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Society & Culture News tagged with laws

Support For HR 3695, The Help Find The Missing Act (Billy's Law) ! TAKE ACTION !
Society & Culture  (tags: humans, missing, burials, rights, laws, unidentified, Billy's Law )

Cher
- 6 days ago - change.org
Every year tens of thousands of Americans go missing, never to be seen by their loved ones again. Additionally, there are also an estimated 40,000 sets of unidentified human remains that are being held or disposed of across the country.
16 comments
Electronic Stalking/Harassment Is a Crime ! TAKE ACTION !
Society & Culture  (tags: humans, electronic stalking/harassment, laws, behaviours )

Cher
- 97 days ago - change.org
There should be one law that everyone should abide by. We want consecutive electronic harassment/stalking (e-mails, texts, phone calls) to be a crime. There has to be three consecutive incidences to be considered a crime. We want appropriate jail time
7 comments
DWI Deaths: Is It Murder?
Society & Culture  (tags: society, Drunken drivers, DUI, DWI, accidents, death, crime, laws )

Dee
- 113 days ago - cbsnews.com
(CBS) This story was first published on Jan. 4, 2009. It was updated on July 31, 2009. Bob Simon On One Prosecutor's Efforts To Increase Penalties For Drunk Drivers Who Kill.. Drunk driving kills more than 13,000 Americans a year -
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Help Change the Laws Pertaining to Sexual Child Abuse ! TAKE ACTION !
Society & Culture  (tags: children, sexual abuse, suffering, laws, protection, children's welfare )

Cher
- 125 days ago - change.org
With over 80,000 reported cases a year of sexual abuse in the United States alone, and with it estimated to be at least that number of unreported cases, it's become clear child sexual abuse has come to be commonly regarded as a great cause of mental
21 comments
New York Moves Toward Lighter Sentences for Potheads
Society & Culture  (tags: pot, marijuana, drugs, laws, New York, Rockefeller, war on drugs, prohibition, smoking, joint, society, police, government, humans, freedoms, culture, americans, rights )

Tom
- 259 days ago - nbcnewyork.com
The state Assembly has struck a blow for the state's stoners by voting to repeal the Rockefeller drug laws that have threatened so many tokers with the wrong kind of joint. Drug policy will be based on the premise that drug addiction is a health problem.
9 comments
Dallas Club Where Girl, 12, Stripped Will Keep License
Society & Culture  (tags: child abuse, sick society, business, laws, licenses, stripper )

Nancy
- 609 days ago - dallasnews.com
"There's a laundry list of things we can use to deny or revoke a license, but having a 12-year-old dancing in their establishment is not one of the things that automatically enables us to revoke their license," so why not use one of the others?
24 comments
Facebook Can Ruin Your Life. And So Can MySpace, Bebo...
Society & Culture  (tags: internet, government, laws )

Brian
- 649 days ago - independent.co.uk
People will post just about anything on social networking sites. And the information can be used against them.
17 comments
Jailing Nation: How Did Our Prison System Become Such a Nightmare?
Society & Culture  (tags: ethics, prisons, laws, racism, corruption )

Danielle
- 830 days ago - alternet.org
With five percent of the world's population, the U.S. has close to a quarter of the world's prisoners. How did the American criminal justice system go so wrong?
7 comments
Bush Stacking the Bench
Society & Culture  (tags: Tencommandments, BillofRights, covenant, laws )

Stanley
- 832 days ago - care2.com
Our Founding Fathers have pledged a sacred covenant with God to establish our New Ten Commandments. The latter is to secure our civil liberties. Bush is stacking the bench with priest that will dare to break our sacred covenant.
5 comments
Some Seek More Dog Fighting Laws
Society & Culture  (tags: dog, dogfighting, laws, michael vick )

Sharon
- 857 days ago - 11alive.com
Allegations of involvement in illegal dog fighting against Falcons quarterback Michael Vick could bring change to Georgia laws. Some said the current laws make it hard to prosecute dogfighters. Now that Vick's indictment has brought dog fighting into the
4 comments
Please Think About This When You Press for Harsher Sex Offender Laws
Society & Culture  (tags: sex_offenders, laws, _sexual predators )

RC
- 887 days ago - care2.com
Blog by Cate Groves re the implications and possible collateral damage of current and future sex offender laws/punishment.
71 comments
The List of the Dead So Far From Virginia Tech.
Society & Culture  (tags: virginia, usa, shooting, deaths, guns, laws, death list )

Ali
- 953 days ago - news.com.au
Those so far confirmed killed in the Virginia Tech massacre. Read the comment below for the list
3 comments
READERS COMMENTS FROM VIRGINIA SHOOTING....AUSTRALIAN NEWS
Society & Culture  (tags: virginia, usa, shooting, deaths, guns, laws )

Ali
- 955 days ago - news.com.au
Here are the readers comments on the Virginia Campus shooting on the Australian Website ..news.com.au
18 comments
   

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