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      Gag orders in a Facebook age

      Posted by Shemuses from Toronto Star

      For 24 hours, newspapers, TV and radio stations were legally forbidden to release Stefanie Rengel's name, but on the Internet tributes to the slain teen – and the names of her accused killers – sprang up almost immediately, including on the social networking site Facebook.

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    • West Virginia Torture Case a Legal Circus

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      What started out as one of the most horrendous racial rape/torture cases in recent memory, has now devolved into a legal circus, as the prosecutor in charge of the Megan Williams case, and the West Virginia State Attorney General, are engaged in a very public power struggle not only over the issue of whether hate crime charges should be leveled, but which office will actually try the case if it ever goes to trial.

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      Mountie to be disciplined for using Taser on double-parked senior

      Posted by Shemuses from CBC

      An RCMP officer in Kelowna, B.C., will be disciplined for using a Taser stun gun on a 68-year-old stroke victim over a parking violation. Supt. Bill McKinnon said the incident grew out of a simple traffic stop that escalated when John Peters drove away. John Peters, 68, says he raised his arm to try to protect himself before an RCMP officer shot him with a Taser gun.John Peters, 68, says he raised his arm to try to protect himself before an RCMP officer shot him with a Taser gun.

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    daveuser87843 comments on:

    Gag orders in a Facebook age

    hmm

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    11:14 pm 1/10/08
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    Jeff comments on:

    Cheney gets violent reception in Sydney

    Obama’s comments on Australia’s prime minister were hilarious. I doubt Cheney will absorb much feedback. He’s not that kind of guy.

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    7:29 pm 2/22/07
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    Shemuses

    Member since Aug 2008

    Jodie lives, plays, and blogs in Vancouver, BC. Her day job at ONE/Northwest puts her talents to work supporting social change strategies for greening our world.

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    Villagenyc

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