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Woolwich's DIY terror stars, trading liberty for five minutes of infamy | Conor Gearty

Even with 'mainstream' political violence, the message is often lost in the carnage. In Woolwich, the demands meant little Terrorism has always been driven by technology. Fenian dynamite terrified 19th-century Britain just as IRA semtex did a few generations ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Woolwich (United Kingdom), Terrorism, Conor Gearty

First reported 3 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 1 reports

China Institute

‘Asian Century’ raises own tough challenges

Editor's Note:There are predictions that the 21st century will be the "Asian Century." The Discussion Club, jointly organized by the China Institute of International Studies and the Center for Policy Studies in Uzbekistan, recently invited experts from ... [Published Global Times - 3 hours ago]

Entities: China, China Institute, Peter Nolan, India

First reported 11 hours ago - Updated 11 hours ago - 1 reports

Analyzing Strategies in Nonviolent Protest

In nonviolent protest, success or failure can depend on a variety of strategies that can determine the final outcome: whether or not the protesters are able to declare victory at the end of the day.One way that “victory” can be determined, is by planning ... [Published Salem-News.com - 11 hours ago]

Entities: protest, nonviolent, Protesters

First reported 12 hours ago - Updated 12 hours ago - 1 reports

Mental health panel discusses best practices and reform

Carson Capshaw-Mack/Winston-Salem Journal Winston-Salem JournalReform is necessary for behavioral health care, a panelist said Wednesday night during a forum on mental health at The Enrichment Center.“So many times we hear the word reform and we hear ... [Published Winston-Salem Journal - 12 hours ago]

Entities: David Swann, Health Care, Mental Health Association, nonviolent, Public Defender

First reported 14 hours ago - Updated 14 hours ago - 1 reports

Eric Holder

While Wall Street Walks, We The People Get Tased

The People are not, unfortunately, too big to jail What are We The People supposed to do when our government refuses to pursue justice ? Should we turn a blind eye when the United States Department of Justice essentially declares the big banks who ... [Published The Cassandra Files - 14 hours ago]

Entities: Wall Street, Eric Holder, Criminal, protest, prison

First reported 15 hours ago - Updated 15 hours ago - 1 reports

U.S. jail population increases after 3-year decline

The U.S. jail population increased after three straight years of decline, the Justice Departments Bureau of Justice Statistics announced today.The number of inmates confined in county and city jails increased 1.2 percent, from 735,601 at midyear 2011 ... [Published Rockford Register Star - 15 hours ago]

Entities: prison, United States, nonviolent

First reported 23 hours ago - Updated 18 hours ago - 1 reports

Tung Chee Hwa

The Chinese Are Coming! The Chinese Are Coming!

America may soon awake from its general slumber over nonviolent foreign relations to discover that a significant meeting is to take place in California in barely two weeks: the presidents of the U.S. and China in informal but serious talks on the future ... [Published Forbes.com - 23 hours ago]

Entities: China, United States, Tung Chee Hwa, Lawrence Lau, Walter Annenberg

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 2 reports

Obama is stingy with his pardons

Last week, Attorney General Eric Holder gave Washington a preview of how the last few months of the Obama administration are going to look, and they're going to be ugly.Holder knows ugly. He was, after all, deputy attorney general when President Bill ... [Published HeraldNet - May 22 2013]

Entities: Eric Holder, Barack Obama, Don Siegelman, Marc Rich, nonviolent

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 2 reports

To Offset Disaster Relief, Curb the Drug War (VIDEO)

U.S. Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) says federal aid to his home state after the tornado should be offset by spending cuts elsewhere. We’ll see how well the ideological integrity holds up if offsets aren’t quickly found, but nevertheless, the question of ... [Published Firedoglake - May 22 2013]

Entities: Drug War, Disaster, Criminal, Justice System

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Legislators Consider Adding Nursery To Niantic Women's…

Legislators are considering a bill that would create a nursery for infants and inmates of Niantic’s York Correctional Facility but the choice of where the nursery will be located is a difference of $4 million to $14 million.Four options are being considered, ... [Published Montville CT Patch - May 21 2013]

Entities: Child Benefits, nonviolent, Child Abuse, Domestic Violence

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

What Happens When Big Data and Scientific Approach Meet Criminal Justice?

