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Prison 'picnic' for Bali bombers
Prison 'picnic' for Bali bombersThree men on death row for carrying out the 2002 bombings in Bali are supposedly being held in isolation, but Andrew Harding hears how they have been communicating with the outside world from their cells.

Magistrates should be banned from handing out custodial sentences
Magistrates should be banned from handing out custodial sentencesMagistrates should be banned from handing out custodial sentences to help ease overcrowding in prisons, an influential report says...

BALI SUMMIT ALREADY ON VERGE OF FAILURE (NO SURPRISE)
Other than the delegates' emitting tons of feared carbon pollution by traveling to and from the Bali summit (see earlier Post below), it is not clear just what the submitters hope to accomplish...

11 Shot at Texas nightclub www.privateofficer.com
11 Shot at Texas nightclub www.privateofficer.com EL PASO TX Sept 22 2008 — Gunfire ripped into a crowd of people early Sunday outside a popular East Side nightclub, wounding 11 — two of whom are women in critical condition — in what El Paso police say is one of the biggest large-scale shooting incidents in recent [...

SORRY TO DISAPPOINT THE GREENIES, BUT BALI CONFERENCE WAS TYPICAL POSTURING
Yesterday, the mainstream media went wild with joy when they could announce that the United States had softened its position at the Bali conference and thus paved the way for a compromise climate-change agreement about carbon-emissions reduction...

Dallas County DA Moves to Withdraw Execution Date
The Dallas Morning News reports, "Dallas district attorney's office seeks to withdraw death row inmate's execution date." The Dallas County district attorney's office requested Thursday to withdraw the upcoming execution date for a Texas death row inmate while it awaits...

Military Veterans Benefits
How to obtain full range of benefits for veterans and dependnets

Philip Morris
Loses Appeal, Will Pay Millions

Asbestos Mesothelioma Victim Wins Appeal of $20 Million Asbestos Cancer Verdict
Asbestos Mesothelioma Victim Wins Appeal of $20 Million Asbestos Cancer Verdict

Rock Band Great White
Settles Over 2003 Station NightClub Fire

N.Y. Nightclub Owner
Settlement reached Red Bull Energy Drink lawsuit.

Wrongful Death
alleging death was caused by the conduct of negligent defendant.

Taser Death
allegedly directly causing or leading to complications resulting in death.