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what about the rights of the victims..Prisons are playgrounds, they are supposed to be a deterent to a life of crime We need prison reform all right but not the way that the liberals want it What can be done.?, or does anyone really care...?

2007-06-07 09:20:27 · 13 answers · asked by pissed off 2 in Law & Ethics

How many others are sitting in jail due to poor record. keeping by the police?
http://www.wftv.com/irresistible/13456157/detail.html
51-Year-Old Woman Mistakenly Jailed For Nine Days
POSTED: 5:47 pm EDT June 6, 2007
UPDATED: 11:10 am EDT June 7, 2007

KISSIMMEE, Fla. -- A 51-year-old Kissimmee woman was thrown in jail for nine days all because of a case of mistaken identity. She went to the police station to get fingerprinted for a new job and that's when her troubles started.

A lawsuit filed in circuit court alleges false imprisonment of a woman who was seeking a simple request from her local police department.

Maria Carrasquillo moved from Puerto Rico to Central Florida in 1994. She had never been in trouble with the law, until March 2005. That's when she visited Kissimmee police to voluntarily get her fingerprints taken. She needed that done to apply for work as a licensed practical nurse.

Instead of it being a brief visit, Carrasquillo was arrested for an outstanding warrant. A woman in New York City, with the same name, was wanted on drug-related charges.Carrasquillo spent nine days in the county jail before someone at the Kissimmee Police Department checked the identity of the New York suspect and realized they didn't match.

The lawsuit alleges it took months before the court dismissed the case. The officer, who made the arrest, Anthony Bosworth, is no longer with Kissimmee police. Eyewitness News checked and his personnel file said he was a competent employee, but resigned in May 2005. That was two months after Carrasquillo's arrest and less than two years after he was hired as a patrol officer.

Carrasquillo's lawyer said a language barrier may have made things worse the day of the arrest.

"If they had done a background check, brought in a Spanish speaking person, anything would have revealed they had the wrong person," said attorney Mike Smith.

The lawsuit also accuses the city of having an inadequate system of reviewing its charging affidavits. Eyewitness News spoke with the city of Kissimmee's attorney, Don Smallwood, who only said, "The city defends these cases vigorously."

2007-06-07 09:15:21 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law Enforcement & Police

lets face it, Americans want politicians with high profile executive jobs, with million dollar retirement packages.

you dont want to vote in a local hero who helps his/her community. works hard to make ends meet and lives a real responsible life.

you want the typical, grew up rich, with a powerful family making decisions over your lives.

This is how it has been in the history of America


given that, what do you REALLY think about that?

2007-06-07 09:13:24 · 16 answers · asked by Jahpson 5 in Politics

The sheriff refused to say what illness she had that made him decide to release her. Considering the fact that she became famous for a sleazy sex video, might she have aids, and the sheriff is afraid he might catch it from her if he kept her in "solitary" ?

2007-06-07 09:13:20 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

Why do I get the feeling that the US is turning into the Roman Empire more every day?

Anyone who knows basic history will see the creepy
writing on the wall. We're "falling" the same way the Romans did, so lost in our global power and decadence that we fail to address our problems. We see ourselves as "untouchable", and beholden to on one.

It took Rome more than 200 years to fall to her knees . . . the US has just made that landmark and we are already starting crumble, from the inside out.

Am I the only one who sees this?

2007-06-07 09:08:33 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Saw the blurb just now and was very happy. This needs to die on the floor.

2007-06-07 09:05:50 · 21 answers · asked by Mark S 6 in Immigration

Hillary Clinton (D) -New York
John Edwards (D) -North Carolina
Barack Obama (D) -Illinois
Bill Richardson (D) -New Mexico
Joe Biden (D) -Delaware
Chris Dodd (D) -Connecticut
Dennis Kucinich (D) -Ohio
Someone Else / Don't Care For Any

2007-06-07 09:01:06 · 24 answers · asked by Napoleon 1 in Elections

2007-06-07 09:00:11 · 19 answers · asked by lovell2013 3 in Elections

Congress included a provision to deport Paris Hilton?

