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Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Nov 11, 2009

  Ugly Truth: Most U.S. Kids Sentenced to Die In Prison Are Black

By Liliana Segura , AlterNet This is the second in a two-part series on juvenile life without parole. Read Part One here . On Monday the U.S. Supreme Court heard two cases that could have major implications for the way juvenile...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Nov 11, 2009

  16-Year Old Got Life Without Parole for Killing Her Abusive Pimp -- Should Teens Be Condemned to Die in Jail?

By Liliana Segura , AlterNet This article is the first in a two-part series about juveniles and harsh sentencing. Sara Kruzan was 11 years old, a middle school student from Riverside, Calif., when she met a man -- he called himself GG -- who...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Oct 21, 2009

  Travolta Extortion Trial Bahamas: Court hears of 'plot' to destroy former Senator Pleasant Bridgewater

By JUAN MCCARTNEY ~ NG Senior Reporter ~ juan@nasguard.com: The defense attorney for former Senator Pleasant Bridgewater alleged yesterday that his client was the victim of a widespread conspiracy involving West End and Bimini MP Obie Wilchcombe, Opposition Senate leader Allyson...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Oct 15, 2009

  Travolta Extortion Trial Bahamas: Pleasant Bridgewater Professed Her Innocence and Claimed She was the Victim of a Set-up by People She Trusted, Including the Official Opposition (PLP) Senate Leader Allyson Maynard-Gibson

By JUAN MCCARTNEY ~ Guardian Senior Reporter ~ juan@nasguard.com: An emotional Pleasant Bridgewater yesterday held back tears as she professed her innocence and claimed she was the victim of a set-up by people she trusted, including PLP Senate leader Allyson Maynard-Gibson, who she said told...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Oct 15, 2009

  Travolta Extortion Trial Bahamas: Former ambulance driver Tarino Lightbourne told the jury - "I know that it appears as if we're guilty, but we're not"

By JUAN MCCARTNEY ~ Guardian Senior Reporter ~ juan@nasguard.com: Former ambulance driver Tarino Lightbourne yesterday told the jury in his attempted extortion trial that "I know that it appears as if we're guilty, but we're not" as he made his unsworn statement from the bar. Lightbourne...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Oct 10, 2009

  Michael Moore: Congratulations President Obama on the Nobel Peace Prize -- Now Please Earn it!

By Michael Moore: Dear President Obama, How outstanding that you've been recognized today as a man of peace. Your swift, early pronouncements -- you will close Guantanamo, you will bring the troops home from Iraq, you want a nuclear weapon-free world, you admitted to the Iranians that we...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Oct 9, 2009

  Travolta Extortion Trial Bahamas: Former Senator Pleasant Bridgewater 'destroyed' potential evidence

By JUAN MCCARTNEY ~ Guardian Senior Reporter ~ juan@nasguard.com: A police detective who was the final witness for the prosecution in the attempted extortion trial of former Senator Pleasant Bridgewater and ambulance driver Tarino Lightbourne testified yesterday that Bridgewater told her that...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Oct 6, 2009

  Travolta Extortion Trial Bahamas: Tapes reveal alleged extortion plot

BY JUAN MCCARTNEY ~ Guardian Senior Reporter ~ juan@nasguard.com: As the third week of testimony in the attempted extortion trial of former Senator Pleasant Bridgewater and ambulance driver Tarino Lightbourne got underway yesterday, the jury saw videotape evidence in which Lightbourne...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Oct 2, 2009

  Travolta extortionists: greedy and stupid in equal measure

by Anthony L. Hall: When it was first reported that Bahamian Senator Pleasant Bridgewater (49) and ambulance driver Tarino Lightbourne (47) were arrested for attempting to extort $25 million from John Travolta, I’m sure we all thought they had something truly compromising on him (like...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Oct 2, 2009

  Travolta Extortion Trial Bahamas: Michael McDermott - An attorney for American celebrity John Travolta says Senator Pleasant Bridgewater agreed to accept $10 million

BY JUAN MCCARTNEY ~ Guardian Senior Reporter ~ juan@nasguard.com: An attorney for American celebrity John Travolta testified yesterday that former Senator Pleasant Bridgewater agreed to accept $10 million to turn over a document she and her client, ambulance driver Tarino Lightbourne,...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Aug 28, 2009

  The Roman Catholic Church in The Bahamas Supports The Controversial Proposed Marital Rape Law

By KEVA LIGHTBOURNE ~ Guardian Senior Reporter ~ kdl@nasguard.com: The head of the Roman Catholic Church in The Bahamas yesterday indicated conditional and prayerful support for the controversial proposed marital rape law. In a four-page statement, Catholic Archbishop Patrick Pinder...... [view]

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