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  • British lawmakers vote against banning spanking of children

    11/02/2004 1:18:51 PM PST · by paudio · 18 replies · 280+ views
    SFGate.com ^ | 11/02/04 | AP
    LONDON (AP) — British lawmakers on Tuesday voted against banning parents from smacking their children. In a passionate House of Commons debate, some lawmakers argued that even mild spanking should be outlawed and insisted children should be given the same legal protection against being hit as adults.
  • The Ins and Outs of Jury Nullification

    07/02/2004 11:28:32 PM PDT · by betty boop · 40 replies · 1,427+ views
    self relying on various ^ | July 2, 2004 | Jean F. Drew
    The Ins and Outs of Jury Nullificationby Jean F. Drew If a juror accepts as the law that which the judge states then that juror has accepted the exercise of absolute authority of a government employee and has surrendered a power and right that once was the citizen’s safeguard of liberty, -- for the saddest epitaph which can be carved in the memory of a vanished liberty is that it was lost because its possessors failed to stretch forth a saving hand while yet there was time. -- Thomas Jefferson The Framers of the Constitution of the United States were...