Law and Order
I’m not sure if the leadership of the state House of Representatives intends to take action on the bill submitted by Representative Joanne Giannini (D – Providence) and others that would make indoor prostitution illegal in Rhode Island; the last action on the bill listed on the RI Legislature’s website is “held for further study”…
Within a week of a Department of Homeland Security’s report on the abstract potential of escalating domestic right-wing terrorism, the FBI has added an American to its Most Wanted Terrorists list: A fugitive animal rights activist believed to be hiding outside the United States has become the first domestic terror suspect named to the FBI’s…
At a minimum, the Barrington police need to present the Places with a bill for a police detail. Two hours times however many police officers were involved. Be sure to add in the detective who placed the ultimately futile telephone calls to the parents, Chief. John Place had called the police on April 10, the…
…according to ABC News.
It wasn’t to escape jail time. Madoff, who is 70, is looking at a life sentence for his crimes. He had to know that coming into the courthouse to plead guilty. * * * By pleading guilty, Madoff cut his losses, not in the way most defendants do, by getting rid of a couple of…
[February 20, 2009 is the sixth anniversary of the fire at the Station nightclub.] Attorney General Patrick Lynch has given two principal excuses for his refusal to prosecute Denis LaRocque, the man who repeatedly inspected the Station nightclub in his capacity as a West Warwick Fire Inspector. Let us examine them. 1.) “Without malice or…
I would hope that we could all agree that the events that Bob Kerr describes are a travesty in their own right, although certainly accentuated by the fact that their victim is a veteran: Barone is a neighbor and friend and has testified in court on [Paul] Kelly’s behalf. He remembers when Pocahontas Cooley, Kelly’s…
Under “General Treasurer Frank Caprio on E-Verify and Immigration,” commenter JoeB asks: Has Lynch taken a stand on e-verify? Good question. Where does Rhode Island’s chief law enforcement officer stand on the question of a tool to aid compliance with certain laws? My quest to answer this question actually began last July. After some research…
… or “Gosh, we would make it illegal but …” The reason given in the past by General Assembly leadership for its failure to close out the technicality that makes prostitution legal indoors is that the consequences of doing so would fall disproportionately on women – i.e., the prostitutes. There is an easy solution to…
And while we’re on the subject of Democrats sponsoring sensible legislation, let’s not forget to mention that State Representatives Joanne Giannini (D-Providence), Elaine Coderre (D-Pawtucket), Helio Melo (D-East Providence), Al Gemma (D-Warwick), and Deborah Fellela (D-Johnston) have reintroduced the bill to the Rhode Island House (H5044) that would make indoor prostitution illegal in Rhode Island.…
