美國的極端基督精和保守派行為思想真可怕。同自己的BB拍攝包住毛巾的浴後照竟然差點成為性罪犯--父母被政府鎖起﹐BB被政府搶走﹐全屋被政府大肆搜略和破壞。這種惡法不知幾時抵達香港呢﹖小心小心。
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2009/09/22/pn.bathtime.photos.cnn
Naked bath pics child porn?
A couple sues after temporarily losing custody of their kids because a Wal-mart employee turned in their bathtime photos.
9.23.2009
4.10.2008
Suspects in video beating could get life in prison - Maybe Americans really hate Jesus' teachings?
中文版本
In this beating case, the eight Florida teenagers could spend the rest of their lives in prison. While this videotaped beating is absolutely despicable and the teens should be punished. But life prison? That is too inhumane, too harsh, and too cruel. True, the victim suffered injuries; but she did not die. And these are just teenagers. I guess America has never been about forgiving people and giving them second chances. Based on how the American legal system treats its citizens, it is fair to say that few places in the world violate human rights more atrociously than the U.S. does. And the U.S. always pretends to respect human rights and urge other nations to do so. What hypocrites Americans are.
Yet, on further thoughts, the heartless and merciless American legal system has once put a man accused on shoplifting videotapes (valued at US$150) in prison for 50 years to life. Using that case as an example, sentencing these kids to life in prison is actually not that surprising. The truly surprising part is this: the U.S. (including its political and judicial leaders) calls itself a Christian society. Jesus and Christian teachings emphasize forgiveness, seeing it as a cornerstone of Christianity -- but why is it that Americans value judicial revenge and legal retaliation so much more than forgiveness and giving second chances? Are Americans simply self-righteous liars who say one thing and do another? Or do they fundamentally hate Jesus' teachings in their hearts?
The U.S. spends billions of dollars per year on putting citizens in long term or life prison sentences (be the crime petty or hideous). That is one of the reasons why the U.S. economy is suffering. One one hand, many productive citizens are locked up, unable to produce; on the other, the billions spent on prisons and guards have little or no financial return. (Even its societal value is questionable.) With the U.S. economy getting worse every day, maybe that is exactly what it deserves.
Source: CNN.com
http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/04/10/girl.fights/index.html
Eight Florida teenagers -- six of them girls -- will be tried as adults and could be sentenced to life in prison for their alleged roles in the videotaped beating of another teen, the state attorney's office said Thursday.
art.girls.fight.ho.jpg
The sheriff's office relased the video of a 16-year-old being attacked by other girls.
The suspects, who range in age from 14 to 18, all face charges of kidnapping, which is a first-degree felony, and battery, said Chip Thullbery, a spokesman for the Polk County state attorney. Three of them are also charged with tampering with a witness.
Everyone involved in the case was under a gag order imposed by a judge. The only attorney for the teens who has been publicly identified did not return calls from CNN, and his assistant cited the gag order as the reason. The teens are scheduled for their first appearance in court Friday.
The video shows a brutal scene: The 16-year-old victim is punched, kneed and slapped by other girls. She huddles in the fetal position, or stands and screams at her attackers, but the assault continues. Authorities say the eight teens said they were retaliating for insults posted on the Internet by the attack victim.
Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd called the March 30 attack "animalistic."
"I've been involved in law enforcement for 35 years, and I've seen a lot of extremely violent events, but I've never seen children, 14 to 18 years of age, engage in this conduct for a 30-minute period of time and then make these video clips," he said. Police say the teens planned to post the video on YouTube. Video Watch the disturbing video »
The victim, a 16-year-old from Lakeland, Florida, was hospitalized, and still has blurred vision, hearing loss, and a swollen face, her mother told CNN on Wednesday.
The video shows only girls doing the beating; Judd said the boys acted as lookouts.
The idea of girls administering a vicious beating so they can post the video online may seem shocking, but it's becoming an increasingly common scenario, according to experts and news reports.
Another example was also in the news this week: A high school art teacher in Baltimore told police a female student beat her up last week, and a video of the attack was posted on YouTube, according to CNN affiliate WBAL.
A search for "girl fight" on YouTube gets thousands of results, and a suggestion to also try "girl fight at school, boy girl fight" and other search terms. There's at least one Web site devoted exclusively to videos of girls fighting.
In 2003, 25 percent of high school girls said they had been in a physical fight in the past year, according to a survey by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (The figure for boys was 40.5 percent.)
A Justice Department report released in 2006 showed that by age 17, 21 percent of girls said they had assaulted someone with the intent to cause serious harm.
Frank Green is executive director of Keys to Safer Schools, a group that studies and tries to prevent school violence. He said he's not sure whether girls have actually become more violent, or whether there's just more awareness of their fights.
"In one respect, girls have always been more vicious than boys," Green said. "Their violence is of a personal nature." He said boys usually have some focus and a concrete goal when they fight. "But girls want to cause pain and make the other girl feel bad," he said.
Judd, the Polk County sheriff, said an important part of the plan in the Lakeland attack was to post the video of the beating on YouTube to humiliate and embarrass the victim.
"It's the next stage of cyberbullying," psychologist Susan Lipkins said. "They want to show what they're doing."
"Our kids are being peer pressured, in another sense of a trend, to put these shock videos out there at other peoples' expense," said Talisa Lindsay, the victim's mother. "And I hope that it doesn't come to the point where there's more people's lives that are being affected by having to take a beating for entertainment, or possibly being killed." Video Watch mother describe how the victim is doing »
The suspects didn't have a chance to post the video online before police moved in and seized it, Judd said. The Sheriff's Department made it public, and it wound up on YouTube anyway. Judd recognizes the irony.
"In a perverted sense, we were feeding into exactly what the kids wanted," he said. "But according to Florida law, [the video] is public record, and it's going to be in the public domain whether we agree with that or not."
Judd said the suspects showed no remorse when they were arrested and booked.
