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Almost 46 million people trapped in slavery with North Korea, India key offenders
2016-05-31 08:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Almost 46 million people are living as slaves globally with the greatest number in India but the highest prevalence in North Korea, according to the third Global Slavery Index launched on Tuesday with Australian actor Russell Crowe. The index, by Australia-based human rights group Walk Free Foundation, increased its estimate of people born into servitude, trafficked for sex work, or trapped in debt bondage or forced labour to 45.8 million from 35.8 million in 2014. Andrew Forrest, founder of...
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Some of the Worst CO2 Offenders on Climate Change: 'Meh
2016-04-20 12:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
U.S. News: Republican front-runner Donald Trump has indicated he doesn't put much stock in man-made climate change. In the past, he tweeted that "global warming is a total, and very expensive, hoax!" Meanwhile, Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton has said that as president, she would go after polluters and people in the U.S. and around the world "who don't recognize the seriousness of this crisis." But while politicians continue to debate the existence of man-made climate change, the scientific community...
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Low-level offenders in Wichita get chance for clean record
2016-02-22 07:36:39| Real Estate - Topix.net
Lawyers and volunteers will team up in March to help people in Wichita qualify to wipe their criminal records clean. The Wichita Eagle reports that Clean Slate Day on March 4 will be free for many in the community for whom the fee is prohibitive.
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Should movement to ease criminal laws extend to white-collar offenders? Coalition splits on answer
2015-12-01 13:02:42| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
A bill that would make it more difficult to prosecute alleged white-collar offenders has exposed a rift in a coalition pushing for less punitive criminal laws. The conservative Koch brothers had joined with the U.S. Justice Department to support criminal justice reform, but they are parting ways over the House bill, the New York Times reports.
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Senators reach deal to reduce prison time for some offenders
2015-10-02 09:55:59| Energy - Topix.net
Senate conservatives and liberals on Thursday united behind an overhaul of the criminal justice system, a rare bipartisan agreement that would allow some nonviolent drug offenders to get reduced prison sentences and give judges greater discretion in sentencing. The legislation, years in the making, comes as disparate voices have spoken as one in saying the current system is broken, from President Barack Obama to the ACLU to the conservative Koch Industries.