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Criminal Justice
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‘Untold Millions’ Stolen from Pennsylvania Turnpike, Attorney General Says
Opinion -Three former top officials at the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission and a former state senator ran a political scheme that resulted in “untold millions” of taxpayer dollars being misused and stolen, Attorney General Kathleen Kane (D) said. -
19 Years, 7 Months for Biggest Municipal Theft in US History
Opinion -Rita Crundwell of the small town of Dixon, Ill., has been sentenced to nearly 20 years in prison for stealing almost $54 million from the city to finance a lavish lifestyle that included ownership of farms with hundreds of show horses. In a Rockford, Ill. -
Some Missouri Lawmakers Want Gun-Toting Teachers
Opinion -HAZLEWOOD, MISSOURI — In response to the December school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, more than two dozen Missouri Republicans are cosponsoring a bill that would allow teachers and administrators to carry guns into public schools if they have a -
Camden Fires Its Entire Police Department
Opinion -Camden, New Jersey officials plan to fire the city’s police force and replace the officers with nonunion county police by the end of 2012. Mayor Dana Redd says the plan will save millions of dollars and keep Camden residents safe. -
Chicago Starts Writing Tickets for Marijuana Possession
Opinion -The City of Chicago has begun issuing tickets to persons found in possession of small amounts of marijuana. The ordinance establishing the fines passed the City Council in August by a 44-3 vote and had the strong support of Mayor Rahm Emanuel (D). -
U.S. Supreme Court Rules DC Gun Ban Is Unconstitutional: Experts Comment
Opinion -The United States Supreme Court ruled Thursday the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution codifies the inherent human right to "keep and bear arms" for self-defense. -
Gun Control Effort Raises Questions
Opinion -In 2005, the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, a nationwide organization that works to prevent gun violence and lobbies for greater restrictions on gun ownership, awarded New Jersey an “A-” for its strong gun laws, particularly some of its juvenile -
Terrorists Profit from Smuggling
Opinion -A multimillion-dollar cigarette smuggling operation based in Michigan allegedly helped fund the Hizballah terrorist organization (also known as Hezbollah), according to a federal indictment of 19 men that was announced March 29. -
Chicago Mayor Proposes Decriminalization of Marijuana Possession
Opinion -Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley is advocating the decriminalization of marijuana possession, proposing to make the offense similar to an ordinance violation rather than a criminal action, with violators subject to fees and fines instead of jail time. -
Using Your Brain on Drugs
Opinion -In These Times October 13, 2003 circ: 21,000 Numerous tightly rolled cannabis cigarettes were in evidence at a June 12 luncheon at The Heartland Institute, a libertarian policy think-tank in the Chicago Loop. -
Heartland Files Amicus Curiae Brief in Gun Control Case
Opinion -The Heartland Institute, in keeping with its history of support of Second Amendment rights, has filed an amicus curiae brief in support of the Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgement in the case of Shelley Parker, et al., vs. District of Columbia, et al. -
Is Legal Marijuana on the Horizon?
Opinion -1 Europe Goes to Pot: Great Britain, EU Abandon Marijuana Prohibition UK officials branded marijuana prohibition an endangered species in 2001, announcing in October that police would no longer arrest individuals for marijuana possession, and that -
Health Care and the War on Drugs
Opinion -"Don't you know there's a war on?" So ran one of the more popular admonitions of World War II. It meant, in effect, "What you're doing ain't exactly contributing to the effort, so you best mend your ways." The principle applies today. -
Private Sector Responds Quickly to Bioterrorism
Opinion -As the anthrax scare has mushroomed, modern technology's solutions have emerged like a quick strike force. Medical treatment was instantly available with the antibiotic, Cipro. -
Anthrax Attack?
Opinion -My first brush with "bioterrorism" occurred in 1997, when I was working as a television producer half a block from the B'nai B'rith National Headquarters in Washington, DC. -
America Responds: Health Care in Its Finest Hours
Opinion -What could easily have been utter chaos in the hours immediately following the September 11 terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington, DC in fact was nothing less than the finest hours of medical service by health care professionals, firemen,