"They were laughing and joking about, 'I guess we won't get to go to the beach during spring break.' And one ... asked whether she could go to cheerleading practice," he said.
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Lipkins, the psychologist, says there's a "disconnect between their actions and their thoughts."
"They think the entire society is doing it, and they think it's funny. So they put it on YouTube. And I don't think they expect kids to get really hurt, and they also don't expect to get really caught."
In this beating case, the eight Florida teenagers could spend the rest of their lives in prison. While this videotaped beating is absolutely despicable and the teens should be punished. But life prison? That is too inhumane, too harsh, and too cruel. True, the victim suffered injuries; but she did not die. And these are just teenagers. I guess America has never been about forgiving people and giving them second chances. Based on how the American legal system treats its citizens, it is fair to say that few places in the world violate human rights more atrociously than the U.S. does. And the U.S. always pretends to respect human rights and urge other nations to do so. What hypocrites Americans are.
Yet, on further thoughts, the heartless and merciless American legal system has once put a man accused on shoplifting videotapes (valued at US$150) in prison for 50 years to life. Using that case as an example, sentencing these kids to life in prison is actually not that surprising. The truly surprising part is this: the U.S. (including its political and judicial leaders) calls itself a Christian society. Jesus and Christian teachings emphasize forgiveness, seeing it as a cornerstone of Christianity -- but why is it that Americans value judicial revenge and legal retaliation so much more than forgiveness and giving second chances? Are Americans simply self-righteous liars who say one thing and do another? Or do they fundamentally hate Jesus' teachings in their hearts?
The U.S. spends billions of dollars per year on putting citizens in long term or life prison sentences (be the crime petty or hideous). That is one of the reasons why the U.S. economy is suffering. One one hand, many productive citizens are locked up, unable to produce; on the other, the billions spent on prisons and guards have little or no financial return. (Even its societal value is questionable.) With the U.S. economy getting worse every day, maybe that is exactly what it deserves.
Source: CNN.com
http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/04/10/girl.fights/index.html
Eight Florida teenagers -- six of them girls -- will be tried as adults and could be sentenced to life in prison for their alleged roles in the videotaped beating of another teen, the state attorney's office said Thursday.
art.girls.fight.ho.jpg
The sheriff's office relased the video of a 16-year-old being attacked by other girls.
The suspects, who range in age from 14 to 18, all face charges of kidnapping, which is a first-degree felony, and battery, said Chip Thullbery, a spokesman for the Polk County state attorney. Three of them are also charged with tampering with a witness.
Everyone involved in the case was under a gag order imposed by a judge. The only attorney for the teens who has been publicly identified did not return calls from CNN, and his assistant cited the gag order as the reason. The teens are scheduled for their first appearance in court Friday.
The video shows a brutal scene: The 16-year-old victim is punched, kneed and slapped by other girls. She huddles in the fetal position, or stands and screams at her attackers, but the assault continues. Authorities say the eight teens said they were retaliating for insults posted on the Internet by the attack victim.
Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd called the March 30 attack "animalistic."
"I've been involved in law enforcement for 35 years, and I've seen a lot of extremely violent events, but I've never seen children, 14 to 18 years of age, engage in this conduct for a 30-minute period of time and then make these video clips," he said. Police say the teens planned to post the video on YouTube. Video Watch the disturbing video »
The victim, a 16-year-old from Lakeland, Florida, was hospitalized, and still has blurred vision, hearing loss, and a swollen face, her mother told CNN on Wednesday.
The video shows only girls doing the beating; Judd said the boys acted as lookouts.
The idea of girls administering a vicious beating so they can post the video online may seem shocking, but it's becoming an increasingly common scenario, according to experts and news reports.
Another example was also in the news this week: A high school art teacher in Baltimore told police a female student beat her up last week, and a video of the attack was posted on YouTube, according to CNN affiliate WBAL.
A search for "girl fight" on YouTube gets thousands of results, and a suggestion to also try "girl fight at school, boy girl fight" and other search terms. There's at least one Web site devoted exclusively to videos of girls fighting.
In 2003, 25 percent of high school girls said they had been in a physical fight in the past year, according to a survey by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (The figure for boys was 40.5 percent.)
A Justice Department report released in 2006 showed that by age 17, 21 percent of girls said they had assaulted someone with the intent to cause serious harm.
Frank Green is executive director of Keys to Safer Schools, a group that studies and tries to prevent school violence. He said he's not sure whether girls have actually become more violent, or whether there's just more awareness of their fights.
"In one respect, girls have always been more vicious than boys," Green said. "Their violence is of a personal nature." He said boys usually have some focus and a concrete goal when they fight. "But girls want to cause pain and make the other girl feel bad," he said.
Judd, the Polk County sheriff, said an important part of the plan in the Lakeland attack was to post the video of the beating on YouTube to humiliate and embarrass the victim.
"It's the next stage of cyberbullying," psychologist Susan Lipkins said. "They want to show what they're doing."
"Our kids are being peer pressured, in another sense of a trend, to put these shock videos out there at other peoples' expense," said Talisa Lindsay, the victim's mother. "And I hope that it doesn't come to the point where there's more people's lives that are being affected by having to take a beating for entertainment, or possibly being killed." Video Watch mother describe how the victim is doing »
The suspects didn't have a chance to post the video online before police moved in and seized it, Judd said. The Sheriff's Department made it public, and it wound up on YouTube anyway. Judd recognizes the irony.
"In a perverted sense, we were feeding into exactly what the kids wanted," he said. "But according to Florida law, [the video] is public record, and it's going to be in the public domain whether we agree with that or not."
Judd said the suspects showed no remorse when they were arrested and booked.
"They were laughing and joking about, 'I guess we won't get to go to the beach during spring break.' And one ... asked whether she could go to cheerleading practice," he said.
advertisement
Lipkins, the psychologist, says there's a "disconnect between their actions and their thoughts."
"They think the entire society is doing it, and they think it's funny. So they put it on YouTube. And I don't think they expect kids to get really hurt, and they also don't expect to get really caught."
