http://netvouz.com/garoldstone/tag/civil?feed=rss garoldstone's bookmarks tagged "civil" on Netvouz http://www.scienceblog.com/cms/black-looking-criminals-more-likely-to-get-death-sentence-10678.html Male murderers with stereotypically ''black-looking'' features are more than twice as likely to get the death sentence than lighter-skinned African American defendants found guilty of killing a white person, Stanford researchers have found. The relationship between physical appearance and the death sentence disappears, however, when both murderers and their victims are black. May 25, 2006 garoldstone Fri, 26 May 2006 16:59:15 GMT http://www.scienceblog.com/cms/rhythm-method-may-kill-off-more-embryos-than-other-methods-of-contraception-10674.html The “rhythm method” may kill off more embryos than other contraceptive methods, such as coils, morning after pills, and oral contraceptives, suggests an article in the Journal of Medical Ethics. May 25, 2006 garoldstone Fri, 26 May 2006 17:03:31 GMT http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/13/AR2006021302373.html?nav=rss_print/asection garoldstone Tue, 14 Feb 2006 13:47:43 GMT http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/27/AR2006012701476.html garoldstone Mon, 27 Feb 2006 01:37:22 GMT http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/15/AR2006071500846.html Around the United States, health workers and patients are clashing when providers balk at giving care that they feel violates their beliefs, sparking an intense, complex and often bitter debate over religious freedom vs. patients’ rights. July 16, 2006 garoldstone Mon, 17 Jul 2006 02:03:50 GMT http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/31/AR2007073101879.html?nav=rss_print/asection The Bush administration is pressing Congress this week for the authority to intercept, without a court order, any international phone call or e-mail between a surveillance target outside the United States and any person in the United States. Aug 1, 2007 garoldstone Wed, 01 Aug 2007 15:41:35 GMT http://www.abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=1705165 WASHINGTON Mar 9, 2006 (AP)— A former top national security lawyer at the Justice Department questions the Bush administration`s legal rationale for its warrantless eavesdropping program, newly released documents show. garoldstone Fri, 10 Mar 2006 17:18:05 GMT http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=1836506 The government has backed down in at least one battle over the Patriot Act by dropping a gag order imposed on a library that refuses to reveal a reader's borrowing habits. April 12,2006 garoldstone Sun, 23 Apr 2006 02:47:37 GMT http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/linkset/2006/02/15/LI2006021501067.html Daily updated Special Report on Abu Ghraib, with index to past washington post articles and othr links garoldstone Wed, 01 Aug 2007 15:31:40 GMT http://us.f607.mail.yahoo.com/ym/ShowLetter?MsgId=7207_22451440_91463_1390_3811_0_237371_15476_3967385350&Idx=6&YY=47144&y5beta=yes&y5beta=yes&inc=50&order=down&sort=date&pos=0&view=a&head=b&box=Inbox This attempt by the Bush Administration to suppress information using the grand jury process is truly chilling and is unprecedented in law and in our history as an organization. The subpoena serves no legitimate investigative purpose and tramples on fundamental First Amendment rights. We recognize this maneuver for what it is: a patent attempt to intimidate and impede the work of human rights advocates like the ACLU who seek to expose government wrongdoing. garoldstone Wed, 13 Dec 2006 17:57:16 GMT