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Monthly Archives: March 2005
Virginia HB 2784
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 32.1-102.1, 32.1-102.2, 32.1-123, 32.1-125, 32.1-125.1, 32.1-126, 32.1-127, 32.1-129, 32.1-130, 32.1-131, 32.1-133, and 32.1-135 of the Code of Virginia, relating to regulation and licensure of abortion clinics; penalties. ———- Patrons– Reid, Black, Marshall, R.G. … Continue reading
Solicit A Murder, Spend Two Years In Jail
Johnnie and Melissa Blankinship’s 2003 marriage apparently wasn’t working. In 2004, Johnnie told Melissa that he wanted a divorce. Melissa, in turn, told her ex-husband that she wanted to have Johnnie murdered so she could collect on his $500,000 life … Continue reading
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Villanova University Backs Down on Honoring Baby Killer
Villanova University found itself the focus of controversy in February over its plans to honor a professor who killed her 6-month old baby and then committed suicide in jail in August 2003. Mine Ener had been a professor of history … Continue reading
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Oregon Researcher Finds Young Women More Likely to Engage in Interpersonal Aggression than Men
Research involving domestic violence has suggested that men and women tend to be equally likely to engage in acts of violence, though due to size and other differences women are more likely to sustain a serious injury from such violence. … Continue reading
Blaming the Victim in a Domestic Violence Case
When is it okay to blame the victim in a case of domestic violence that leads to murder? When the victim is male. Consider the case of Ruth Anne Willis and her ex-husband Russell Bailey. Willis and Bailey were divorced … Continue reading
British Prison Service Settles Complaint with Lesbian Guards
Great Britain’s Prison Service reached a settlement with nine lesbian prison guards who had accused the Prison Service of sexual discrimination. Back in March 2002, the nine prison guards were transferred out of Holloway Prison after a five-month investigation claimed … Continue reading
Monkeys Will Pay for Porn
Just like members of a certain other species, researchers at Duke University Medical Center discovered that male monkeys will pay for pornography. According to a press release describing the research, In the new work, researchers Robert Deaner, Amit Khera and … Continue reading
Pauline Nyiramasuhuko Denies Rwandan Genocide Charges
Lawyers for Pauline Nyiramasuhuko, the first woman to be charged with genocide by the international tribune prosecuting those alleged to have participated in the Rwandan genocide, maintained their clients innocence as the defense began its part of the trial. Nyiramasuhuko … Continue reading
Affairs Major Reason for Divorce in UK, Where Women Initiate Almost all Divorces
In January, the BBC reported on a UK survey of divorce lawyers that asked the lawyers to provide statistics on the causes of the divorces they handled. According to the survey, adultery was the number one cause of divorce in … Continue reading
Woman Accused of Faking Internet Harassment
Bess Carney, 27, made national news in January after being accused of a strange fake Internet harassment scheme. The Vermont woman is accused of setting up an e-mail account in the name of a former co-worker after said co-worker began … Continue reading