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• Walk the pet pooch or land up in jail!

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 727
  Melbourne, Dec 5 (ANI): A new law that is being proposed by the RSPCA could punish dog owners for not walking their pets.Under the legislation, they would have to regularly exercise dogs, ensure animals are not kept chained up and give their pets adequate food and water.If the proposal becomes law, dog and cat owners ...
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• Kinds of Sentences According to Use Quiz

  
  English Trainer — Authority: 113
  Kinds of Sentences According to Use Quiz Instructions: Identify the kind of sentence mentioned according to use. Go to your room. declarative exclamatory imperative Answer c She goes to the market every other day. declarative imperative interrogative Answer a How did you ...
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• SharedDoc helps you build conversations around documents

  
  Gadget Reviews — Authority: 157
  We use Google Docs for a lot of our editing and collaboration at VentureBeat, but the lack of commenting features is a real pain — documents can drown in all-caps statements like “WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS?” and “DELETE THIS NOW OR YOU’RE FIRED.” So there’s real appeal to a new service called SharedDoc, ...
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• SharedDocs helps you build conversations around documents (via postie)

  
  Gadget Reviews — Authority: 157
  Bookmark this categoryWe use Google Docs for a lot of our editing and collaboration at VentureBeat, but the lack of commenting features is a real pain — documents can drown in all-caps statements like “WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS?” and “DELETE THIS NOW OR YOU’RE FIRED.” So there’s real appeal to a new service ...
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• SharedDocs helps you build conversations around documents (via postie)

  
  Gadget Reviews — Authority: 157
  Bookmark this categoryWe use Google Docs for a lot of our editing and collaboration at VentureBeat, but the lack of commenting features is a real pain — documents can drown in all-caps statements like “WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS?” and “DELETE THIS NOW OR YOU’RE FIRED.” So there’s real appeal to a new service ...
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• Sanfords opening sentence Fail

  
  p3 - Persuasion, Perseverance, and Patience — Authority: 133
  Im a fan of good opening sentences , which is why this wont be added to the p3 collection anytime soon: In my experience, people whove read Ayn Rands books either love them or hate them. Im one of the few who fall somewhere in between. Assuming the author means what hes saying, that should read: In my ...
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• Liberty Rock Friday: “Prison Song” by SOAD

  
  The Liberty Papers — Authority: 531
  Here’s a perfect song to complement my recent call to action to pass the National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 . System of a Down “Prison Song” Toxicity (2008) Written by: Tankian, Serj;Malakian, Daron;Odadjian, Shavarsh; and Dolmayan, John They’re trying to Build a prison They’re trying to ...
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• Sixth Circuit judges duel over Ohio defendants old lethal injection challenge

  
  Sentencing Law and Policy — Authority: 129
  This afternoon, the Sixth Circuit officially denied en banc review of a panels ruling that Kenneth Biros challenge to Ohios old three-drug lethal injection execution protocol is moot.  That order is available here , and it is worth downloading because of concurring and dissenting opinions coming from Judge Sutton ...
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• Interesting take on SCOTUS Porter and Van Hook rulings and "selective empathy"

  
  Sentencing Law and Policy — Authority: 129
  The New York Times "Opinionator" blog today has this fascinating piece by Linda Greenhouse titled "Selective Empathy."  Here is how it starts and ends: In overturning a death sentence this week of a Korean War veteran whose lawyer failed to inform the jury about the man’s combat-related traumatic stress ...
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• Letters Offer Warmer View of Astor Son

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 904
  Letters from about 75 friends are part of a defense effort to attain the dismissal of the most serious charge Brooke Astor’s son was convicted of, first-degree grand larceny.
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• The Blogfather and the Spy

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  A central figure in what is supposed to be a vast international conspiracy to overthrow the Iranian regime has been officially invisible until now. The information he provided has been key to the confabulations presented in the Stalinesque show-trials in Tehran. An American scholar, a British embassy employee, a ...
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• Selective Empathy

  
  The Opinionator — Authority: 720
  A death sentence ruling by the Supreme Court shows that the quality of its mercy is selective.
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• Deputy AG David Ogden announces resignation

  
  Sentencing Law and Policy — Authority: 129
  Though I am not sure this is huge news or a huge surprise, criminal justice fans should take note of the fact that, as reported here at The BLT , the "U.S. Justice Department announced this morning that its No. 2 official, Deputy Attorney General David Ogden, is leaving in February after 11 months on the job."  (The ...
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• Ninth Circuit clarifies limit on restitution award in illegal prostitution case

  
  Sentencing Law and Policy — Authority: 129
  An interesting little opinion today from the Ninth Circuit in US v. Kuo , No. 08-10314 (9th Cir. Dec. 3, 3009) ( available here ), documents a limit (and perhaps an unfortunate one) on a federal restitution sentence. Here is how the opinion starts and a key paragraph: Defendants Fu Sheng Kuo and Shengji Wang appeal ...
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• Inmate With Low I.Q. Nears Execution in Texas

  
  NewsHunter.org — Authority: 162
  Bobby Wayne Woods’s lawyer says he should qualify as mentally impaired under a Supreme Court ruling.
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• Inmate With Low I.Q. Nears Execution in Texas

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 904
  Bobby Wayne Woods’s lawyer says he should qualify as mentally impaired under a Supreme Court ruling.
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• "No Decrease In Death Penalty Approval Rate"

  
  Sentencing Law and Policy — Authority: 129
  The title of this post is the headline of this notable new NPR piece discussing the absence of significant change in the handling of the federal death penalty under the new Obama Administration.  Here are excerpts: During the Bush administration, opponents of capital punishment criticized the Justice Department ...
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• Spotlighting that the Clemmons case could make clemencies even rarer

  
  Sentencing Law and Policy — Authority: 129
  This new CNN piece , which is headlined "Seattle shootings may reduce pardons and commutations," discusses the likely impact of the the controversy over Mike Huckabees clemency grant to cop killer Maurice Clemmons. Here are snippets: The ambush-style shootings of four police officers in Seattle allegedly by a ...
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• Pair who gave ecstasy to baby avoid jail

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  A Victorian couple who gave their 10-week-old baby an ecstasy tablet have walked away from court with suspended prison sentences. The couple, who can not be named under Queensland law, pleaded guilty in Cairns Supreme Court on Thursday to charges of grievous bodily harm and drug possession. Prosecutor Jodie Woodridge ...
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• Man Who Mugged a 101-Year-Old Woman Gets 75 Years in Prison

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 904
  A judge told Jack Rhodes, who assaulted three women in Queens, that the sentence equaled almost one year for every dollar stolen.
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