The free market on lethal injection: “Nope.” The pharmaceutical giant Pfizer announced on Friday that it had imposed sweeping controls on the distribution of its products to ensure that none are used in lethal injections, a step that closes off the last remaining open-market source of drugs used in executions. Pfizer said it would restrict […]
Category: 8th Amendment
One badge-wearing predator down … For about six months, Holtzclaw preyed on women — all African-American — in one of Oklahoma’s poorest neighborhoods, exploiting his police b
No, this isn’t a post about America’s favorite candy floss topped bomb tosser. Those are the words FBI director James Comey used to describe his comments about The Ferguson Effect. Le psych
I can’t think of a less sympathetic group to defend than sex offenders. But here I go. TalkLeft had a post up the other day about the predicament in which many former sex offenders find themselves once they have served their sentences and are released into communities that don’t want them. From TChris: Here’s a […]