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...live comfortably in prison, or live as an outcast outside of it—for up to 15 years under the current structure of the CORI, which seals felony offenders’ records 15 years after their release, and 10 years after release for misdemeanors. It is no wonder that, in a study conducted by the Federal Bureau of Justice, 67.5 percent of released prisoners are rearrested for a new crime within three years of release. The CORI effectively serves as a scarlet letter on job applications: inviting censure and exclusion, regardless of the offender’s contrition...
...denying these captives a fair trial, the U.S. government is only further antagonizing many people—each of these extraordinary renditions may result in thousands of people turning against the U.S. If one of the reasons behind terrorist attacks against the U.S. is anti-American sentiment, one must wonder why such an antagonizing step is constantly used. Not everyone is as noble as Amina Janjua. Some will equate justice to revenge, and in the absence of a judiciary they can trust will take matters in their own hands. The Bush Administration would be partially responsible if a family member...
...agency? As Nostradamus predicted, Harvard University’s Science Center has finally revolted against its inhabitants. Now that the scales have fallen from our eyes, we are confronted with horrible questions we never thought we’d have to ask ourselves. How long, we wonder, have the Harvard facilities lulled us into a false sense of security? How can we protect ourselves against our own brainchildren, the tools of our own making? Are we to be destroyed by the very forces that have worked so long to protect us? We now know that we may never trust another...
...down anew. Plagued by a dismal macro-economic outlook that his highly-touted policies and reforms have failed to set right, Sarkozy this week was also tormented by the spectacle of his own cabinet engaging in a nasty public spat. As a result, voters across France are beginning to wonder who they can actually look to for effective leadership...
...Little wonder then, that when Tata Motors, one of India's biggest car companies, agreed to buy prestige British brands Jaguar and Land Rover from Ford three weeks ago, there were cheers in both India and Britain. Indian newspapers reveled in the fact that a company from the former empire had brought two icons of the British automotive industry, while Jaguar execs privately told at least one industry insider that they preferred Tata over rival bids from private equity firms because Tata understands the heritage of Jag and the motoring culture that produced it. "Buying this kind of thing builds...