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...prisoners with no legal representation in these hearings. Given that these hearings can touch on controversial issues such as civil rights violations and assault charges, and considering the dubious nature of the policy change, it is possible that the DOC is using this new policy to silence prisoners and weaken their ability to assert their legal rights. While we can only hope this is not the case, no reasonable motivation for making the change at this time has been presented. In a fair and just society, inmates would always be able to receive counsel about their rights as prisoners. Whether...
Those converging on the streets of Miami contend that the FTAA would in reality increase poverty rates, discard laws protecting the environment and public safety, and weaken democracy and local cultures. They add that the plan would shed U.S. jobs and hurt farmers...
Length of time over which the inmates urinated repeatedly on the window bars in their cells in order to weaken them to the point they could be pried open: 259,200 Minutes...
...women’s studies—which focuses primarily on feminist theory and women’s history, and the study of gender and sexuality. While the prospect of increased future funding seems attractive, at present, the committee has limited resources, and any further burdens upon it would weaken both programs—undermining their effectiveness as well as their academic goals. Both these fields are equally, and independently, relevant. While they undeniably feature areas of overlap, each area deserves to be treated and supported with full committee status in the University...
...word of the New Testament over the word of university professors. If Gibson chooses to elaborate the story with non-scriptural scenes that dramatize and heighten the Jews’ responsibility for Jesus’ death, we may criticize this decision, and we may rightly say that such additions weaken Gibson’s claim to “historical accuracy,” but they do not, in and of themselves, make the movie or Gibson anti-Jewish...