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...They deserved some help. Like the overwhelming majority of American jurors in murder and abuse cases, the 14 Austin jurors had to face unspeakable horrors without the benefit of the psychological assistance afforded to both policemen and victims. Cave has turned to State Rep. Juan Garcia to sponsor a bill funding a jury counseling program in Texas state courts for those cases where graphic, disturbing evidence is often featured - homicide cases, sexual offenses, family-relations crimes such as child abuse. The bill, which would give additional funds to victims' assistance programs, is gaining support in the legislature. While victims' advocates...
Compared to the ghastly living conditions of so many Mumbaikers, the housing projects in Mattapan are akin to mini-Taj Mahal’s. Hyperbole perhaps, but the point I am trying to make is that it would be reasonable to anticipate that Mumbai’s murder rate would far exceed Boston?...
Mumbai’s mixture of extreme poverty and a lack of law enforcement should dictate this. Yet as of March 31, only 133 murders had been registered in all of Mumbai since New Years. This means that there has been one murder for roughly every 136,000 people this year, whereas Boston has had 16 murders in a city of under 600,000–roughly one murder for every 37,000 people. As hard as it is believe, you are over 3.5 times more likely to be murdered in the streets of Boston than in the slums...
...bereted neighborhood watch group the Guardian Angels to return to Boston—are short term fixes at best. They do nothing to alter a cultural predisposition towards violent gun culture. Once the funding for increased trooper numbers dries up and the Guardian Angels skip town, the murder rate will again spike...
Next week, Specialist Mario Lozano of the New York National Guard will be tried for murder in absentia in Italy. The charge: the killing of Nicola Calipari, an Italian intelligence officer, at a Baghdad checkpoint on March 4, 2005, where Lozano was stationed as a gunner. Calipari had been escorting Giuliana Sgrena, an Italian journalist just freed from kidnappers, taking her to the airport and onward to Italy...