美國八青年圍毆一青年--八青年可能被判終生監禁﹔難道美國人根本是非常憎恨耶穌的教導﹖
English version
在美國青少年打架可能被判終生監禁。多人圍毆一人﹐雖然行為可恥﹐應該受罰﹐但絕不致於判終生監禁。被毆者只是受傷﹐沒有死去。更可況﹐圍毆者只是14到18歲的青少年。美國社會不給人機會﹐還常假惺惺地說什麼人權第一。相信再沒有人權的地方的苛法也沒有美國的那麼嚴重。美國人真虛偽。
http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/04/10/girl.fights/index.html
但想深一層﹐沒有人性的美國法律機制曾將一名在商店偷錄影帶(價值大約US$150)的人判50年至終身監禁。用之前案件為參考﹐這八位暴力少年可能判終身監禁也不足為奇。唯一奇怪的是﹐美國常稱(包括政治和法院的高層人士)自己為一個基督教社會。基督教主張寬恕--但為何美國人視報仇為上﹐寬恕為下﹖是美國人講一套﹐做一套﹖還是美國人根本是非常憎恨耶穌的教導﹖
美國每年花那麼多金錢時間將市民(不管案件大與小)判處長期監禁或終身監禁﹐難怪經濟衰退那麼嚴重--一方面﹐有大量有生產力的工人被關起來﹔另一方面﹐花在監獄和獄卒身上的金錢的實際回報是少或零。美國經濟一天差過一天﹐真是自作孽不可活。
Links:
- 在美國﹐每一百個成人就有一個在監獄中--還說美國是自由國家?
- 許霆ATM提款數案改判入獄五年--可證明中國法院仍然比美國有理性和人性
在美國青少年打架可能被判終生監禁。多人圍毆一人﹐雖然行為可恥﹐應該受罰﹐但絕不致於判終生監禁。被毆者只是受傷﹐沒有死去。更可況﹐圍毆者只是14到18歲的青少年。美國社會不給人機會﹐還常假惺惺地說什麼人權第一。相信再沒有人權的地方的苛法也沒有美國的那麼嚴重。美國人真虛偽。
http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/04/10/girl.fights/index.html
但想深一層﹐沒有人性的美國法律機制曾將一名在商店偷錄影帶(價值大約US$150)的人判50年至終身監禁。用之前案件為參考﹐這八位暴力少年可能判終身監禁也不足為奇。唯一奇怪的是﹐美國常稱(包括政治和法院的高層人士)自己為一個基督教社會。基督教主張寬恕--但為何美國人視報仇為上﹐寬恕為下﹖是美國人講一套﹐做一套﹖還是美國人根本是非常憎恨耶穌的教導﹖
美國每年花那麼多金錢時間將市民(不管案件大與小)判處長期監禁或終身監禁﹐難怪經濟衰退那麼嚴重--一方面﹐有大量有生產力的工人被關起來﹔另一方面﹐花在監獄和獄卒身上的金錢的實際回報是少或零。美國經濟一天差過一天﹐真是自作孽不可活。
Links:
- 在美國﹐每一百個成人就有一個在監獄中--還說美國是自由國家?
- 許霆ATM提款數案改判入獄五年--可證明中國法院仍然比美國有理性和人性
4.09.2008
美國地區政府陷害無辜--13歲男孩被冤枉謀殺﹐被判終生監禁
美國一名年僅13歲男孩在2003年被冤枉謀殺﹐當作成人檢控和審判﹐罪名成立﹐被判終生監禁。(坐牢50多年後﹐當他65歲時﹐有可能假釋。) 連13歲男孩都逃不過美國苛法的毒手﹐美國人真變態。
Innocence Project 現協助男孩上訴重審。據稱﹐法醫部證人(法醫官)根本缺乏醫學常識﹐在庭上信口開河﹐導致孩子罪名成立(案件中並沒有其他證據)。現時﹐該法醫官被懷疑在其他數宗案件中因信口雌黃而導致無辜人士含冤--被判死刑或終生監禁。
在批評其他國家的人權問題之前﹐美國應該首先好好自我檢討。
詳情請看:
http://www.freetyler.org/
- 冤獄在美國越來越多 -- Innocence Project利用DNA技術幫助無辜人士翻案
- 美國八青年圍毆一青年--八青年可能被判終生監禁﹔難道美國人根本是非常憎恨耶穌的教導﹖
http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/04/09/bite.mark.slayings.ap/index.html
News:
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) -- A nonprofit group of attorneys that helps inmates believed to be wrongfully convicted has filed a formal complaint against a pathologist whose work has come under scrutiny.
Innocence Project attorneys said Tuesday they've asked a Mississippi board to revoke the medical license of Dr. Steven Hayne, who has worked as the state pathologist for several years.
Hayne came under scrutiny after DNA and other evidence cleared two men convicted in separate murder cases. The two men were cleared of the charges earlier this year after a third man allegedly confessed to both murders.
"Steven Hayne's long history of misconduct, incompetence and fraud has truly sent innocent people to death row or to prison for life. This is precisely why regulations are in place to revoke medical licenses," said Innocence Project co-founder Peter Neufeld.
Hayne didn't return a call to his cell phone seeking comment. A woman who answered Hayne's telephone at his office said the doctor was out of town and unreachable.
Hayne has said he conducts about 1,500 autopsies a year, which is four times the recommended standard. He's not certified in forensic pathology by the American Board of Pathology, Neufeld said. The board said on Tuesday that Hayne has general certification.
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Two cases that have called Hayne's work into question involve the rape and killing of two 3-year-old girls.
Levon Brooks was convicted and sentenced to life for the 1990 slaying of 3-year-old Courtney Smith. In an almost identical case, Kennedy Brewer was convicted and sentenced to death for the 1992 killing of his then-girlfriend's child, 3-year-old Christine Jackson.
In both cases Hayne had testified that human bite marks were discovered on the girls' bodies, according to the Innocence Project. Odontologist Dr. Michael West had testified at the trials that wounds on the girls were caused by the suspects.
