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Is Greed the Primary Motivator of Criminal Trespassers and Their Supporters?
Question by RENEGADE.: Is greed the primary motivator of criminal trespassers and their supporters?
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
As U.S. leaders craft policies to curb illegal immigration from Mexico, the U.S. Federal Reserve is devising programs to extend banking services to undocumented immigrants. A new remittance program aims to bring Mexican migrants who send money home into the mainstream U.S. financial system, regardless of their immigration status.
Dubbed “Directo a Mexico,” the remittance program enables U.S. commercial banks to make money transfers for Mexican workers through the Federal Reserve’s own automated clearinghouse, which is linked to Banco de Mexico, the Mexican central bank.
To use the service, a Mexican need only possess a matricula consular, an ID issued by the Mexican consulate in most major U.S. cities to those with proof of Mexican birth or citizenship, or a picture ID card issued by the U.S. or another foreign government. The idea is to make it cheaper and safer for Mexican workers to send funds to their relatives.
Public Defenders, Bolstered by a Work Analysis and Rulings, Push Back Against …
Public Defenders, Bolstered by a Work Analysis and Rulings, Push Back Against …
More than a half-century after the Supreme Court ruled that impoverished criminal defendants must be provided lawyers free of charge, the state of indigent defense remains “unconscionable,” in the words of Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. Colleen M …
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Mini Reviews
LEAVING TOWN. 12 YEARS A SLAVE: In the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. … *3 DAYS TO KILL: A dying Secret Service Agent trying to reconnect with his estranged …
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Puerto Rico and Wall Street's 21st Century Debt Peonage Imperialism
Unfortunately for Puerto Rico, its fuzzy political relationship with the United States is always described with euphemisms (“Commonwealth”) in order to avoid the undeniable truth: Puerto Rico is a colonial possession of the United States in the 21st …
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Ranbaxy, Teva to Settle With New York Attorney General
Ranbaxy, Teva to Settle with New York Attorney General
"Agreements between drug manufacturers to protect each other's market positions violate fundamental principles of antitrust law and can lead to higher drug prices," Mr. Schneiderman said in a written statement. He said drug companies "should be aware …
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NY man arrested amid Hoffman probe seeks treatment
NEW YORK — A musician arrested on heroin-possession charges amid an investigation into Philip Seymour Hoffman's death hopes to resolve the case with treatment, according to a court filing Tuesday. Saying that his heroin addiction … New York state …
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Icahn Orchestrates Billion Drug Merger
And though Actavis has been known to grow through acquisition, the company is already pledging to develop new drugs aggressively after the merger. The combined … $ 13.6 billion. Greenhill & Company and the law firm Latham & Watkins advised Actavis.
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Countries Rethink Pot Laws in Wake of US, Uruguay Legalization Experiments – Bellingham Herald
Countries rethink pot laws in wake of US, Uruguay legalization experiments – Bellingham Herald
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Countries rethink pot laws in wake of US, Uruguay legalization experiments
Bellingham Herald In Latin America and the Caribbean, where countries including Mexico and Chile have decriminalized possession of small amounts of drugs, there is significant public opposition to further legalization. But top officials are no longer as fearful of … US drug policy fuels push for legal pot worldwide Treatment or Jail: Patrick Kennedy Wages Fierce Anti-Pot Crusade Mark Kleiman: Reasonable pot policy |
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Former Bartow Lawyer Gets 5 Years on Drug Charges – The Ledger
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Former Bartow Lawyer Gets 5 Years on Drug Charges
The Ledger Evans pleaded no contest to three charges: introduction of contraband into a county detention facility, possession of cocaine and possession of drug paraphernalia. Without a plea deal in place, Evans' punishment was left to Circuit Judge Catherine … |
The Barrett Brown Review of Arts and Letters and Jail: Secrets of the …
The Barrett Brown Review of Arts and Letters and Jail: Secrets of the …
Instead I will simply note that if everyone who violated state or federal laws by possessing or selling drugs were to be caught and prosecuted for these crimes, tens of millions of American citizens would be in prison and tens of millions more would be …
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Ahead of Super Bowl, 18 Charged in Drug and Prostitution Ring
Prosecutors charged 18 people with being members of a sophisticated prostitution and drug trafficking ring that advertised its services on television and by text message, law-enforcement authorities said Thursday. The enterprise … The ring was based …
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George P. Bush's PAC Backed Fla. Lawmaker Resigning After Cocaine Bust
George P. Bush's PAC backed Fla. lawmaker resigning after cocaine bust
Trey Radel, R-Fla., is resigning today after pleading guilty to cocaine possession, and not all of his campaign donors have buyer's remorse — including a political action committee led by George P. Bush, a GOP candidate for Texas land commissioner.
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Man Charged After 'Upskirting' Incident At Rainbow Serpent Festival
drew a sold out capacity of 15,000 punters to the bush for four days of electronic and dance music, with a lineup that featured the likes of DJs Donato Dozzy, Michael Mayer, and FreQ Nasty among more than 100 acts. But one Rainbow Serpent attendee was …
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