Tag: "Crime and Punishment"
Texas Executes Brutal Rapist and Killer over World Court Objections
Good for Texas. DALLAS (Reuters) – Texas defied the World Court and executed a Mexican national by lethal injection on Tuesday over the objections of the international judicial body and neighboring Mexico. The World Court has no business intervening in this case. Jose Medellin, along with other members of his gang, raped, tortured, and murdered [...]
Also, Water is Wet and Geese Migrate.
I think this has to be the laest surprising headline I’ve ever seen: John Gotti Jr. held on murder conspiracy charges The aphorism about the apple and the tree applies here. Also not surprising is that he’s managed to run off three mistrials in a row in other cases, so don’t be terribly shocked if [...]
Sure, You’re Really Sorry, But Can You Give Them Their Reputation Back?
This seems to me an inadequate apology. “To the extent that this office has added to the distress suffered by the Ramsey family at any time or to any degree, I offer my deepest apology.” That was the Boulder County (CO) District Attorney to the parents of Jon Benet Ramsey after a DNA test found [...]
Did the Left Kill Lance Cpl. Crutchfield?
This story just crushes me. On leave from the violence he had survived in the war in Iraq, a young Marine was so wary of crime on the streets of his own home town that he carried only $8 to avoid becoming a robbery target. Despite his caution, Lance Cpl. Robert Crutchfield, 21, was shot [...]
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