A panel of forensic experts that later examined the Brewer case said the wounds on Christine were not human bites at all, but were probably caused by crawfish and insects nibbling on the corpse, decomposition, and rough handling when the body was pulled from the pond where it was found.
In its complaint, the Innocence Project points to other cases, including that of Tyler Edmonds, who was 13 when he was arrested for the 2003 slaying of his brother-in-law, Joey Fulgham.
Hayne had testified that Edmonds and his half-sister, Kristi Fulgham, both pulled the trigger when the victim was killed. Edmonds was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison. Kristi Fulgham was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death.
Last year, the Mississippi Supreme Court ordered a new trial for Edmonds, saying a trial judge should not have allowed Hayne to testify about a two-shooter theory.
Hayne testified that the positioning of the weapon led him to believe that two people had pulled the trigger. But the court said there was no evidence to support the theory.
Innocence Project 現協助男孩上訴重審。據稱﹐法醫部證人(法醫官)根本缺乏醫學常識﹐在庭上信口開河﹐導致孩子罪名成立(案件中並沒有其他證據)。現時﹐該法醫官被懷疑在其他數宗案件中因信口雌黃而導致無辜人士含冤--被判死刑或終生監禁。
在批評其他國家的人權問題之前﹐美國應該首先好好自我檢討。
詳情請看:
http://www.freetyler.org/
- 冤獄在美國越來越多 -- Innocence Project利用DNA技術幫助無辜人士翻案
- 美國八青年圍毆一青年--八青年可能被判終生監禁﹔難道美國人根本是非常憎恨耶穌的教導﹖
http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/04/09/bite.mark.slayings.ap/index.html
News:
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) -- A nonprofit group of attorneys that helps inmates believed to be wrongfully convicted has filed a formal complaint against a pathologist whose work has come under scrutiny.
Innocence Project attorneys said Tuesday they've asked a Mississippi board to revoke the medical license of Dr. Steven Hayne, who has worked as the state pathologist for several years.
Hayne came under scrutiny after DNA and other evidence cleared two men convicted in separate murder cases. The two men were cleared of the charges earlier this year after a third man allegedly confessed to both murders.
"Steven Hayne's long history of misconduct, incompetence and fraud has truly sent innocent people to death row or to prison for life. This is precisely why regulations are in place to revoke medical licenses," said Innocence Project co-founder Peter Neufeld.
Hayne didn't return a call to his cell phone seeking comment. A woman who answered Hayne's telephone at his office said the doctor was out of town and unreachable.
Hayne has said he conducts about 1,500 autopsies a year, which is four times the recommended standard. He's not certified in forensic pathology by the American Board of Pathology, Neufeld said. The board said on Tuesday that Hayne has general certification.
Don't Miss
Two cases that have called Hayne's work into question involve the rape and killing of two 3-year-old girls.
Levon Brooks was convicted and sentenced to life for the 1990 slaying of 3-year-old Courtney Smith. In an almost identical case, Kennedy Brewer was convicted and sentenced to death for the 1992 killing of his then-girlfriend's child, 3-year-old Christine Jackson.
In both cases Hayne had testified that human bite marks were discovered on the girls' bodies, according to the Innocence Project. Odontologist Dr. Michael West had testified at the trials that wounds on the girls were caused by the suspects.
A panel of forensic experts that later examined the Brewer case said the wounds on Christine were not human bites at all, but were probably caused by crawfish and insects nibbling on the corpse, decomposition, and rough handling when the body was pulled from the pond where it was found.
In its complaint, the Innocence Project points to other cases, including that of Tyler Edmonds, who was 13 when he was arrested for the 2003 slaying of his brother-in-law, Joey Fulgham.
Hayne had testified that Edmonds and his half-sister, Kristi Fulgham, both pulled the trigger when the victim was killed. Edmonds was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison. Kristi Fulgham was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death.
Last year, the Mississippi Supreme Court ordered a new trial for Edmonds, saying a trial judge should not have allowed Hayne to testify about a two-shooter theory.
Hayne testified that the positioning of the weapon led him to believe that two people had pulled the trigger. But the court said there was no evidence to support the theory.