2007-06-07 08:58:44 · 24 answers · asked by Roy 6 in Immigration

This question is an off-shoot of what trouble-maker just asked.

People want us to give them food, medical supplies, finances and other things to take care of their countries yet we have hungry people here, people without health insurance here and other problems we need to deal with.

I am against welfare and the like, but I especially loathe giving money to foreign countries that don't appreciate the aid anyway.

2007-06-07 08:58:23 · 15 answers · asked by Frank Dileo 3 in Politics

Do you believe that the word war was so overused that people became somewhat immune to its meaning?

War on Poverty,War on Drugs, War on the Environment, War on the Poor, War on Crime, etc., etc., etc.

2007-06-07 08:57:37 · 6 answers · asked by Tom Sh*t 3 in Government

"Sen. Hillary Clinton's fans suggest that her brilliance outshines her character flaws. But if she's so smart, how did she flunk the D.C. bar exam, one of the easiest in the nation?'


http://www.ibdeditorials.com/IBDArticles.aspx?id=266023226928898

2007-06-07 08:56:50 · 28 answers · asked by Spice 2 in Politics

I mean, if you were an talentless simpleton and were offered the chance of being US prez, wouldn't you take it?

The real blame should go the American people who, at one point, actually gave an 80% approval rate when the rest of us saw him for the dim -witted cowboy that he is.

2007-06-07 08:55:28 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

I know one U.S. president wasn't Protestant, but not which one it was. Does anyone know, along with a source?

2007-06-07 08:54:10 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Government

Even though I am liberal myself, I do believe that the USA had every right to go into Afghanistan, just not Iraq. I beleive war should only be done as a last resort action when our country is in clear imminent danger. In other words I believe war is justified if it is done in defense. The attack of Afghanistan was done as a response to an extreme and imminent situation such as 9/11. Our country was in immenent danger at the time. There was clear and obvious evidence that Al Quaida was responsible and there was clear evidence that Afghanistan was condoning their activities. We even gave the Afghani government a chance to avoid war by giving them a week to extridite Al Quaida themselves. However they refused. On the other hand Iraq was attacked pre-empitivly and the US's motives for attacking the country was entirly arbitrary and without solid evidence. Liberals are not always against war, most liberals
support wars only if it has a just cause. Agree or Disagree?

2007-06-07 08:51:11 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

I Was selling something through craigslist priced at $2000, and a out of state buyer said they were gonna send me a Official Check overnight... I got the check in the amount of $4700...and was to wire the remainding of $2700 to thier shipper after i was to arrange the best time&day for pickup.
My bank said 7days to Clear...So OFCOURSE i waited...the 7th day i arranged time&day of pickup and sent money,,,
4Days Later I have a NEGATIVE $4700.00 at my Bank...By then I have already Spent my $2000 and sent off the $2700.00... To avoid joing to Jail as threatened by my Bank and Local District Attorney I put up all the Money on my Credit Card....
HOW CAN I GET THE $2700.00 BACK???
***the transfer was done through MoneyGram and I have the name of person that i sent it to...but Moneygram Wont tell me the Location or Any info regarding pickup of Money sent.

2007-06-07 08:51:08 · 5 answers · asked by Pappi 2 in Law & Ethics

he was charged with a hit and run and a habitual offender. people make mistakes we have all made them so dont be hating on my bf its my fault hes in jail ok we got into a fight and he followed me bc i left to go home and i get a phone call from his family saying hes in jail he wants to make his life better he realizes what he did was stupid everyone isnt perfect and im tired of almost everyone discrimminating answers someone in everyones family immigrated here we stole this land from the native americans so no one really belongs here but them so dont be hating foreigners ok so think twice before you say stuff bout foreigners everyone is soo friggin racist its horrible

2007-06-07 08:48:48 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

Paris Hilton is. She only served 3 days of her sentence and bought her way out of jail. She is now on house arrest for 40 days. I would love to stay at a Hilton on house arrest. I guess in CA you can drive drunk, break probation, and get a slap on the wrist. See what happens when you drive drunk. (She was a loaded weapon) Start saving your money, it just might buy your way out of jail.

