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• Michigan a step closer to Detroit takeover

  Tue Dec 27, 2011
  • Last I heard the government of Michigan was elected by the people of Michigan, so I don't know what you're babbling about with the ballot box comment.

• Manning defense's focus on gender identity disorder alarms some

  Wed Dec 21, 2011
  • Walker pled guilty, cooperated with the authorites, testified against his associates, and assisted with damage control by telling all the details of his spying in return for a life sentence for himself and a more lenient sentence for his son.

• 'Hey East Coast, the entire West Coast is mocking you right now'

  Wed Aug 24, 2011
  • The people here in Louisa County whose homes have collapsed or been damaged beyond repair aren't laughing too hard. It's very lucky no one was killed.

• U.S., nuclear powers attend Hiroshima memorial

  Thu Aug 5, 2010
  • Constlawyer, we hear about that crap in every year of school and every day in the media. We LOVE to talk about our worst side. Even if it's greatly exaggerated.

• U.S., nuclear powers attend Hiroshima memorial

  Thu Aug 5, 2010
  • madman, what an idiot. Pearl Harbor wasn't in the US? And a sneak attack killing thousands is no good reason? Also, you're wrong abou the bomb. The Germans tried to develop one but their program didn't get very far.

• Date rape cases still extremely hard to win

  Fri Nov 21, 2008
  • NJDad, by false not unsubstantiated, do you mean prove beyond reasonable doubt that the accuser knew he or she was lying ? That's illegal now, it just isn't prosecuted very often.

• Date rape cases still extremely hard to win

  Fri Nov 21, 2008
  • True, they aren't entirely made up, but some of that data is VERY sketchy.

• Date rape cases still extremely hard to win

  Fri Nov 21, 2008
  • But why shouldn't the accused's identity be shielded as well, at least until he is convicted (or at the very least indicted)? Which of what you're saying doesn't apply to him? Do you think his reputation being called a rapist will suffer *less* than hers? And in saying that the number of falsely …

• Date rape cases still extremely hard to win

  Fri Nov 21, 2008
  • It's actually more complex than that. Different types of rapists have different goals and psychological needs as well as differrent MO's.

• Date rape cases still extremely hard to win

  Fri Nov 21, 2008
  • Well your first two sentences are true enough, anyway. Where is it written in our law that the penalty for burglary or carrying an illegal gun or maybe even tax evasion should be particularly brutal rape by your fellow inmates? That ought to be just as much a national scandal.