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Mom sells 6 year old daughter's body for sex to score drugs

Florida mom sold 6-year-old daughter’s body for sex to score drugs: police

Woman's own mother says 'drug dealers' took over her home, making her 'as much a victim as her…

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Added by Lucinda F. Boyd on March 6, 2012 at 6:54pm — No Comments

When Kids Commit Crimes

By Ryan Schill

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Monday, March 05, 2012 07:50

When Kids Commit Crimes

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Added by Lucinda F. Boyd on March 6, 2012 at 6:26pm — No Comments

GONE today, but never forgotten. 03-06-2012. R.I.P. MARY Louise Guyton Harbin.......

GONE today, but never forgotten. 03-06-2012. R.I.P. MARY Louise Guyton Harbin.......

my mother sister passed today and i send my prayers out to my whole family she was a great auntie and a great person i will truly miss you.…

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Added by The Streets Don't Love You Back on March 6, 2012 at 8:37am — No Comments

the champ Jesse Valentino Ruiz

come out and support the champ Jesse Valentino Ruiz april 21,2012 now down with the streets dont love you back movement www.thestreetsdontloveyouback.ning.com

at the celebrity theatre versus in phoenix…

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Added by The Streets Don't Love You Back on March 4, 2012 at 10:40pm — No Comments

'Freeway' Rick Ross Trial Date Set, Calls Rapper Rick Ross a 'Complete Idiot'

Former Los Angeles drug kingpin "Freeway" Rick Ross continues to seek justice in his case against rapper Rick Ross, whom he claims is unlawfully profiting from his name and reputation.

After the lawsuit was…

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Added by Lucinda F. Boyd on March 2, 2012 at 2:30pm — No Comments

US Number of Aging Prisioners Soaring

Corrections Officials Ill-Prepared to Run Geriatric Facilities

January 27, 2012…

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Added by Lucinda F. Boyd on March 1, 2012 at 1:14pm — No Comments

The Gray Box: An investigative look at solitary confinement... cont.

The Gray Box: An investigative look at solitary confinement

A few weeks ago, on the fifteenth anniversary of his first day in prison, Osiel Rodriguez set about cleaning the 87 square feet he inhabits at ADX, a federal mass isolation facility in Colorado.

“I got it in my head to destroy all my photographs,” he writes in a letter to me. “I spent some five hours ripping each one to pieces. No one was safe. I did not save one of my mother, father, sisters. Who…

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Added by Lucinda F. Boyd on March 1, 2012 at 1:06pm — No Comments

Profiting from Prisons

Sunday, February 19, 2012 04:27

Profiting from Prisons

A man opposes private prisons at an Occupy protest in Valdosta, GA.

Photo by faul, via Flickr.

Early this year, the United Methodist Church Board of Pension and Health Benefits voted to withdraw nearly $1 million in stocks…

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Added by Lucinda F. Boyd on March 1, 2012 at 12:42pm — No Comments

The World’s ‘Murder Capital,’ Transformed

Monday, February 27, 2012 04:59

The World’s ‘Murder Capital,’ Transformed

Juarez Municipal Police have seen a decrease in crime after employing such tactics as stop-and-frisk, often employed in New York City.

Photo by Joseph J. Kolb

Juarez, the Mexican border city once…

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Added by Lucinda F. Boyd on March 1, 2012 at 12:40pm — No Comments

Will Ex-Inmates Who Get Jobs Commit Fewer Crimes?

Thursday, March 01, 2012 07:47

Will Ex-Inmates Who Get Jobs Commit Fewer Crimes?

The U.S. Capital Visitor's Center in Washington.

Photo via www.visitthecapitol.gov

The poor national economy has…

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Added by Lucinda F. Boyd on March 1, 2012 at 12:38pm — No Comments

Teens Smoking More Pot but Drinking Less.... Annual study shows 4th straight increase in marijuana use

Pot smoking among teenagers is increasing while teen alcohol consumption has sunk to historic lows, according to a national survey. Of 47,000 American students surveyed, 36.4% of 12th-graders had used marijuana in the past year, up from 32% in 2007, as had 28.8% of 11th-graders and 12.5% of 8th-graders. One in 15 high school seniors smoked pot daily, and one in nine smoked "synthetic" pot at least once.…

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Added by Lucinda F. Boyd on February 18, 2012 at 6:55pm — No Comments

The Myths About Teen Prescription Drug Abuse

There has been an alarming increase in prescription drug abuse reported by teens in recent years and that increase may be due in part to some of the myths…

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Added by Lucinda F. Boyd on February 18, 2012 at 6:26pm — No Comments

Bobby Brown: “Security Moved Me Three Times, Prevented Me From Seeing Bobbi Kristina

Bobby Brown: “Security Moved Me Three Times, Prevented Me From Seeing Bobbi Kristina”

Bobby Brown attended his ex-wife’s funeral but did not stay. It was initially reported that Bobby Brown left because he was offered family seating for three but arrived with an entourage of nine.…

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Added by The Streets Don't Love You Back on February 18, 2012 at 4:23pm — No Comments

Arizona private prisons slammed by report

Arizona's private prisons are not cost-effective for taxpayers and are more difficult to monitor than state prisons, according to a new report by a prison watchdog group that is calling for a moratorium on any new private prisons in the state.

The report examined the five prisons that have contracts to house Arizona prisoners and six private prisons that house federal…

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Added by Lucinda F. Boyd on February 16, 2012 at 10:51pm — 1 Comment

Mafia 'henchman' busted

He was the 'henchman" to "Jimmy Henchman."

Now Jason Williams is behind bars after many months on the lam as a federal fugitive, officials said.

Brooklyn federal prosecutors say Williams was the right-hand-man of hip hop talent agent James "Jimmy Henchman" Rosemond and assisted him with his coast-to-coast cocaine distribution empire.

Today, Drug Enforcement…

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Added by Lucinda F. Boyd on February 16, 2012 at 10:01pm — No Comments