigating an attempted homicide that left a 52-year-old man injured Sunday. Officials responded to a reported shooting in the 1100 block of Dr. Martin...
View ArticleUS: 17,000 students sexually assaulted by classmates in 4 years
Brunswick: Chaz Wing was 12 when they came after him. The classmates who tormented him were children, too, entering the age of pimples and cracking voices. Eventually, he swore under oath, the boys...
View ArticleHuman Rights Priorities for Somalia’s New Government
The creation of a new government in Somalia in March 2017 provides an important opportunity to address with international support many of the country's pressing human rights problems. Successive Somali...
View ArticleThe Harrowing Story of Life Inside Alabama's Most Sadistic Christian Bootcamp...
It was October 2011, and Captain Charles Kennedy, a veteran policeman, was in the main office at the Restoration Youth Academy (RYA), a Christian home for troubled teens in Prichard, Alabama, when he...
View ArticleBoxed In
Summary We all have to live in the borders of the boxes our dads or husbands draw for us. —Zahra, 25-year-old Saudi woman, April 7, 2016 It can mess with your head and the way you look at yourself. How...
View ArticleKick off Sunshine Week with a Celebration of FOIA Professionals (US...
(Source: US Department of Justice) Wednesday, February 11, 2015 "Did you ever get to see an elephant in the wild before they became extinct?" By John Cruden, Catherine Novelli and Dan Ashe "Did you...
View Article“Bound by Brotherhood”
Summary This is what I have to say about the wounds on the body of the said accused. Since he was a hard core criminal, he refused to give any information. It was essential to get that information from...
View Article“Did you ever get to see an elephant in the wild before they became extinct?”...
(Source: US Department of Justice) Wednesday, February 18, 2015 Pilot Programs Are Key to our Countering Violent Extremism Efforts Courtesy of the Attorney General The Department of Justice (DOJ),...
View ArticleAlabama baby’s death raises questions about child's criminal responsibility
Alabama is one of 30 states with no minimum age as case hinges on account of six-year-old who was also in eight-year-old’s care the night Kelci Lewis was killed...
View ArticleCelebrating Access Today: 25th Anniversary Year of the Americans with...
(Source: US Department of Justice) Building Trust Between Law Enforcement and the Communities they Serve and Protect Attorney General Eric Holder with Students and Police Officers on Building Community...
View ArticleAaron Johnson's Story as a Lifer in Alabama Prison Is Exhibit A in Why We ...
We have to rethink the cruelty of our incarceration system. Editor's Note: After three hung-jury mistrials, Aaron Lamont Johnson was convicted of murder and sentenced to life without parole for an...
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