直擊報導!! 奧運聖火又改道又偷偷摸摸地進行--好彩無去三藩市
最新消息﹕聖火到達SFO機場(將進行簡短的closing ceremony)。聖火在今晚9pm上飛機去阿根廷
今日無去三藩市看奧運聖火﹐主要不想有示威發生時﹐被"殺錯良民"。但最終沒有暴力事件發生﹐因為有大量手持警棍的警察保護聖火﹐推開走近的人(包括記者)。另外﹐聖火路線又完全改路。好彩沒有一早起身去三藩市--去了的話只會浪費時間﹐在太陽下曝曬幾小時。真慶幸留在家中看電視直播--在心裡默默地支持中國奧運。否則﹐失望而回的人會包括我們兩人。
又要堅持舉行聖火活動﹐又要偷偷摸摸躲入貨倉把聖火藏起來﹐又大改路線(包括終點)﹐真是浪費市民時間和公帑(據悉﹐這一日的"保安"費用高達幾百萬美元)。如果之前不知道他們保護的是聖火﹐真會以為他們剛剛偷了鄰居的內衣褲﹐要神不知私不覺地"散水"。這樣看管聖火真是侮辱了中國和奧運。
三藩市警方那麼"怕死"﹐不如在聖火下機後在機場內走幾個圈然後上飛機去下一個國家吧。因為一批和平示威者而做出這些"偷雞摸狗"的行為﹐真不知道是中國丟臉﹐還是三藩市警方的羞辱。可能三藩市警方是看小中國和奧運聖火﹐敷衍了事算數。可能三藩市警方藉此讓全世界知道自己有多無能。也有可能只是想藉此機會給每個警員數百元的OT工錢吧﹗中國應該為這事件追究。
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奧運聖火將到達身處的三藩市灣區--但為免被殃及池魚﹐都是不去為妙
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今日無去三藩市看奧運聖火﹐主要不想有示威發生時﹐被"殺錯良民"。但最終沒有暴力事件發生﹐因為有大量手持警棍的警察保護聖火﹐推開走近的人(包括記者)。另外﹐聖火路線又完全改路。好彩沒有一早起身去三藩市--去了的話只會浪費時間﹐在太陽下曝曬幾小時。真慶幸留在家中看電視直播--在心裡默默地支持中國奧運。否則﹐失望而回的人會包括我們兩人。
又要堅持舉行聖火活動﹐又要偷偷摸摸躲入貨倉把聖火藏起來﹐又大改路線(包括終點)﹐真是浪費市民時間和公帑(據悉﹐這一日的"保安"費用高達幾百萬美元)。如果之前不知道他們保護的是聖火﹐真會以為他們剛剛偷了鄰居的內衣褲﹐要神不知私不覺地"散水"。這樣看管聖火真是侮辱了中國和奧運。
三藩市警方那麼"怕死"﹐不如在聖火下機後在機場內走幾個圈然後上飛機去下一個國家吧。因為一批和平示威者而做出這些"偷雞摸狗"的行為﹐真不知道是中國丟臉﹐還是三藩市警方的羞辱。可能三藩市警方是看小中國和奧運聖火﹐敷衍了事算數。可能三藩市警方藉此讓全世界知道自己有多無能。也有可能只是想藉此機會給每個警員數百元的OT工錢吧﹗中國應該為這事件追究。
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奧運聖火將到達身處的三藩市灣區--但為免被殃及池魚﹐都是不去為妙
矽谷生活，盡在其中 » 灣區快訊 » 直繫報道-奧運傳遞聖火多次改道
4.07.2008
奧運聖火將到達身處的三藩市灣區--但為免被殃及池魚﹐都是不去為妙
兩日後﹐奧運聖火將到達三藩市(2008奧運在北美的唯一一站)。身在三藩市灣區--雖然乘坐交通公具由我們家到三藩市非常不方便(而自己駕車一定會很難泊車)﹐但我們有想過去觀看儀式--畢竟﹐這個機會很難得。(本人在1996曾在Stanford看過一次聖火﹐那年是1996年Atlanta奧運。)
但一看到近日因中國奧運的抗議示威﹐便馬上聯想到聖火儀式那天的遊行和抗議示威的規模將會更大﹐都是避之則吉好了。不是怕抗議示威人士﹐因為他們通常都不會對市民做出什麼。怕的是遊行時警方不合情理和過份的暴力反應。雖然三藩市警方未必是在美國最喜愛用過份暴力對待市民的警方﹐但形容他們為有"暴力傾向"絕對不過份。
前幾年在三藩市有反戰遊行抗議﹐很多人被當地警方虐待(包括被毒打和被橡膠子彈射傷)--受傷害的有些是遊行抗議人士﹐但有些只是路過的上班一族。奧運聖火雖然難得一見﹐但一想到可能因為變態警方鎮壓示威人士時而被殃及池魚﹐都是不去為妙。不怕一萬﹐只怕萬一。為了看聖火而被橡膠子彈打瞎了眼睛就真是不值得了。
延伸閱讀:
奧運聖火改道--好彩無去三藩市
迎接奧運聖火莅臨北美惟一一站
但一看到近日因中國奧運的抗議示威﹐便馬上聯想到聖火儀式那天的遊行和抗議示威的規模將會更大﹐都是避之則吉好了。不是怕抗議示威人士﹐因為他們通常都不會對市民做出什麼。怕的是遊行時警方不合情理和過份的暴力反應。雖然三藩市警方未必是在美國最喜愛用過份暴力對待市民的警方﹐但形容他們為有"暴力傾向"絕對不過份。
前幾年在三藩市有反戰遊行抗議﹐很多人被當地警方虐待(包括被毒打和被橡膠子彈射傷)--受傷害的有些是遊行抗議人士﹐但有些只是路過的上班一族。奧運聖火雖然難得一見﹐但一想到可能因為變態警方鎮壓示威人士時而被殃及池魚﹐都是不去為妙。不怕一萬﹐只怕萬一。為了看聖火而被橡膠子彈打瞎了眼睛就真是不值得了。
延伸閱讀:
奧運聖火改道--好彩無去三藩市
迎接奧運聖火莅臨北美惟一一站
3.27.2008
七旬婦騙綜援買樓囚四月--香港越來越似沒有人性的美國
雖然老婦行為確實不妥﹐但要一名七十四歲老婦因騙九萬多元而入獄亦缺乏人情。看來香港的法庭與沒有人性可言的美國法庭越來越相似。
(其中兩名最老的美國囚犯分別為八十九歲的老翁和老婦。美國亦有一名七十九歲老翁已經在獄中渡過了六十一個年頭--從十八歲至今﹔得到自由的那天將會是他死去的那天。)
假如這香港老婦是富裕"鬼婆"﹐她會入獄嗎﹖還是只判緩刑﹖畢竟﹐"鬼佬"銀行高層毆打的士司機不用入獄﹐只判緩刑。難道傷人不夠騙錢嚴重嗎﹖是因為被毆打的是低下的士司機﹐還是因為被騙錢的是至高無上的香港政府﹖
Source: http://hk.news.yahoo.com/080327/60/2rdm2.html
七旬婦騙綜援買樓囚四月 (星島) 03月 28日 星期五
(星島日報報道)七旬綜援老婦聲稱每餐只用十元，將省吃儉用的綜援金儲起，於沙士低迷期間置業，更將筲箕灣物業抵押，向財務公司借取十五萬元購入油麻地華德大廈一單位。因她無向社署 申報，在兩年內多騙取九萬多元綜援金而被控一項欺詐罪名，不過裁判官昨判刑時直言不接納她以餘下綜援金買樓，根本「看不出盤數點計」，決定判她入獄四個月。
記者：李頌恩、吳清廉
