Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Bullying Starts at the Top

Yeah, our culture of bullying is such a mystery...nyti.ms/TIP61N
Weighing Political Risk Against Mercy for Prisoners
by Jim Dwyer January 24, 2013
"...There are cases that deserve serious consideration, but I don’t see it happening because of political risk,” Robert Dennison, the former chairman of the state’s Parole Board, said. He cited Elizabeth Gonzalez, who as a teenager had become the girlfriend of a 37-year-old man with whom she used drugs. “He sent her across the street to grab a purse; the woman fell and hit her head,” Mr. Dennison said. “She has done 17 years of an 18-to-life sentence.”

Saturday, January 19, 2013