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Category Archives: Issues
It’s Not The Onion
Who can you trust for reliable news nowadays? Continue reading
Posted in Fairness, Issues
Tagged Comedy Central, Empire News, Fox News, marijuana, The Onion
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Open Records Have Limits
Fawkes-Lee & Ryan spoke to the Iowa Public Information Board this afternoon (6/19/14). Below is our comments. Before the Iowa Public Information Board June 19, 2014 I am Marty Ryan and I represent Fawkes-Lee & Ryan, a “web-based, service-oriented, grassroots … Continue reading
A Different Angle on the Death Penalty
My name is Jesse Brown, and I am serving a sentence of life without the possibility of parole. Continue reading
Posted in Death Penalty, Issues
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A Horrible Decision
On Monday, the Court said it was constitutionally okay to take a sample of “skin cells”. They might just as well take an arm or a leg, your heart, your brain, or your medical records. Continue reading
Posted in Criminal Justice, Fairness, Issues, Privacy
Tagged DNA, Fourth Amendment, Justice Ginsburg, Justice Kagan, Justice Scalia, Justice Stotomayor, Maryland v. King
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A Book Report
Murder At The Supreme Court is a nonfiction book that goes in-depth to examine “Lethal Crimes and Landmark Cases” that have reached the United States Supreme Court. Continue reading
Enhancing Minority Disproportionate Incarceration Rates In Iowa
A minority impact statement is a significant portion of a fiscal note prepared by the nonpartisan Fiscal Division of the Iowa Legislative Services Agency. In cooperation with the Division of Criminal and Juvenile Justice Planning of the Department of Human … Continue reading
Posted in Criminal Justice, Fairness, Issues
Tagged Fiscal Division - Iowa Legislative Services Agency, House File 528, Iowa County Attorneys Association, Iowa Division of Criminal and Juvenile Justice Planning, Iowa Senate Judiciary Committee, Rep. Dave Dawson, Sen. Charles Schneider, Senate File 384, The Sentencing Project
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