老婦因隱瞞戶口存款及置業，騙取綜援金九萬元，昨被判入獄四個月。涉案被告呂佩瑜（七十四歲）於上月初在東區裁判法院承認一項欺詐罪名，昨透過律師求情時指，被告兒子在美國 當工程師，曾每月給二千元予被告作生活費，她又領二千三百元綜援金，每月只撥一千元作生活開支，加上○三年被告購入金來大廈後即放租二千七百元，「死慳死抵」下儲有三萬元，另再以金來大廈作抵押批出十五萬購買華德大廈單位。
九萬元已歸還社署
律師又強調，被告不吃早餐，又有團體免費送飯給她才能儲錢，她犯案只想賺取生活費不再領綜援，也非連續犯案。被告已償還社署九萬元，現只尚欠三千三百多元綜援金，加上被告九七年中風後行動不便才領綜援，至○三年生活有改善卻沒有向社署申報，並非有心犯事，又向感化官稱不欲再領綜援，希望輕判。
不過裁判官馬保華不接納被告以餘下綜援款項買樓說法，更質疑被告購買金來大廈的資金來源，既沒有按揭，難以計算她的收入支出，來源「不清不楚」，更指斥她自「爆出」購買華德大廈後，陸續揭發她另擁金來大廈作抵押，並謂「每次提訊都多一棟樓」，故將量刑起點定為一年，但考慮被告認罪、年紀老邁、無案底及已償還款項，將刑期減至四個月，但勒令被告於九月三十日前清還所有涉案的綜援金。
存款超額 自爆有物業
案情指，被告於九七年申請綜援時，一直只申請一個結餘三千多元的銀行戶口，但社署○五年十一月進行抽查時，發現她原來尚有七個銀行戶口未申報，存款共達四萬五千元，超出申請綜援的資產上限，於是控告她一項欺詐罪名，並於上月二十一日認罪時，她自爆自己以十八萬元於○三年購入位於油麻地華德大廈的物業，最近轉售套現三十六萬元。裁判官為調查其資金來源，案件兩度押後，期間再揭發她擁有筲箕灣金來大廈一單位。案件編號：東區刑事四九四七──二○○七。
(其中兩名最老的美國囚犯分別為八十九歲的老翁和老婦。美國亦有一名七十九歲老翁已經在獄中渡過了六十一個年頭--從十八歲至今﹔得到自由的那天將會是他死去的那天。)
假如這香港老婦是富裕"鬼婆"﹐她會入獄嗎﹖還是只判緩刑﹖畢竟﹐"鬼佬"銀行高層毆打的士司機不用入獄﹐只判緩刑。難道傷人不夠騙錢嚴重嗎﹖是因為被毆打的是低下的士司機﹐還是因為被騙錢的是至高無上的香港政府﹖
Source: http://hk.news.yahoo.com/080327/60/2rdm2.html
七旬婦騙綜援買樓囚四月 (星島) 03月 28日 星期五
(星島日報報道)七旬綜援老婦聲稱每餐只用十元，將省吃儉用的綜援金儲起，於沙士低迷期間置業，更將筲箕灣物業抵押，向財務公司借取十五萬元購入油麻地華德大廈一單位。因她無向社署 申報，在兩年內多騙取九萬多元綜援金而被控一項欺詐罪名，不過裁判官昨判刑時直言不接納她以餘下綜援金買樓，根本「看不出盤數點計」，決定判她入獄四個月。
記者：李頌恩、吳清廉
老婦因隱瞞戶口存款及置業，騙取綜援金九萬元，昨被判入獄四個月。涉案被告呂佩瑜（七十四歲）於上月初在東區裁判法院承認一項欺詐罪名，昨透過律師求情時指，被告兒子在美國 當工程師，曾每月給二千元予被告作生活費，她又領二千三百元綜援金，每月只撥一千元作生活開支，加上○三年被告購入金來大廈後即放租二千七百元，「死慳死抵」下儲有三萬元，另再以金來大廈作抵押批出十五萬購買華德大廈單位。
九萬元已歸還社署
律師又強調，被告不吃早餐，又有團體免費送飯給她才能儲錢，她犯案只想賺取生活費不再領綜援，也非連續犯案。被告已償還社署九萬元，現只尚欠三千三百多元綜援金，加上被告九七年中風後行動不便才領綜援，至○三年生活有改善卻沒有向社署申報，並非有心犯事，又向感化官稱不欲再領綜援，希望輕判。
不過裁判官馬保華不接納被告以餘下綜援款項買樓說法，更質疑被告購買金來大廈的資金來源，既沒有按揭，難以計算她的收入支出，來源「不清不楚」，更指斥她自「爆出」購買華德大廈後，陸續揭發她另擁金來大廈作抵押，並謂「每次提訊都多一棟樓」，故將量刑起點定為一年，但考慮被告認罪、年紀老邁、無案底及已償還款項，將刑期減至四個月，但勒令被告於九月三十日前清還所有涉案的綜援金。
存款超額 自爆有物業
案情指，被告於九七年申請綜援時，一直只申請一個結餘三千多元的銀行戶口，但社署○五年十一月進行抽查時，發現她原來尚有七個銀行戶口未申報，存款共達四萬五千元，超出申請綜援的資產上限，於是控告她一項欺詐罪名，並於上月二十一日認罪時，她自爆自己以十八萬元於○三年購入位於油麻地華德大廈的物業，最近轉售套現三十六萬元。裁判官為調查其資金來源，案件兩度押後，期間再揭發她擁有筲箕灣金來大廈一單位。案件編號：東區刑事四九四七──二○○七。
美國機場警方令一名媽媽身亡--竟然用"按本子辦事"做免責理由﹐真可恥
美國鳳凰城機場警方在2007年9月拘留一名媽媽時導致她意外死亡。今早﹐那媽媽的家人決定向機場警方作民事索償。當日﹐警方將那媽媽獨自關在拘留室﹐用手銬將她雙手反鎖在背後﹐再用鐵鏈將手銬鎖在長鐵椅上。結果﹐在沒有警員看管的情況下﹐那媽媽意外地被背後的鐵鏈勒死。
警方堅持那媽媽的死是意外﹐又堅持警方沒有做錯﹐只是按照警方手則辦事。筆者當然相信這是不幸的意外﹐相信警方沒有故然殺死那媽媽。但用"按照警方手則辦事"來做免責理由真是不負責任的行為。一名媽媽在拘留室死了﹐拘留所負責人不單不用認錯﹐還堅持沒有做錯﹐真是美國警方的一貫本色。
人性和道德不容許有人性的人用"只是按本子辦事"為免責理由。難道我們可以接受日本皇軍士兵強姦殺害中國人後用"我們只是按本子辦事"為免責理由嗎﹖做錯事就應該認﹔做錯事還要用"只是按本子辦事"來辯護﹐美國鳳凰城機場警方簡直是一堆沒有勇氣又沒有人性的人類渣滓。
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CNN news﹕Carol Anne Gotbaum
Thoughts on woman who died at Phoenix airport
美國再有虐待被拘留人士個案--被拘留四日﹐無水﹐無食物﹐無廁所
Source: Associated Press
PHOENIX (AP) — The family of a New York woman who died in police custody at the Phoenix airport in September filed an $8 million claim against the city Wednesday, the first step in filing a wrongful death suit.
