The law goes a step too far:
As part of a Government drive to curb anti-social behaviour, police have been granted new powers to ban troublesome drinkers from town centres.
Officers in England and Wales are able to issue "directions to leave" to people they believe will cause alcohol-related crime or disorder.
Just think, if we'd tried a little kindness and been more polite, maybe those nasty inmates from Arizona wouldn't have rioted in our prison:
Prison wardens have been urged to show respect to inmates by knocking on cell doors before going in.
The advice was included in an inspection report from Anne Owers, the chief inspector of prisons.
Lot of history here:
After 35 years in prison, Arthur H. Bremer, the man who attempted to assassinate Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace during his 1972 presidential campaign, is scheduled to walk out of the Maryland Correctional Institute at Hagerstown in December.
It's a dangerous world out there. Even a drawing can be threatening, at least to people who take "zero tolerance" to mean "no thinking":
MESA, Ariz. - School officials suspended a 13-year-old boy for sketching what looked like a gun, saying the action posed a threat to his classmates.
The boy's parents said the drawing was a harmless doodle and school officials overreacted.
This is a compelling story, if you have a few minutes to read the whole thing. It pits a possibly mentally ill man and his reclusive mother against teenagers out for a relatively tame (especially in this day and age) night of fun, and things go horribly wrong:
The Journal Gazette tells Matt Kelty that he should do "what is best for voters":
Kelty also deserves a strong defense, and that means one that is well prepared. Yet, from all appearances, the issues are straightforward, and Kelty has arguably the best criminal defense attorney in northeast Indiana representing him.
ABC's "20/20" doing an investigative piece about NBC's "Dateline" -- now, that's funny:
"Dateline NBC" denied Wednesday an Esquire article's claim that its "To Catch a Predator" producers tried to manipulate Texas police officers into arresting a D.A. who killed himself when confronted by police at his home last year.
Well, this is one of the creepiest things I've read lately:
ATLANTA - The future of pro wrestler Chris Benoit's millions could come down to the timing of a horrible crime: Did Benoit — having taken high doses of steroids — strangle his wife and then their young son before killing himself, or did the boy die first?
What can I say that I haven't already said?
Smokers have already been banned from New York bars and restaurants, and soon they could be prohibited from lighting up in cars carrying minors, an idea giving added fuel to critics who say the city has become a nanny state.
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I'm not assuming Matt Kelty's guilt in bringing this up, but it's something I haven't seen discussed yet. Has anybody considered the possibility of a plea bargain in which Kelty pleads guilty to misdemeanors? That's an idea the candidate might not want to entertain if he's absolutely certain he did nothing wrong. But it would be the least complicated way to ensure the mayoral election still goes on with the two candidates the primary voters preferred.
