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...bombings continues, a conversation is taking place on streets and in cafés, mosques and church halls, playgrounds and council chambers. Its purpose: to try to fathom why Kaki and three other apparently happy, home-loving men turned to slaughter. The outcome of that debate will help shape how the whole of Britain copes with its future. The conversation has a special urgency among British Muslims. Many feel implicated in the attacks carried out ostensibly in the name of their religion. Yet there is also anger - anger at the ignorance of some who view all Muslims as potential terrorists...
...peer-court concept dates back to 1947 in Mansfield, Ohio, where kids handled neighborhood trials for young bicycle snatchers. The modern youth court started to take shape in the early 1970s, when a few cities experimented with a more formal kind of peer justice. In recent years, the movement has gained momentum, cheered on by police departments and local governments eager for justice that works and does so cost effectively. An entire youth-court trial typically takes less than an hour, including deliberations. Nationally, the program's average cost per case is about $480, according to an American Youth Policy...
...They took it out because they knew that if the reference had appeared, I would have sued them, I would have owned the University of California Press, and the First Amendment would have been in fine shape,” said Dershowitz, who is a well known defender of the First Amendment. “If they say that I either didn’t write the book or that I plagiarized it, I will sue them...
...unrest, simmering corruption charges and worsening economic problems. Although she says "faith and trust in divine providence" are what keeps her going during difficult times, that's not enough to save the nation. She has to maintain the integrity of her office. President Arroyo and her family have to shape up or she may have to tread the same path as her disgraced predecessor. Jingo Badillo Manila...
...didn't take long before O'Connor began confounding ideologues on the left and the right and bringing her considerable intellect to bear on the questions before her. She didn't just cast the final verdict--she helped shape important new law. For instance, it was O'Connor as much as Rehnquist, says University of Virginia law professor A.E. Dick Howard, who revived the doctrine of states' rights. The current court has knocked down more federal laws and upheld state sovereignty more often than any other in history, invalidating among other statutes a law that banned guns in school zones...