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Opinion
Crime and the Adolescent Brain
Sixteen-year-olds who are tried as juveniles are less likely to be rearrested than those tried as adults."A 2016 report by the Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School found that raising the age for adult prosecution produced sharp reductions in arrests, court caseloads and incarceration costs. Sixteen-year-olds who are tried as juveniles are less likely to be rearrested than those tried as adults. And arrests for people under 18 dropped by an astonishing 68 percent while the crime rate has continued to decline. Among other things, this research shows that most of the adolescent arrests that have traditionally been made by the police do not prevent future criminal behavior."
The report:
https://www.cga.ct.gov/app/tfs/20141215_Juvenile%20Justice%20Policy%20and%20Oversight%20Committee/20170120/Public%20Safety%20%20Emerging%20Adults%20in%20Connecticut.pdf
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Opinion
A Lifeline for Troubled Veterans
Veterans with less than honorable discharges will soon be eligible for emergency mental health care.The new policy will have a cost.
The Republican party will reject any additional cost that is not connected to the active service military.
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U.S.
Texas Congressional Maps Are Struck Down for Discrimination
Federal judges in San Antonio said Texas lawmakers drew a handful of congressional maps in 2011 with intentional discrimination against blacks and Hispanics.This is a wonderful decision.
It rearms the Voting Rights Act.
Texas will attempt to appeal.
The drama continues.
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Opinion
Don’t Think About the White Bear
A comic’s notes on working “squeaky clean” and what happens when you don’t talk about what’s on everyone’s mind.Good point.
I need to visit with The Elephant In The Room for a moment.
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/03/trump-style-dictator-autocrats-design-214877
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Today’s Paper
Quotation of the Day: The Tortoise Whose Sex Drive Saved His Species
Quotation of the day for Sunday, March 12, 2017.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Or_All_the_Seas_with_Oysters
https://archive.org/stream/galaxymagazine-1958-05/Galaxy_1958_05#page/n49/mode/2up The page bar is at the bottom under the button on the right.
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World
Why U.S. Antimissile System in South Korea Worries China
The Chinese government fears that the antimissile system, called the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, or Thaad, could erode its nuclear deterrent.China has reason to worry.
There is an elephant in the room.
South Korea also has reasons to worry.
Some of them are the same reasons.
The leader of North Korea needed to assassinate his older brother.
North Korea needs humanitarian leadership and all parties know it.
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World
Meet Lonesome George and Diego (Guess Which Tortoise Saved His Species)
One is the father of hundreds, the other the last of his line, demonstrating that in the Galápagos Islands, one animal can change the fate of a species.http://www.westegg.com/nash/turtle.html
Sooner is better. As soon as you can is best.
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U.S.
New Ferguson Video Adds Wrinkle to Michael Brown Case
A documentary says the new security footage suggests that the young man may not have been stealing from a convenience store before he was shot by the police.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_jeopardy
There may be a civil case.
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World
Narendra Modi’s Party Wins Big in Uttar Pradesh, India’s Largest State
The victory, by the largest margin in decades, consolidated the Indian prime minister’s power and put him in a strong position to win re-election in 2019.Famine has not yet begun to bite.
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World
Two Suicide Bombers Kill Dozens in Damascus
The blasts Saturday just south of the Old City killed at least 33 people, shattering the Syrian capital’s efforts to isolate itself from the war.The religious war in Islam continues.
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