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Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "punishment"

11 Strange, Horrific, or Just Plain Weird Ways Societies Have Policed Sex Throughout History

Eric Berkowitz, Huffington Post. May 4, 2012.

Lawmakers have always set limits on how people take their sexual pleasures, and they have doled out a range of controls and punishments to enforce them.

Where Were the Catholic Bishops when Troy Davis Died?

Dante Atkins, Daily Kos. February 19, 2012.

The Catholic Church officially opposes capital punishment. So why wasn't the Conference of Catholic Bishops outraged over Davis's execution?

As New Scammers Emerge, Is It 'Jailout' Time Yet?

Danny Schechter, AlterNet. February 24, 2009.

Why haven't we seen punishment for those corporations that "recklessly sliced and diced all this debt into worthless gambling chips."

Crime, Punishment and Vengeance in the Age of Mass Imprisonment

Prema Polit, AlterNet. April 14, 2007.

In the U.S., over 2.13 million people are incarcerated. Sasha Abramsky's new book, "American Furies," explores the bloated prison system and its tremendous financial and moral cost to our society.

New Poll: 3/4 of Americans Want Alternative Penalties for Marijuana -- So Why is the Gov\'t Still Leading a War on Pot?

Kristen Gwynne, December 31, 1969.


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