Word: arresters
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...rescued Rohingya in India and Indonesia are likely to be "repatriated" to Bangladesh - a return to Burma would spell arrest and far worse. The Rohingya's lot in Burma is dire, says Sean Garcia, a consultant for the Washington-based Refugees International. "They are not allowed to survive," he says. Denied state documents, the Rohingya have to apply for permission to move from village to village, to repair a mosque, even to get married. Rohingya frequently fall victim to forced-labor drives by the military. The Burmese government, say Rohingya rights-groups, sees them as interlopers in the predominantly Buddhist...
...increase in prison populations. In 12 years, the prison population with drug convictions leapt from 6% in 1979 to 25% in 1991 at the state level and from 25% to 56% at the federal level and these numbers continue to grow. In addition, the courts have become increasing punitive. Arrest rates increased, and defendants are convicted at higher rates for longer sentences. Mass incarceration expanded the net of criminality to include drug offenses and public order offending, such as loitering and drinking in public. It catches more people and punishes more of them more harshly, by adding drug charges, mandatory...
Becker, Gary • belief of that Internet correspondent was teenage girl leads to sex sting arrest...
...pick for the state's vacant seat, announcing that Burris had resolved a paperwork snafu and, barring GOP objections, would be sworn in within days. Senate leaders had attempted to dissuade the governor from naming a new junior Senator, arguing that any appointee would be tainted by Blagojevich's arrest on charges that he conspired to sell or trade the seat for personal gain. Burris, who replaces Obama as the body's lone African-American member, has declined to say whether he plans to run for a full term...
...think the judge decided to allow Madoff to remain out on bail? Because the conditions already imposed on Madoff are quite stringent. He is on a 24-hour house arrest with an electronic bracelet and round-the-clock monitoring of his building by a security firm. That's as strict as you can get without detention. Also, the terms of the bail in the civil case, not the criminal case, prohibited Madoff from moving assets. Monday's bail hearing pertained to the criminal case...