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11.26.2009 8:11 pm

Fear is in the hearts of justice-demanding Americans

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
 
Two separate stories in the Nov. 22 Post-Dispatch should cause great fear in the hearts of justice demanding Americans.
 
To go over the events of 9/11 is unnecessary and will cause nothing but the rending of hearts just beginning to mend.
 
Attorney General Holder,…
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11.23.2009 8:07 pm

President is taking a peculiar position

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The founding fathers had an inspiration for this the organization of this nation.  The infrastructure of government set up by these men had it so that there would be three branches overlapping in authority, but none the less having specific…

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05.21.2009 6:10 pm

Execution finished, justice served. Or is it?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
As Missourians settle back into another beautiful spring day, we will quickly forget that this week, in our name, the State of Missouri executed someone.  The arguments regarding the death penalty will ping pong back and forth until the next…
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01.16.2009 6:33 pm

Cost of denying employment to ex-offenders is great

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

I was pleased to see the article in the Tuesday, January 6th Post Dispatch entitled “Some cities look other way in hiring of former inmates.” The Center for Women in Transition, which is dedicated to assisting non-violent women offenders in…

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01.15.2009 5:46 pm

Are those in the mob also being prosecuted?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

I have a question concerning the case of Ahryal King who was sentenced to 10 years for the shooting which occured when a mob gathered outside his home. If there is indeed a video of the incident, are the teenagers…

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01.07.2009 4:57 pm

Williams’ sentence of 30 days is justice for whom?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

So Dr. Henry Williams, former Superintendant of Riverview Gardens, FINALLY showed up in court with some money and recieved his “shock” sentence. We all know justice is blind, but does it have to be stupid AND incompetent, too?

Obviously, this…

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08.13.2008 3:21 pm

State executions do real harm to each of us

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

When I read in the Post Dispatch that the Missouri Department of Corrections has scheduled the August 27th execution of a man in the name of the State of Missouri (that’s me),  I experienced a sharp pain in my stomach.

Executing…

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02.26.2008 8:48 am

Courts should put families’ rights ahead of offenders’ rights

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

In response to the most recent Post-Dispatch cover story on February 19, ‘Virtual Prison’, I am increasingly dumbfounded at the support the St. Louis Post and Missouri Supreme Court rulings defending the rights of sex offender’s versus families’ rights to…

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01.22.2008 9:54 am

St. Louis has forsaken the Sixth Amendment to save a buck

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

So much for the Sixth Amendment in the city of St. Louis. Why doesn’t the State pay the public defenders a competitive salary ? That is inexcusable. What has Blunt done about this sordid state of the state. May be a good…

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01.16.2008 4:10 pm

Equal treatment under the law (for the equally wealthy)

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

When actor Gary Collins goes to prison for drunk driving, he has the option of choosing the better, less crowded jail because he can afford to pay $85 per day (”Collins checks into jail to serve DUI sentence”, January 15…

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