The claim was immediately rejected by the city in a letter to lawyers for the family of Carol Anne Gotbaum, who died Sept. 28 in a police holding cell at Sky Harbor International Airport after being arrested for disorderly conduct. She was on her way by herself from New York to enter an alcohol treatment center in Tucson.
The claim, the legally required precursor to a lawsuit, seeks the money for Gotbaum's husband, Noah, her three children and her estate. Gotbaum's husband is the son of New York City Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum.
"On that day, members of the Phoenix Police Department used excessive and unreasonable force on Carol, as if she was a dangerous criminal, rather than as the sick, intoxicated, and vulnerable person she was," the claim states.
An autopsy report released by the Maricopa County medical examiner's office concluded that Gotbaum accidentally hanged herself on her shackles while in the holding cell. The report said intoxication from alcohol and prescription drugs were contributing factors.
Gotbaum family attorney Michael Manning wrote in the claim that police erred by putting her alone and shackled in a holding room.
"In the process, they ignored the warning signs that their own policies, procedures and training materials told them could result in Carol's death," Manning wrote.
Police have contended that Gotbaum's death was accidental and that officers who took her into custody did nothing wrong.
Wednesday's letter from the city's legal department to Manning said the claim that police should have responded differently was wrong.
"The thrust of the Gotbaum family claim is that the City of Phoenix police officers should have been more supportive than Carol's own husband, more knowledgeable than her own family, and should somehow have known that she suffered from a private condition that she deliberately hid from the public," said the letter signed by attorney Stephen Craig.
"But the Gotbaum family has publicly admitted, not only that Carol hid her medical and mental condition, but that the officers responded to Carol exactly the way her husband knew they would respond because they did not have critical information known only to the Gotbaum family," the letter continued.
The city letter included transcripts of phone calls Noah Gotbaum made to the airport the afternoon of his wife's death, telling officials he was concerned about her whereabouts because she was depressed and suicidal.
The Phoenix Police Department will probably refuse settling in any way, said Sgt. Andy Hill, a spokesman for the agency.
"The promise that was made to the police officers involved by the city legal unit when this all began was if those actions by those officers were justified and were professional, that they would go to the furthest extent possible to protect those officers," Hill said. "That is what's happening today."
My comments on gadling.com:
a) "This is true but it is just as true that if she wasn't allowed to travel alone in the first place she wouldn't be dead."
Well, if we look at it that way, I guess it is also true that she wouldn't be dead if she wasn't born in the first place, or if her parents weren't born in the first place, or so on...
But seriously, while her traveling alone is related to her death, the chain put around her neck is the direct cause for her death. And who chained the handcuffed woman to a bench in a locked room?
When a parent leaves a twelve-year-old child alone in the house and the child dies in a kitchen accident, the parent will be arrested. Why should the police be left off the hook for causing a death? Just because they are following procedures, no matter how inhumane the procedures are?
In the hypothetical situation above, at least, the child is not powerlessly chained to a metal bench.
b) We read the same story - she died in an accident choking herself. I certainly didn't mean the police "put" the chain around her neck. Sorry for the confusion.
What I meant to say was that if the chain were not there, the chain-choking death would not have occurred. Without the chain, maybe she could have banged her head against the wall and died that way (and possibly, this was the reason the police decided to chain her handcuffed hands to a bench -- unfortunately, this "protection from herself" did not work out as planned). But then, we would be speculating. So we can only assign blame based on what actually happened: Without the chain, no chain-choking death. Any other factor (her husband's not being there, her temper and tirade, etc.) is secondary and indirect. Therefore, the main blame (if not all the blame) should be assigned to the police.
I hesitate to blame the husband or the family for the accident, for these reasons:
1. The woman was an adult; I doubt the husband is legally empowered to keep her in the house.
2. The husband could certainly have flown with her. And he could have gone with her everywhere. But when would she get agitated and lose her temper? Should he go with her to the locker room and the bathroom, too? Where to draw the line? What if she insisted to go alone?
3. Trust is important for recovering mental patients. If she said she was fine, what was the husband to do? I guess the husband could have tailed her.
Even if the husband had gone with her, no one can tell whether he could have calmed her. What if he couldn't control her? What if he got angry as well and started arguing with her? What if they were both arrested? What if they were both handcuffed and chained to benches? What if the airport police used the stun gun on both them and they both died with a bad reaction to the stun gun? The point is that in speculation, anything could have happened - so it's futile to speculate. We can be certain only about what happened. So what if she had a history of difficulties, so what if she flew alone, so what if she lost her temper, so what if she was detained; none of those really matters. The only thing that matters is that if there were no chain on the woman or if the police kept an eye on her, she would not have choked on the chain and died.
