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Padilla went on to rack up a grim but not exceptional rap sheet of adult crimes--ranging from assault to unlawful carrying of weapons to the attempted theft of a doughnut. Almost every incident includes a charge of resisting arrest or fleeing the scene. He swiped at cops with knives, fists and feet, according to court documents. In between bookings, he worked as a dishwasher or in the laundry of Chicago hotels and restaurants. In October 1991, after he and his family had moved to South Florida, he was arrested for firing his .38-cal. revolver at another driver during...
...most serious student theft on campus occurred nearly a decade...
Because of the theft, EWC was not able to donate any money to the Jimmy Fund...
...relatively placid. So where is the hate vote coming from?" In part from textbook National Front bigotry and fear tactics. During campaigning for the Gardois seat covering Saint-Gilles and Beaucaire last week, National Front candidate and Vauvert native Florence Berthezène handed out leaflets decrying "lynchings, rapes, theft of all kinds ... racketeering, drug dealing, prostitution [and] pedophilia." But the police official notes, "The last killing anyone recalls in Vauvert was of an Arab youth." Be that as it may, the French feel vulnerable - and want action. "Crime and feelings of insecurity are directly linked to immigration," Berthez...
...women. For a rapist to be convicted, for example, his crime has to be confirmed by four adult male Muslim eyewitnesses, or the rapist must confess. If the court rules that there was consent, the woman can be convicted of adultery. Sentences under the Hudood ordinances include amputation for theft, flogging for drinking alcohol and stoning for adultery. And, while the medieval punishments are never carried out, convicted adulterers often spend years in prison. At least half of the women in Pakistani prisons are either awaiting trial or have already been convicted under the Hudood laws...