PBS www.pbs.org From crime beat reporter for the BALTIMORE SUN to award-winning screenwriter of HBOs critically-acclaimed The Wire, David Simon talks with Bill Moyers about inner-city crime and politics, storytelling and the future of journalism today.This show aired April 17, 2009. Bill Moyers Journal airs Fridays at 9 pm on PBS (check local listings). For more: www.pbs.org
Cohen bill would start campaign to use education to lower crime, jail rates
Making clear the connection between dropping out of school and crime and incarceration rates is the aim of a public awareness campaign created in legislation introduced in the House this afternoon.
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Bill Bratton, Globocop
He tamed crime in New York and Los Angeles. Next stop…Kabul?
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Over the past 4 years, the Canadian people have paid $137.4 billion in interest on money borrowed from private banks whereas the Bank of Canada could legally print the public’s money into existence rather than borrowing it at interest. “They’ve paid out this huge sum because our government has failed to abide by the law.” Abram, a retired high school teacher and activist on Vancouver Island, BC, explicates the trick of fractional reserve banking (part 1 of a series; snowshoefilms yoryevrah
Government getting tough on crime with new bill
With the scrapping of credit for time served for convicted criminals, the federal government is showing it’s getting tough on crime, the local MP said.[...]
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Bill on violent crime in front of kids advances in Utah House
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) – A House committee has approved a bill that would create penalties for those convicted of committing violent crimes in the presence of children. House Bill 62 would make it a class B misdemeanor to commit a violent crime around a child younger than 14. Lawmakers unanimously passed the measure Thursday, advancing it to the full House for consideration. The bill also requires …
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