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Two justice systems, one for the rich, one for the rest of us?
Another cliché I wish could be laid to rest (I’d say “killed,” but I am adamantly opposed to the death penalty). I’m highly sensitive to the gross injustices of wrongful convictions and imprisonments thanks to the Innocence Project, on the … Continue reading
Posted in Capitalism, Crime & Punishment, Law, suits and order, Racism, The Facts of Life, The filthy rich, Trumpism
Tagged Allan Stanford, Bernie Madoff, Charles Ponzi, Dennis Kozlowski, Donald Trump, Elizabeth Holmes, Harry Helmsley, Harvey Weinstein, Jack Abramoff, Kenneth Law, Leona Helmsley, Martin Shkreli, Michael Milkin, Rupert Murdoch, Sam Bankman-Fried, The Innocence Project, tikkun olam, Wikipedia
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I go out shopping and what does the jury do?
Wham. They deliberated and decided while I was shopping! Didn’t wait for me to get home. And decided in favor of E. Jean Carroll in her defamation damages lawsuit against Trump. For continual defamation. Guy can’t shut up. The number … Continue reading
Posted in Crime & Punishment, Good Things Happening, Indicting Trump, Judiciary, Law, suits and order, Lawyers, political campaigns, Politics, The Facts of Life, The filthy rich, Trumpism
Tagged damages for defamation, defamation, E. Jean Carroll, Trump
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Mysteries of Life: Harper’s Findings
In Harper’s August hard copy, I found a number of odd facts which made me stop and wonder. I have thoughts. ξ A plume of water six thousand miles long is escaping the sixth largest moon of Saturn. Water in … Continue reading
Posted in Animal news, Corruption, Crime & Punishment, Guns in the U.S. of A., Mysteries of Life, Politics, Racism, The Facts of Life, The filthy rich, War on women
Tagged Ars Technica, Boss Tweed, Central Park dinosaurs, ethnoracial discrimination, Harper's, Harper's Findings, Henry Hilton, Laucala, Ludlow Street prison, Malcolm Forbes, Michael Benton, plume of water in space, Saturn's moon, swollen amygdalas, Tammany Hall, Victoria Coules
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