Friday, February 29, 2008

Court refuses to block AZ sanctions law

This article talks about Phoenix trying to pass a law that will “penalize employers who knowingly hire illegal immigrants.” The federal court refused to temporary block this law. The 9th U.S circuit of appeals “ denies a request for an injuntion during an appeal.” People don’t want this law to pass. This law took effect on January 1 but many people have withheld filing any cases so the court needs to consider legal challenge. I don’t think that this law should pass because many people will end up with no jobs. The employers are just trying to help out their workers, but if this law passes then they wont get any help. The workers are going to get penalize for helping out illegal immigrants.

Thursday, February 21, 2008

Man gets 50 years for killing, cutting up wife

This article is about a man, Stephen Grant, who killed his wife. First he choked her then he “cut up her corpse in a machine shop.” Stephen Grant then told reporters that he didn’t knew, and wasn’t involved in her disappearance. He was found guilty of second-degree murder. He was sentence for 50 to 80 years for killing his wife. His two young children were left alone struggling with the loss of their mom. The judge describes his actions as “demonic, manipulated, barbaric and dishonest.” I believe that he is a really cruel person. Now his two kids are left alone. The judge had authority over him because he was sentence for 50 years. He tried to run away but they got him and sentenced him. He needs to follow the policy that was given to him. He now needs to be punished for what he did.



http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/02/21/wife.dismembered.ap/index.html

Thursday, February 14, 2008

Abolish The Death Penalty In Nebraska

Senator Ernie Chamber's bill LB1063 suggested that people should go to prison forever or life in prison without the possibility of parole. This bill failed by just one vote. Nebraska is the only state that uses the electric chair. The court now says that it is a "cruel and unusual punishment". Now people are saying the same thing about the lethal injection. They should get rid of the death penalty. Senator Ernie Camber's bill was a good idea, because it got rid of the death penalty. People who commit first-degree murder should only be sent to prison not killed. Sometimes they don't commit the crime and are still killed. The electric chair makes more people suffer and its painful. The lethal injection should be a not painful and fast death. But it is not like that, some prisoners could feel everything that is going on. They shouldn't kill prisoners that committed murder because they are doing the same thing. They should just be sent to life in prison.

Friday, February 8, 2008

Barack Obama and Hilary Clinton

According to the Los Angeles Times, senator Hilary Clinton and Barak Obama are both in the same conditions. Senator Obama won 12 out of 22 states, but they were mostly small states. Latinos support better Hilary Clinton than Barack Obama. Senator Hilary Clinton won on the big states, in California. Hilary Clinton won more in the Northeast, while Barak Obama won in the Midwest.They both could claim victory. Hilary congratulated Obama for winning on Tuesday night. Obama also congratulated Hilary on Chicago. Tuesday was a day were not only a women and an African American were competing against each other, but a day were were many people went to vote. On Tuesday Clinton won 471 delegates and Obama won 437 delegates. Obama received support from 6 in 10 Latinos. Democrats say that they want a candidate that is going to change things.