Category: Justice

One Man’s Anarchy Is Another’s Road to Justice

Commentary Sheer chaos and anarchy on the border? Afghanistan—the most humiliating defeat in recent U.S. military history? A labor-starved supply chain in shambles and holiday shelves emptying out? The worst inflation in 30 years that seems soon ready to match Carter-era levels? Gas hitting $5 a gallon with winter heating fuels soaring? Free-for-all looting in…


Judge Told How Teenager in ‘Crisis Situation’ Costing Council £45,000 a Week

A judge has raised concern about a shortage of secure accommodation for troubled teenagers after being told that a council is spending £45,000 ($61,600) a week on the care of a girl in a “crisis situation.” Mr. Justice Peel said everyone involved in the girl’s care agreed that she was in accommodation which was “wholly…


Election Campaign: Where the Parties Stand on Crime and Justice Issues

Commentary While crime and justice issues are always prominent in the news, they are rarely front and centre during election campaigns. Justice is a nuanced issue that provides a myriad of problems with few simple solutions. Due to the complexity of justice issues and the potential for them to blow up, politicians are loath to…


American Supporters of Socialism Don’t Realize Its Absence of Equality, Environmental Care, Justice: Educator

America’s younger generations—many of whom support socialist policies that claim to be a path to achieving equality, the environment, and justice—are unaware that these claims quickly become empty promises once socialism is in action, said Zilvinas Silenas, president of the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE). Among those who express positive opinions of socialism, they can…


Second LA Attorney Alleges Retaliation for Protesting Gascon Directive

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—A second veteran prosecutor in as many days is suing Los Angeles County, alleging she has suffered a backlash by being transferred to a less prestigious job for complaining about directives set forth after the November election of District Attorney George Gascon. Deputy district attorney Lesley Klein Sonnenberg’s lawsuit was brought July 28,…


Veteran Prosecutor Alleges Retaliation for Protesting Gascon Juvenile Directive

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—A veteran prosecutor is suing Los Angeles County, alleging she has been denied important positions in retaliation for complaining about directives set forth after the November election of District Attorney George Gascon. Deputy District Attorney Shawn Randolph’s Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit, filed July 27, seeks unspecified damages. A representative for the District…


California is Experiencing a Crime ‘Tsunami,’ DA Says

California is experiencing a wave of crime despite Gov. Gavin Newsom’s claims of a decrease during the past three decades, officials say. “You’ve got violent crime off the charts,” Sacramento County District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert told The Epoch Times. “You’ve got this tsunami of things that are happening. Violent crime, illegal guns, [and] rampant…


California is Experiencing a Crime ‘Tsunami’: Sacramento DA

California is experiencing a wave of crime despite Gov. Gavin Newsom’s claims of a decrease during the past three decades, officials say. “You’ve got violent crime off the charts,” Sacramento County District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert told The Epoch Times. “You’ve got this tsunami of things that are happening. Violent crime, illegal guns, [and] rampant…


Police Use Genetic Technology to Solve Teen’s 1976 Murder

Law authorities say they used investigative genetic geology to solve the 1976 rape and murder of a 19-year-old nursing student. Investigators said the technology helped identify the man who attacked Janet Stallcup at Christmastime that year while she was on her way to a party. Her body found eight days later inside her car, about two-…


Retired Prison Doctor Saves Lives Mentoring Children of the Incarcerated

When Dr. Karen Gedney started mentoring the children of incarcerated parents ten years ago, she was surprised at how chaotic their lives were. “They were bouncing from one place to another,” Gedney said. “Their breakfast was soda and a Cheeto-like substance. They were sleeping in other people’s apartments under the kitchen table and they were…