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Again, he who owns is responsible….

…target: banks who abandon properties and who leave behind a glut of empty, dilapidated houses that draw crime, cut tax revenue and depress nearby property values in a market already…

Flamer

…are not trolls. Short Term Versus Long Term: this is a particular case of the Excluded Middle. For example, “We must deal with crime on the streets before improving the…

Fair hearings of any kind are due

…in November 2001, more than six years ago, and the lack of progress is obvious. Only one war-crime case has been completed. It is time for the political appointees who…

Illegal alien or Economic refugee

…of crime in the United States is not ’caused’ or even aggravated by immigrants, regardless of their legal status. This is hardly surprising since immigrants come to the United States…

Slow arm of the law

…In any case, military lawyers have yet to determine how to put the new language into effect. Among the questions they are wrestling with are these: What categories of crimes

Slavery in my backyard and a thousand points of light

…still exists in the United States, let alone the rest of the world. Unlike the state-sanctioned, race-based crime of the past, modern-day slavery is largely an illegal, global phenomenon, fueled…

Pinochio becomes a real boy?

…state to prosecute a corporation or partnership (an “organization” for short) for the crime of manslaughter if the organization causes the death of a person as the result of its…

Never thought I’ld make it to the aristocrat class

…prosecuted for a crime against an Iraqi. In some cases, where contractors were alleged to have been involved in crimes or deadly incidents, their companies whisked them out of Iraq…

Is Fitzmas Over?

…briefed on it said Luskin discussed new information that gave Fitzgerald “pause.” That evening, Fitzgerald’s investigative team called Adam Levine, a member of the White House communications team at the…