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Society & Culture News tagged with violence

Senate Bill Would Allow "Mentally Incapacitated" Vets to Buy Guns
Society & Culture  (tags: rights, military, veterans, violence, safety, guns, gun control, society, culture, crime, americans, ethics, politics, children, death )

Cal
- 2 hours ago - motherjones.com
Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) says his "Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act" will protect veterans' gun rights. But the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence calls it a "dangerous" proposal that could allow "over 100,000 mentally incapacitated or incompet
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Take Action ~ Demand Investigation Into Killing of Indigenous Guatemalan Lawyer Fausto OtzíN
Society & Culture  (tags: violence, women, HumanRights, crime, death, murder )

Kelli
- 7 hours ago - actions.humanrightsfirst.org
On October 18, 2009, Fausto Otzín, a Guatemalan indigenous human rights lawyer, was found badly injured in a ditch. He suffered multiple machete and stab wounds and passed away shortly after being found. He was only 32 years old and leaves behind a wife
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Child's Rights Law... Too Much Talk, Little Implementation
Society & Culture  (tags: children, abuse, crime, corruption, death, culture, education, ethics, family, freedoms, government, law, society, safety, violence, sadness, rights )

Kelli
- 7 hours ago - childwitches.blogspot.com
Tomorrow November 20, the world will celebrate 20 years of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. For many in Nigeria, it is an opportunity to look at the states that have passed the law protecting children and the level of implementation of the act.
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URGENT: CALLS NEEDED
Society & Culture  (tags: crime, americans, violence, news, law, media, rights, sadness, murder )

Tierney
- 1 day ago - campaigns.ratepoint.com
The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles today voted to recommend that the death sentence of Robert Thompson be commuted to life. Thompson's execution is scheduled for tomorrow, Thursday, November 19. Governor Perry will be deciding tonight or tomorrow m
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Police Investigating Sharon Springs Homicide
Society & Culture  (tags: society, crime, murder, death, family, police, violence, investigation, sadness )

Dee
- 1 day ago - wten.com
SHARON SPRINGS, N.Y.- Authorities are investigating a homicide in the Schoharie County village of Sharon Springs while the son of the victim has been arrested in another state.
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Man Charged With Assaulting Officer
Society & Culture  (tags: society, police, crime, violence, safety, Domestic Violence )

Dee
- 1 day ago - capitalnews9.com
ALBANY, N.Y. -- A Schodack man is facing charges after an Albany police officer was injured while responding to a domestic call early Wednesday morning.
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Former Army Counterintelligence Worker Who Killed Two Is Executed By Electric Chair in Virginia
Society & Culture  (tags: crime, murder, violence, electrocution, death )

Lone
- 1 day ago - nydailynews.com
JARRATT, Va. - A former Army counterintelligence worker was executed by electric chair Tuesday for killing a Virginia couple, becoming the first U.S. inmate to die by electrocution in over a year
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Urge Hillary Clinton to End Child Trafficking -Please Take Action !!
Society & Culture  (tags: children, government, sadness, safety, violence, child, abuse )

Tierney
- 2 days ago - planusa.org
This year 1.2 million girls and boys were victims of child trafficking. That means they were taken from their families. Sold into slavery. Forced to work 7 days a week with dangerous equipment. They endured beatings, malnutrition, and other abuse. Gi
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Suspect in Custody in Oklahoma Murders of 4, Including Pregnant Reality Show Prostitute
Society & Culture  (tags: violence, women, murder, police, crime, news, sadness )

Lone
- 2 days ago - foxnews.com
OKLAHOMA CITY -- A suspect in the killing of four people in Oklahoma City, including a prostitute featured in the HBO reality series "Cathouse," turned himself in to authorities on Tuesday, police said
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Stand Strong Against Hate!!!! -Please Take Action!!
Society & Culture  (tags: culture, violence, sadness, hate groups, usa, crime, abuse )

Tierney
- 2 days ago - criminaljustice.change.org
Stop the racist backlash from infecting your community!!!! Active U.S. Hate Groups Join people across the nation who are standing strong against hate. Add yourself to our map as a voice for tolerance. The Southern Poverty Law Center counted 926 acti
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Woman Pleads Guilty to Charges in Smart Kidnapping
Society & Culture  (tags: society, crime, children, abuse, kidnap, rape, sadness, violence )

Dee
- 2 days ago - news.yahoo.com
SALT LAKE CITY - A woman charged in the 2002 kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart pleaded guilty Tuesday as part of a deal with federal prosecutors and asked Smart to forgive her for all the pain she had caused.
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Bronx Girl, 14, Shot in the Head as She Wanders Into Gun Fight on Way Home From School
Society & Culture  (tags: teenage girl, murder, violence, crime, police, guns )

Lone
- 3 days ago - nydailynews.com
An innocent 14-year-old wearing her high school uniform was shot in the head after wandering into a gun fight on her way home after classes, police and witnesses said
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Ohio: 1 Lethal Injection Drug Should End Lawsuit
Society & Culture  (tags: lethal injection, different, crime, murder, rape, violence, women, abuse )

Lone
- 4 days ago - zanesvilletimesrecorder.com
COLUMBUS -- The state's decision to replace a three-drug lethal injection with a powerful dose of one anesthetic is raising the possibility of what might have seemed unthinkable not so long ago: a truce in the long-running legal challenges to death
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Mother Complains as Son Dies After Being Tasered By Police, Cops Came at Least 70 Times in 9 Years
Society & Culture  (tags: police, taser death, murder, crime, humans, violence, sadness )

Lone
- 4 days ago - nydailynews.com
The mother of a drugged-up Long Island man who died after being shot by a Taser gun while fighting with police officers Saturday said cops didn't have to stun her boy.
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At 75, Charles Manson Still Has Power to Influence Others
Society & Culture  (tags: Charles Manson, brainwashing, humans, violence, women, murder, crime )

Lone
- 5 days ago - cnn.com
Corcoran, California (CNN) -- At 75, Charles Manson has spent more than half his life in prison for masterminding the notorious Helter Skelter
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