ContactA Houston couple is giving an estimated $4 billion in the next few years to try to solve some of the nation’s social problems by the application of careful thought and statistical analysis – and the criminal justice system is one of their targ ... [Published JD Supra - May 21 2013]

Entities: Big Data, Criminal, Justice System

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Nonviolent activist tasered at DOJ while protesting for Wall Street prosecutions

Topics: Carmen Pittman ♦ jpmorgan chase ♦ wall streetLike Raw Story on FacebookA woman who became an activist after JPMorgan Chase foreclosed on her home in 2011 was shocked with a Taser and arrested while protesting outside the Department of Justice ... [Published Raw Story - May 21 2013]

Entities: nonviolent, Wall Street, protest, Eric Holder

Quotes

...This is the terrorist catch-22: "I hear what you are saying but I don't listen, because of how you caught my attention."

Woolwich's DIY terror stars, trading liberty for five minutes of infamy | Conor Gearty [Published Guardian.co.uk - 2 hours ago]

...think tank, said that since the legislation in Connecticut would impact anyone serving lengthy sentences, and not just those serving life, "That's more progressive. It looks like Connecticut took a step further."

Bill would give juvenile offenders a chance at parole [Published TheDay.com - 6 hours ago]

"We swam, played ball and milled around for 40 minutes or so" Mason wrote

Biloxi commemoration celebrates 50 years of beach desegregation [Published Sun Herald - 18 hours ago]

"I am calling for a moratorium on death penalty prosecutions," says Deaton. "During the past 20 years -- that is, the term of the incumbent Commonwealth's Attorney -- a number of capital murder charges have been brought against some people, almost all of them poor. Then the charge is often used as a bargaining chip to get the defendant to plead guilty to murder and accept a life sentence. This practice of using the threat of death to plea bargain is legal, and under current ethical standards, considered ethical. However, I find such a practice appalling. By engaging in this practice the prosecutor is tempting fate: what if their threat doesn't work and the case goes to a jury?"

David Swanson: Death Penalty Dying Out [Published Scoop - 19 hours ago]

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Mental health panel discusses best practices an... [Published Winston-Salem Journal - 12 hours ago]
While Wall Street Walks, We The People Get Tased [Published The Cassandra Files - 14 hours ago]
U.S. jail population increases after 3-year dec... [Published Rockford Register Star - 15 hours ago]
Biloxi commemoration celebrates 50 years of bea... [Published Sun Herald - 18 hours ago]
David Swanson: Death Penalty Dying Out [Published Scoop - 19 hours ago]
Civility replaces violence in ‘Last White Night’ [Published Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles - 19 hours ago]
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The Chinese Are Coming! The Chinese Are Coming! [Published Forbes.com - 23 hours ago]
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Musical Chairs Behind Bars [Published Santa Barbara Independent - May 22 2013]
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Speaking Event: Crossing the Line - Non-Violenc... [Published Global Exchange - May 22 2013]
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6th Circuit: Old Sentencing for Crack is 'Whack' [Published Findlaw Corporate Counsel - May 22 2013]
Drug court graduates on the road to sobriety [Published New Jersey Herald - May 22 2013]
Assignment: Ukiah - Come whiners, complainers, ... [Published Ukiah Daily Journal - May 22 2013]
Freedom of speech should be allowed at air show [Published Petoskey News - May 22 2013]
Obama is stingy with his pardons [Published HeraldNet - May 22 2013]
Obama Is Stingy With His Pardons [Published Talk Radio 860 AM WGUL - May 22 2013]
To Offset Disaster Relief, Curb the Drug War (V... [Published Firedoglake - May 22 2013]

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While Wall Street Walks, We The People Get Tased [Published The Cassandra Files - 14 hours ago] The People are not, unfortunately, too big to jail What are We The People supposed to do when our government refuses to pursue justice ? Should we turn a blind eye when the United States Department of Justice essentially declares the big banks who ...
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To Offset Disaster Relief, Curb the Drug War (V... [Published Firedoglake - May 22 2013] U.S. Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) says federal aid to his home state after the tornado should be offset by spending cuts elsewhere. We’ll see how well the ideological integrity holds up if offsets aren’t quickly found, but nevertheless, the question of ...
Nonviolent activist tasered at DOJ while protes... [Published Raw Story - May 21 2013] Topics: Carmen Pittman ♦ jpmorgan chase ♦ wall streetLike Raw Story on FacebookA woman who became an activist after JPMorgan Chase foreclosed on her home in 2011 was shocked with a Taser and arrested while protesting outside the Department of Justice ...
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