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Safah is part of a seldom-discussed aspect of the epidemic of kidnappings in Iraq: sex trafficking. No one knows how many young women have been kidnapped and sold since the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003. The Organization for Women's Freedom in Iraq, based in Baghdad, estimates from...
This week's sweeping guilty verdict in the federal corruption case against former Illinois Governor George Ryan seemed sure to seal the gruff Republican's legacy as yet another in a long line of crooked Illinois politicians. But Ryan?s other major legacy - the moratorium he placed on executions in...
Illinois certainly has tried to do just that. Shortly after Ryan granted clemency to some and commuted all other death sentences to life in prison, the state launched a major study and overhaul of the system. At the time, about thirteen inmates on Death Row had been found innocent and...
While the Senate prepares to return to the thorny issue of immigration reform next week, states are fast becoming a major battleground over the divisive issue. Earlier this week, just as Arizona's Democratic Governor Janet Napolitano vetoed a bill that would have increased criminal penalties and arrest powers over...
In the midst of all this legislative wrangling, an obvious point is often neglected: the law is not untouchable, a fragile house in which we dare not play. We are often reminded that judges are the ones who must strictly interpret the law, but legislatures can change it. House Republicans...