Nearly one in three Americans abuse or become dependent on alcohol over the course of their lives, and most never seek treatment, according to a study published on Monday. picked by DrNothing 1 year ago

Australia’s Aborigines were stripped of the right of self-rule yesterday after the Government declared the widespread sexual abuse of Aboriginal children to be a national emergency.

This is several months old but I thought topical due to THIS post picked by doggylives 8 months ago

If you ask me, the wife is in on it. picked by muppetmaker 5 months ago

78-year old nun charged accused of molesting boys 40 years ago. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

"The abject failure of legal scholarship in the Office of Legal Counsel's analysis of torture suggests that what mattered was not that the reasoning was sound, or that the research was comprehensive, but that it delivered what the Bush administration wanted," Whitehouse said. picked by dollyllama 7 months ago

WELL over a third of US combat troops deployed in Iraq condone torture to obtain information from insurgents and nearly one in 10 acknowledge mistreating civilians, a survey has found. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

"It is no wonder that this memo ... could not withstand scrutiny and had to be withdrawn," said Leahy, D-Vermont. "This memo seeks to find ways to avoid legal restrictions and accountability on torture and threatens our country's status as a beacon of human rights around the world." picked by dollyllama 8 months ago

A poll of more than 27,000 Liberals who hate America in 25 countries shows that a sizeable majority are opposed to torture, even if its purpose is to elicit information that could save other Liberals who hate America from terrorist attack. picked by Galoot 2 years ago

Prosecutors said that Gabriel Kalama forced one child to eat another child’s feces, that he taped a child's hands together and exploded fireworks between the child’s hands and that he beat two children with a bat.

5 years for abusing 5 kids? i am NOT impressed with the law. picked by muppet 3 months ago

This disturbing new Amnesty International video reenacts CIA stress-position torture techniques. Oh, wait. Did I say disturbing? I meant to say, "Hells yeah, do whutever it takes to git them terrists!"

Not safe for work or children. picked by Galoot 12 months ago

Although President Bush has stated that the United States has not and will not torture people, it has been learned that Mr. Bush himself has authorized the use of waterboarding on detainees (a practice previously prosecuted by the United States as a war crime), and has claimed the authority to do so again in certain circumstances. picked by dollyllama 9 months ago

A "mother" held her daughter's hand to comfort her while being sexually abused in the Northern Territories of Australia picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Paul F. Little was sentenced to 3 years and 10 month in prison for distributing to consensual customers videos of adults engaging in consensual and legal behavior. Even though he lived in California, they forced his trial to be in Tampa which would have harsher local standards. He tried the Bush Administration defense, but it wasn't successful. picked by bernardblack 1 month ago