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Author Michelle Alexander To Be Honored At Stowe's Big Tent Jubilee
The Hartford CourantRegistration is open for the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center's big event, the Stowe Prize Big Tent Jubilee, which will take place on May 30 from 5:30 to 9 p.m. on the Stowe Center grounds, 77 Forest St., Hartford. The event will honor the 2013 Stowe...Tags: New Canaan, Justice and Rights, Michael Williams, NPR, New London (New London, Connecticut)
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First Patients Moving Into Controversial Rocky Hill Nursing Home
The Hartford CourantThe nursing home at 60 West St., the subject of much recent controversy, is now fully licensed and has begun admitting patients. The state-backed facility, which will provide long-term care to chronic and terminally ill qualifying parolees and mental...Tags: Wethersfield, Freedom of Information Act, Nursing Homes, Dannel P. Malloy , Realty
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Supreme Court Scrutinizes Inmate's Challenge To Provision In Death Penalty Repeal
The Hartford CourantIn highly anticipated arguments Tuesday before the Connecticut Supreme Court, a convicted killer's lawyer offered what he called a simple solution to settling the controversy over a death penalty repeal that excluded inmates already on death row. "You...Tags: Death Penalty, Cheshire, Justice System, Judges, Lawyers
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A Little-Known Connecticut Group Works to Oppose Gun-Control Legislation
One of the odd coincidences of the Newtown tragedy is that the headquarters of one of the biggest anti-gun-control groups in the nation stands less than two miles from Sandy Hook Elementary School — almost close enough to hear the gunfire. It's...
Tags: Adam Lanza, Bob Godfrey, Lobbying, Shootings, Personal Weapon Control
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Controversial Right-Wing Blogger Sues Connecticut State Officials
Right-wing blogger, radio talk jock, and occasional paid informant for the FBI Harold “Hal” Turner has been having a hell of a time. He claims he’s been unfairly jailed by the feds, “railroaded” by a corrupt Connecticut legal...
Tags: Radio, Roman Catholicism, Justice System, Justice and Rights, Civil Rights
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Should Civilians Be Allowed to Carry Tasers?
It's legal in Connecticut to carry a killer handgun powerful enough, in the immortal words of Dirty Harry, "to blow yer head clean off." What you can't have on your person or in your car as a private citizen in this state is a (theoretically) non-lethal...
Tags: Government, New York Giants, Civil Rights, Justice and Rights, U.S. Supreme Court
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The Racial-Profiling Scandal In East Haven Is Unresolved, While Officials Try to Install Reforms
Suppose Connecticut had a centralized system where all cops who made traffic stops had to send electronic reports on who they pulled over, the race of the person, the reason for the action and the outcome. The reports could be checked against stuff like...
Tags: Government, U.S. Department of Justice, Justice and Rights, Social Issues, Trials
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A Legislative Study Finds Buying Bullets Online is Easier Than Many Expect
Buy, sell or give away .50 caliber armor-piercing bullets in Connecticut and you could spend a year in state prison. But using the Internet to pick up a few thousand rounds of 9 mm ammo for your Glock, no problem dude. "Neither state nor federal law...
Tags: Barack Obama, Personal Weapon Control, E-Commerce Industry, Crime, Law and Justice, Interior Policy
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Very Cheap Labor: Lucky CT Inmates Can Earn Up to $1.75 a Day
Once in a while, the state of Connecticut knows a good deal when it sees it. Take the miniscule money it’s paying prison inmates to help clean up litter on the side of state highways. Those dudes are getting $1.75 a day each. The state Department...
Tags: Dannel P. Malloy , Prisons, William R Dyson, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Economy, Business and Finance
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Rep. Holder-Winfield: Longtime Champion Of Death Penalty Repeal
The Hartford CourantState Rep. Gary Holder-Winfield is so closely associated with the drive to repeal Connecticut's death penalty that he says someone once asked him, "Do you work on anything else?" In fact, the two-term Democrat from New Haven noted that he has been...Tags: New Canaan, Roman Catholicism, Justice System, Minority Groups, Human Interest
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Budding Business: Medical marijuana will mean major money for Connecticut
Medical marijuana looks to be coming soon to Connecticut, and when it does it's going to be big business. We're talking tens of millions of dollars, covering everything from direct medical pot sales to hydroponic equipment and grow lights; from...
Tags: Government, National Government, Diseases and Illnesses, Medical Marijuana Therapy, Newspaper and Magazine
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The War On Drugs Has Overpopulated Our Prisons. What if We Gave Prisoners the Option of Being Flogged Instead of Jailed?
Since Gov. Dannel Malloy is hunting for ways to cut prison costs — he's already called for closing prisons and slashing 1,000 corrections jobs — maybe he'd be interested in an innovative suggestion that could dramatically reduce the number...Tags: Government, Social Issues, Addiction, John Jay, Behavioral Conditions
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