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November 13, 2009: Juvenile Sentencing

November 13, 2009: Juvenile Sentencing

On November 9, a divided Supreme Court heard arguments in two cases about just punishment for juveniles convicted of non-homicide offenses. Are life sentences imposed on juvenile offenders cruel and unusual?

Posted: Nov 13th, 2009  Comments: 0   Views: 192   
(1 votes)
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October 30, 2009: New Federal Hate Crimes Law

October 30, 2009: New Federal Hate Crimes Law

A recent expansion of the federal hate crimes law "does not suspend the First Amendment," says New York Times staff writer David Kirkpatrick, "and there's nobody, I think, on either side of the US Senate or House of Representatives that intends to see preachers locked in jail."

Posted: Oct 30th, 2009  Comments: 11   Views: 428   
(5 votes)
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October 16, 2009: Abortion and Health Care Reform

October 16, 2009: Abortion and Health Care Reform

"Abortion is a health service, " says Rev. Debra Haffner, director of the Religious Institute. "Abortion is a morally objectionable activity," says Charmaine Yoest, president of Americans United for Life.

Posted: Oct 16th, 2009  Comments: 8   Views: 839   
(5 votes)
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October 2, 2009: Mojave Cross

October 2, 2009: Mojave Cross

"That’s federal public lands," says plaintiff Frank Buono. "It belongs to everyone, and so it matters to me that the lands held in common by the United States do not become the venues for sectarian religious expressions, even of my own religious expressions."

Posted: Oct 2nd, 2009  Comments: 32   Views: 676   
(6 votes)
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May 29, 2009: Religion and the Courts

May 29, 2009: Religion and the Courts

A religion reporter and a political analyst discuss the president's nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the US Supreme Court and the California Supreme Court's decision to uphold Proposition 8 banning gay marriage.

Posted: May 29th, 2009  Comments: 1   Views: 3,104   
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May 22, 2009: Mormons and Proposition 8

May 22, 2009: Mormons and Proposition 8

The issue of same sex marriage has divided not just society at large, says Mormon church scholar Bob Rees. "It's divided churches, it's divided families, and some individuals are divided within themselves."

Posted: May 22nd, 2009  Comments: 70   Views: 19,126   
(55 votes)
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May 22, 2009: Communities in Prison

May 22, 2009: Communities in Prison

Today there are two million inmates in US prisons and jails, and according to social policy analyst Eric Cadora our overdependence on criminal justice is threatening our cities, communities, and neighborhoods.

Posted: May 22nd, 2009  Comments: 11   Views: 3,751   
(7 votes)
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May 15, 2009: Faith Healing Court Cases

May 15, 2009: Faith Healing Court Cases

More than 30 states have laws that protect parents who believe in spiritual healing from criminal prosecution when their children die as a result of not receiving medical care for treatable illnesses.

Posted: May 15th, 2009  Comments: 13   Views: 6,405   
(9 votes)
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March 20, 2009: Civil Disobedience

March 20, 2009: Civil Disobedience

A philosophy and ethics professor says law and morality are not always the same, and civil disobedience like Tim DeChristopher's can be warranted when "complacency emboldens the power and those laws which are unjust."

Posted: Mar 20th, 2009  Comments: 10   Views: 6,474   
(9 votes)
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January 30, 2009: Juvenile Life Without Parole

January 30, 2009: Juvenile Life Without Parole

The US is the only Western democracy that still sentences youthful offenders to life in prison without parole for serious crimes. But there is growing resistance to that.

Posted: Jan 30th, 2009  Comments: 35   Views: 10,795   
(17 votes)
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