Law crime articles
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Whistleblower Laws That Protect Lawbreakers
The late whistleblower John Barnett described Boeing as a psychological torture chamber for anyone who cared about safety. A 2000 law makes fighting back nearly impossible.
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‘We will nail law breakers’
AUTHORITIES are fretting over the worsening violent crime in the country, including armed robberies involving rogue security forces. In this regard, Home To access this post, you must purchase a subscription. Please click the button below to visit our subscriptions page to select a package. Subscriptions
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The "Twinkie defense": What we know about diet and crime
In 1978, Dan White murdered San Francisco city Supervisor Harvey Milk and Mayor George Moscone. Of this, there was no doubt. White had turned himself in, then tearfully and remorsefully confessed to shooting each of the men — his former colleagues — multiple times. At White’s 1979 trial, the only question was how stiff his penalty would be. White’s lawyers ran a skillful defense during the court proceedings. They claimed that their client’s mental capacity was diminished by stress and severe...