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Prosecuting homeless people for sleeping on the streets when there is no shelter available is a form of cruel and unusual punishment that violates the Constitution, a federal appeals court said this week. The case stems from two ordinances in Boise, Idaho, that make it a crime to sleep or camp in buildings, streets and other public places. Six homeless

SOURCE Opponents say the bill, rushed to the floor without a hearing, would dangerously expand what’s considered an “aggravated offense.” Republicans in the House passed a bill this morning that would reclassify dozens of federal crimes as “crimes of violence,” making them deportable offenses under immigration law. Criminal justice advocacy groups say the bill, rushed to the floor without a

Dear Friends, Tomorrow morning the House is scheduled to vote on H.R. 6691, the “Community Safety and Security Act of 2018.” This bill would rewrite the definition of a “crime of violence” in the federal code, resulting in nonviolent offenses being labeled as violent offenses. In addition to this expanded definition, the process to approve H.R. 6691 has been expedited,

A Pennsylvania Court ruled last week that a University Professor who was terminated after the discovery of a sexual offense 25 years in his past was fired unjustly and entitled to reinstatement and damages. in 1990, before the plaintiff became a Lock Haven University professor, he was convicted (as a 19 year old) of a sexual offense against a juvenile.

It was one of the funniest episodes of Sasha Baron Cohen’s Showtime Series, “Who is America”. Cohen, disguised as Israeli “Colonel Erran Morad”, interviews former Alabama Senate Candidate Roy Moore. During the interview he shows Moore a device purportedly used by the Israeli military to detect pedophiles. Whenever the device goes near Moore it goes off! The gag wasn’t so

A Derby, KS man is on a mission to block a former sex offender from attending church. According to the Derby Informer, Joshua Kippenberger, is trying to get a church parishioner banned from St. Mary Catholic Church in Derby, because he is on the sex offender registry. The church, which has arranged for the man to be chaperoned and sit in