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...charges brought against Valentine—somehow, a procedural violation (no headgear in the courtroom) became a real criminal charge (fighting with an officer). This charge was not only proven false by later investigation, but was totally unwarranted in the first place. Nor was Valentine’s sentence??a ten-day jail sentence and a mandate to remove her headscarf outside of the courtroom—appropriate. Asking a Muslim woman or an Orthodox Jewess to remove her headscarf in public is like asking her to disrobe or to expose herself. In an appalling misuse...
...with the Tennessee Democratic Party mired in scandal—the secretary of state had committed suicide and the previous majority leader had been elected while serving a prison sentence??Purcell barely won the position of House majority leader...
...social critique. Breaux portrays the important role of Raymond with remarkable ease, imbuing his alter ego with a slightly paranoid sensibility and anxious vulnerability that grounds his situation and the science-fiction component of the narrative in a believable reality. As Raymond reads what is essentially his own death-sentence??“Your soul has spontaneously combusted”—his reaction in all its heightened emotionality is disturbingly relatable, as it provokes viewers to question their own legitimacy as human beings. Likewise, Cutmore-Scott brings to his role of Mr. Hand a certain unsettling...
...more interesting than your own. Forget French Presidential elections (can you say “Ennuyeux!”); FM will tell you all you need to know to stay an informed citizen. Topping the headlines this week is news of party princess Paris Hilton’s prison sentence??23 days for violating her probation. The heiress will have to do hard time at the Century Regional Detention Center in Lynwood, Calif., starting June 5. Paris was arrested by the LAPD for speeding, driving without her headlights on, driving on a suspended license, and failing to register...
...found Kelleher not guilty of a lesser charge of “intimidation,” according to Middlesex D.A. spokeswoman Kathryn Norton. The case was heard as a “bench trial”—where the judge is the sole adjudicator of guilt and sentence??as opposed to a jury trial...