[JohnHuang2]

Thursday, January 2, 2003

Quote of the Day by thinktwice

[mvpel]

"It's important to put as many barriers as possible between domestic-violence abusers and their victims," said North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper.

[Chemist_Geek]

"It's important to put as many barriers as possible between domestic-violence abusers and their victims," said North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper.

Just so long as the State doesn't deny the defendants, the alleged abusers, the right to confront the witnesses and complainants against them in open court.

[RandallFlagg]

Yet, in New Jersey it's still illegal to slurp your soup.

[RandallFlagg]

As in years past, the coming of New Year's Day 2003 signified the enactment of a plethora of new laws around the country, including one in California requiring anyone caught using nuclear weapons to provide a sample to the state's DNA registry.

"No longer will nuclear holocaust get in the way of unsolved crimes," said the St. Francisco Chronicle, noting that 1,168 new laws took effect in the Golden State yesterday, and another 96 have already been introduced for the upcoming legislative session.

In California, terrorists who use or threaten to use weapons of mass destruction must donate a sample to the state DNA databank, which is used to track unsolved crimes, the paper said.

I'm gonna be laughing about this one for a long time. Didn't SOMEONE'S eyes roll when they read this bill in the Cali Legislature?!?!