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...basic foundational principles of our central banking system: Our economy hinges on the trust that we place in the Federal Reserve to look out for the best interests of the economy at large, independent of any political influence whatsoever. Through administrations that might be victim to political pressures of all types, the Federal Reserve does what is right for the stability of our economy, be it the case of former Chairman Paul Volcker’s raising of interest rates to historically high levels in order to cut inflation in the early 1980s, or Chairman Ben Bernanke...
James Bulger’s mother claims that, as a relative of the original victim, she has a right to know what offense Venables has committed, and, indeed, a typically transparent justice system would condone revealing the nature of the crime. Others claim that Venables’s rehabilitation clearly failed, so he no longer deserves the protection awarded by his veiled identity. However, Justice Secretary Jack Straw has refused to reveal the offense, for fear of revealing Venables’s identity and preventing the opportunity for a fair trial. The case is not typical of any justice system...
...fresh complaint” witnesses—often close friends of the victims who the victim confides in soon after the incident—can verify the consistency of the victim’s account and provide evidence of the victim’s emotional state shortly after the alleged assault, according to Perry Moriearty, who served as a fact-finder for the Ad Board on multiple occasions before becoming a law professor at the University of Minnesota...
Boes says that in her experience, the Ad Board often takes examples of the victim being able to carry out a task, such as sending a text message, as evidence that he or she was capable of providing consent...
Though Losick agrees that the presence of the alleged offender would likely intimidate the victim, he points to Yale University’s model, in which the accused is able to listen to the testimony of the accuser through headphones in a separate room...