Veterans Courts assist veterans charged with non-violent crimes who are struggling with addiction, mental illness, or other illness and come in contact with the criminal justice system. Veterans need help, not jail. The Veterans Court for Lake County, IN has been denied because of funding. Let's find another way. By signing the petition you are supporting legislation to fund Veterans Court in Lake County, IN without reducing other social services in the county.

Human Sex Trafficking is the coercive act of movement or non-movement of persons, used for the profit, in exchange for sex or labor. It is personal to me because I have been a victim. The problem is getting worse and worse. The human rights of a person should be America's top priority. Make unpaid labor illegal. Stop censoring public awareness. Respect the victim's rights with regard to privacy. Do not criminalize the victim. Enforce the law against every trafficker!

It's been a long time coming but now it's here. The Supreme Court has deemed it unlawful to sentence a juvenile to life without parole. But many juveniles who were sentenced in the past, and who have now served 25 years or more, are still being imprisoned. They should be let out, if they have done their time.

Every weekend the residents of this area are awakened by the sounds of drunken violence and mayhem and have suffered ill effects ranging from loss of quality of life to property damage. People are fighting and being beaten in the streets, and the 40th precinct is too under-resourced or unwilling to address it until someone dies. Stop this neighborhood from becoming the next hotspot of violence in the South Bronx.

Recently Cheasapeake city jail has changed the photo policy from five photos of children/loved ones per inmate to now, not allowing photos to be sent in anymore. What they have is what they get. Some of these men/women will be spending a great deal of time behind bars and regardless of the crime committed I dont think its fair they have to go without photos. Visitation only allows children to visit who are age 12 and older. To some of the inmates photos are the only way for them to see thier children.My Husband is one of the inmates at Cheasapeake city jail. We have a 10 month old son together. His son was born wile his Father was incarcerated. He has some time to go before they will get the chance to meet. He looks foward to photos as they show his baby boy growing into a young man. Please help me and others by sighing this petition so the inmates of Cheasapeake city jail (who are people too) can still recive photos. Thank you for your time and effort.

My uncle Lenny Singleton was sentenced on April 9, 1996 by Judge William Fain Rutherford out of Norfolk, Virginia to 2 Life Sentences, plus 100 years in a non-capital offense.No one was injured in the crime. Please sign the petition as "injustice anywhere is injustice everywhere (MLK)."

This isn't about guns. This isn't about left vs right, or whether you like Kokesh or not. This is about human rights. Adam Kokesh is being imprisoned in DC for loading a gun on Youtube. He is being held without bond, without trial, and without bail. He was beaten and his home invaded. For 2 months he was in solitary confinement. Kokesh's "crime" was a political movement--he planned to stage a rally. He didn't hurt anyone, but he's being treated worse than a murderer. He is a political prisoner, pure and simple. America isn't supposed to have political prisoners. Tell DC Chief Lanier to restore Kokesh's Constitutional rights and stop persecuting him for his political beliefs.

Every 9 seconds a Woman is Assaulted in the United States, while more than 1.3 Million Women are victims of Domestic Violence annually. There are 21 National Football League Teams which have at least 1 player on their roster who has been charged with assault or domestic violence related charges. The National Football League should bring awareness to Domestic Violence during October which is the National Domestic Violence Awareness Month observance which will send a message to men and women that we need to bring awareness, education and prevention of Domestic Violence.

Unlike our neighboring states, PA, MD, NJ, and VA, in DE, convicted sex offenders who are classified as tier 1, are only made known to law enforcement. They are not put on the state sex offenders website. They are not prohibited from going to schools, parks, places of worship, or other places children gather. These offenders are considered "low risk "; however, I say to you, if there is ANY RISK to myself, my children, or yours, we have the right to know. There are MANY registered sex offenders on DE website, but this makes me wonder how many more offenders are living in our state that we are unaware of. Unfortunately it seems, DE does not take sex crimes seriously. This law needs to be changed to better protect our communities, but it's going to take us to do it.

The Problem: In New York State it is legal practice to withhold information pertinent to criminal cases from a defendant and his defense attorney until the very moment of trial. This is not because the information is unavailable; it is because the prosecution does not have to turn over such information earlier. For example, prosecutors are not required by law to hand over police reports, prior testimony, and any other evidence to the defendant until trial begins, and in some cases, not until the first witness takes the stand. A prosecutor does not even have to turn over evidence that might help a defendant or cast doubt on his guilt unless the prosecutor thinks it is important. This practice costs both taxpayers and the judicial system a great deal of time and money. The Solution: We request that New York State Senate Bill Number: S4089-2013 gets voted out of the Senate Standing Committee on Codes as new Criminal Procedure Law Article 245, thereby repealing CPL 240. As a result, CPL Article 245 would require that both the prosecutor and defense attorney provide the opposing party with extensive discovery early in a criminal case. In addition, CPL Article 245 would include a mechanism for prosecutors with legitimate concerns about the safety of their witnesses or with on-going investigations to withhold or redact any evidence or information covered by the statute and to move for a protective order.

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The Canadian nonprofit organization Lawyers Against the War argued in a letter dated Sunday that Canadian officials have a duty to arrest Cheney "as a person suspected on reasonable grounds of authorizing, counseling, aiding, abetting and failing to prevent torture.”