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Collateral Damage? Juvenile Snitches In America’S 'Wars' On Drugs, Crime And Gangs, Andrea L. Dennis
Collateral Damage? Juvenile Snitches In America’S 'Wars' On Drugs, Crime And Gangs, Andrea L. Dennis
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The government’s use of children as informants in America’s 'wars' on drugs, crime, and gangs is little recognized and rarely discussed by scholars, policymakers, and the public. As with many governmental practices, only notorious instances make headlines, such as when a child is killed in retaliation for informing. Because public attention rarely is focused on the practice, it has not generated consistent documentation of, regulation of, or accountability for such use of child informants. As a starting point for discussion, this article illuminates the experiences of child informants, describing a facet of the snitching institution that generally operates under the …
Torture And The Tablets Of Eternity, Donald E. Wilkes Jr.
Torture And The Tablets Of Eternity, Donald E. Wilkes Jr.
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The question is whether there should be investigation, prosecution and punishment of those in the Bush administration who authorized or directed torture of prisoners, or who did the actual torturing.
Death Penalty On Deathbed, Donald E. Wilkes Jr.
Death Penalty On Deathbed, Donald E. Wilkes Jr.
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Capital punishment involves killing helpless prisoners. It is uncivilized. It is wrong for the same reasons torture is wrong.
Should Brian Nichols Be Tried In A Federal Court?, Ronald Carlson, Donald E. Wilkes
Should Brian Nichols Be Tried In A Federal Court?, Ronald Carlson, Donald E. Wilkes
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Although Brian Nichols has been sentenced in state court to a total of 485 years of imprisonment, the question has been raised whether he should subsequently be tried in federal court for the murder of an off-duty U.S. Customs agent. Prof. Carlson argues in the affirmative, while Prof. Wilkes finds the suggestion "stupendously stupid."