No wonder we have a problem with illegal immigrants in this nation. We can't even keep our own citizens in check.

2007-06-07 08:47:58 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

I was taking a sip of coffee just now, and apparently someone made one of those fruity flavored coffees. I loathe coconut. I just spit a mouthful of coffee all over my monitor. What's the worst thing you've done?

2007-06-07 08:47:22 · 10 answers · asked by Dull Jon 6 in Politics

Illegal aliens have been walking out of American prisons after serving their time at taxpayer expense without being deported!

Jorge Villa-Gutierrez, 25, is in prison for the gang rape of an 18-year-old Douglas County, Colorado woman. He claimed to have paid only $100 for a fake ID and Social Security number.

Manuel Cantu, 28, pleaded guilty in Middlesex Superior Court February 2005 in Cambridge, Mass., to six counts of rape and one count of indecent assault and battery on a person over 14 years old. Cantu also went by the aliases Angel Meza and Angel M. Salvador, according to court documents.


Our government can't or won't find the hundreds of thousands of known felon illegal aliens walking America's streets tonight much less stop the new felons coming in tonight across our unsecured borders."
approximately 240,000 illegal-immigrant sex offenders reside in the United States – while 93 sex offenders and 12 serial sexual offenders come across U.S. borders illegally every day.

2007-06-07 08:47:06 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

That seems to be the excuse for everything else

2007-06-07 08:46:34 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

In 2000, our budget was $1.8 trillion. In 2007, it's $2.8 trillion. What are we spending the extra trillion dollars on?

I realize some of it is the war, some entitlements, etc. But can anyone quantify them for me?

Numbers / sources a must. It baffles me how quickly the budget increased that much.

2007-06-07 08:46:16 · 9 answers · asked by Tony R 3 in Government

What procedures should be in place if the terrorists are successful next time and wipe out the entire Congress?

Remember this could happen in an Obama Administration too. I am looking for ideas.

What I want to know is what actions should the states and Federal government take in such a situation as the Presiednt is now the lone power. Having just read The Broken Branch by Thomas E. Mann and Norman J. Ornstein, I was a little disturbed that there is no plan and worse, election officials cannot even forsee holding an election until they have had over 75 days to plan it. The English can do one in a month and we can't hold a quick one in two?

2007-06-07 08:44:15 · 10 answers · asked by Tom Sh*t 3 in Other - Politics & Government

I sure as heck dont. If it passes, nothing can stop the politicians. The media says the majority of americans are for everything and that just isnt true.

2007-06-07 08:43:32 · 25 answers · asked by smokindoggy 2 in Immigration

2007-06-07 08:40:44 · 10 answers · asked by Mr.Pie 1 in Immigration

Partisanship apart, I cannot, despite trying hard. think of 1 thing that has been done in the past 8 years that can be said to be beneficial to the wholeness of the American nation....

All laws appear divisive..
The media is divisive...
Attacks
Wars
Terror are all buzzwords of the 21st century... and who is to blame?

2007-06-07 08:39:03 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

George W Bush has repeated broke the law and it appears that there is clear and convincing evidence that George W Bush orchestrated the attacks of 9/11 and obstructed justice by covering up the crime. Mr. Bush is directly responsible for the death of 100,000s of Iraqi lives as well as the death of over 3,500 American soldiers.

2007-06-07 08:38:22 · 14 answers · asked by Julius S 5 in Politics

My Cain of Command told me they are referraling me to Mental Health?

2007-06-07 08:38:06 · 9 answers · asked by crazyjoe91e 1 in Military

2007-06-07 08:37:03 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

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