The Board of Trustees for the Rhode Island Criminal Justice Hall of Fame today announced the names of the 2016 inductees. Established by Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin, the Rhode Island Criminal Justice Hall of Fame honors outstanding professionals who have worked to improve and uphold the principles of the criminal justice system in Rhode Island.
Inductees into the Hall of Fame are nominated and selected by the Criminal Justice Hall of Fame Board of Trustees. Inductees include local and state members of law enforcement, academics, judges, attorneys, community activists, and other professionals who have made a significant impact in the criminal justice system through personal and professional achievements. The 2016 class includes:
How many products would you buy without first knowing the cost?
Not many, I assume. So, obtaining price estimates from a hospital ahead of a routine procedure shouldn't be too difficult, right? That's exactly what Vox writer Johnny Harris tried to do in anticipation of the birth of his first child. Harris called the local hospital at which his wife, Isabella, would give birth. What happened next is both frustrating and appalling. Watch the video below Trish Oliver (age 33), of West Warwick, RI, pleaded guilty on Monday to one count of manslaughter for her role in the October 4, 2009 death of her six-year-old son Marco Nieves.
Under the terms of the plea agreement, reached with the approval of Marco’s living relatives, Oliver is facing a 30-year sentence with a maximum of ten years to serve. Superior Court Justice Kristin E. Rodgers ordered a pre-sentencing report to be completed, and set sentencing down for Tuesday, July 19, 2016. Oliver was released on the same bail, $5,000 with surety, pending sentencing. The House of Representatives has passed legislation introduced by Rep. Grace Diaz (D-Dist. 11, Providence) that seeks to curtail racial disparities in school discipline.
The bill (2016-H 7056) would direct all school superintendents to review discipline data for their school districts, to decide whether there is an unequal impact on students based on race, ethnicity, or disability status, and to respond to any disparity. Wild Side Episode #262 5/3/16 -Feeling the weather getting you down along? Are you in a funk? Then you need to get fired up with political hot takes courtesy of The Wild Side with the esteemed professor David Clyde and his co-host, Johnny K formally of Free Speech Radio & TV, John Kurbiec.
In the latest episode of the Wild Side, Clyde and Johnny K are still a buzz from last week’s preliminaries. It’s not because of who won (*cough* *cough* Trump & Sanders *cough* *cough*) but rather how their victory is raising some hell within each of their respective parties and exposing the dark, scheming secrets on both sides. Joining the duo is Ron Park from "Conservatives Against Obama's Liberal Agenda” as they talk about an interesting topic: Facebook. No, they don’t talk about ‘which celebrity they look like’ or ‘pet photos.’ Rather, they talk about how the social media can easily censor and shut down people without bothering to figure out the details. |
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