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Archive for April, 2011

What is justice?

by administrator on April 26th, 2011
Posted In: Mary Ellen's Blog
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Standing on the back porch of my parent’s home this Easter Sunday, a close family friend told me a secret. He had spent all day that previous Thursday with “the mother of the kid he got killed in Vietnam.” When I pressed him for details he told me that he had seen an opportunity to [...]

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Kids seek reprieve from harsh sentences

by administrator on April 21st, 2011
Posted In: Mary Ellen's Blog
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Almost one year ago The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that sentencing juveniles to life without parole for non-homicide offenses violates the 8th Amendment ban on cruel and unusual punishment. Writing for the majority in that case, Justice Anthony Kennedy pointed out that, “By denying the defendant the right to reenter the community, the state makes [...]

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