Judicial

America's Judicial System 'Antagonistic' - OhmyNews International

Posted by Villagenyc from OhMyNews

According to blaring tabloid headlines, five Black and Latino teenage boys had been accused of gang raping Meili and then beating her head and body to a bloody pulp with a rock. Allegedly, the teenagers had engaged in marauding behavior called "wilding" during the hours before the attack her. Police revealed videotaped confessions that captured the young men offering details of the crime during an interrogation session at a police station in the park.

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The Gay Marriage Race: Which State Will Be Next? :: EDGE Boston

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excerpt from PART ONE OF THIS ANALYSIS PIECE AT EDGE PUBLICATIONS

Whither California, the nation? That's the question LGBT activists and just-plain folks across the country are asking. Will legalizing marriage in the California Republic set off a wave of such actions across the country? Judging from what happened in New York, it may already have. EDGE analyzes the move toward (and away from) gay marriage state by state and handicaps the race to be next in line to the altar.

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Crossing the bar in South Carolina…

Posted by Beatleboy from Scholarsandrogues

Politicos in South Carolina seem to have gotten bar exam results changed so that their daughters could pass.

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Push for BAE judicial inquiry

Posted by SoxFirst

Anti-arms groups are moving to have the Blair Government decision to drop its probe into BAE's dubious dealings with Saudi Arabia reviewed. They have appointed a top flight legal team on to the case. Also, there are parallel proceedings from the discovery that BAE had obtained an email containing the groups' privileged legal advice.

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