I bet this is not the first time that someone has been detained by airport security for "making a scene" - and I would bet that not all of them have a history of mental difficulties. People get agitated and angry (though some more so than others), especially with so many unreasonable rules at the airport these days. If a hundred "normal" people were handcuffed and chained to a bench, I won't be surprised if one of them tried to "get out" or into a more comfortable position. Carol Anne Gotbaum happened to be one who tried to "get out" and she died in a freak accident. So, maybe the "mental difficulties" factor is to shift the public's attention from "the city's problem" to "her problem" and "the husband's problem."
警方堅持那媽媽的死是意外﹐又堅持警方沒有做錯﹐只是按照警方手則辦事。筆者當然相信這是不幸的意外﹐相信警方沒有故然殺死那媽媽。但用"按照警方手則辦事"來做免責理由真是不負責任的行為。一名媽媽在拘留室死了﹐拘留所負責人不單不用認錯﹐還堅持沒有做錯﹐真是美國警方的一貫本色。
人性和道德不容許有人性的人用"只是按本子辦事"為免責理由。難道我們可以接受日本皇軍士兵強姦殺害中國人後用"我們只是按本子辦事"為免責理由嗎﹖做錯事就應該認﹔做錯事還要用"只是按本子辦事"來辯護﹐美國鳳凰城機場警方簡直是一堆沒有勇氣又沒有人性的人類渣滓。
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CNN news﹕Carol Anne Gotbaum
Thoughts on woman who died at Phoenix airport
美國再有虐待被拘留人士個案--被拘留四日﹐無水﹐無食物﹐無廁所
Source: Associated Press
PHOENIX (AP) — The family of a New York woman who died in police custody at the Phoenix airport in September filed an $8 million claim against the city Wednesday, the first step in filing a wrongful death suit.
The claim was immediately rejected by the city in a letter to lawyers for the family of Carol Anne Gotbaum, who died Sept. 28 in a police holding cell at Sky Harbor International Airport after being arrested for disorderly conduct. She was on her way by herself from New York to enter an alcohol treatment center in Tucson.
The claim, the legally required precursor to a lawsuit, seeks the money for Gotbaum's husband, Noah, her three children and her estate. Gotbaum's husband is the son of New York City Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum.
"On that day, members of the Phoenix Police Department used excessive and unreasonable force on Carol, as if she was a dangerous criminal, rather than as the sick, intoxicated, and vulnerable person she was," the claim states.
An autopsy report released by the Maricopa County medical examiner's office concluded that Gotbaum accidentally hanged herself on her shackles while in the holding cell. The report said intoxication from alcohol and prescription drugs were contributing factors.
Gotbaum family attorney Michael Manning wrote in the claim that police erred by putting her alone and shackled in a holding room.
"In the process, they ignored the warning signs that their own policies, procedures and training materials told them could result in Carol's death," Manning wrote.
Police have contended that Gotbaum's death was accidental and that officers who took her into custody did nothing wrong.
Wednesday's letter from the city's legal department to Manning said the claim that police should have responded differently was wrong.
"The thrust of the Gotbaum family claim is that the City of Phoenix police officers should have been more supportive than Carol's own husband, more knowledgeable than her own family, and should somehow have known that she suffered from a private condition that she deliberately hid from the public," said the letter signed by attorney Stephen Craig.
"But the Gotbaum family has publicly admitted, not only that Carol hid her medical and mental condition, but that the officers responded to Carol exactly the way her husband knew they would respond because they did not have critical information known only to the Gotbaum family," the letter continued.
The city letter included transcripts of phone calls Noah Gotbaum made to the airport the afternoon of his wife's death, telling officials he was concerned about her whereabouts because she was depressed and suicidal.
The Phoenix Police Department will probably refuse settling in any way, said Sgt. Andy Hill, a spokesman for the agency.
"The promise that was made to the police officers involved by the city legal unit when this all began was if those actions by those officers were justified and were professional, that they would go to the furthest extent possible to protect those officers," Hill said. "That is what's happening today."
My comments on gadling.com:
a) "This is true but it is just as true that if she wasn't allowed to travel alone in the first place she wouldn't be dead."
Well, if we look at it that way, I guess it is also true that she wouldn't be dead if she wasn't born in the first place, or if her parents weren't born in the first place, or so on...
But seriously, while her traveling alone is related to her death, the chain put around her neck is the direct cause for her death. And who chained the handcuffed woman to a bench in a locked room?
When a parent leaves a twelve-year-old child alone in the house and the child dies in a kitchen accident, the parent will be arrested. Why should the police be left off the hook for causing a death? Just because they are following procedures, no matter how inhumane the procedures are?
In the hypothetical situation above, at least, the child is not powerlessly chained to a metal bench.
b) We read the same story - she died in an accident choking herself. I certainly didn't mean the police "put" the chain around her neck. Sorry for the confusion.
What I meant to say was that if the chain were not there, the chain-choking death would not have occurred. Without the chain, maybe she could have banged her head against the wall and died that way (and possibly, this was the reason the police decided to chain her handcuffed hands to a bench -- unfortunately, this "protection from herself" did not work out as planned). But then, we would be speculating. So we can only assign blame based on what actually happened: Without the chain, no chain-choking death. Any other factor (her husband's not being there, her temper and tirade, etc.) is secondary and indirect. Therefore, the main blame (if not all the blame) should be assigned to the police.
I hesitate to blame the husband or the family for the accident, for these reasons:
1. The woman was an adult; I doubt the husband is legally empowered to keep her in the house.
2. The husband could certainly have flown with her. And he could have gone with her everywhere. But when would she get agitated and lose her temper? Should he go with her to the locker room and the bathroom, too? Where to draw the line? What if she insisted to go alone?
3. Trust is important for recovering mental patients. If she said she was fine, what was the husband to do? I guess the husband could have tailed her.
Even if the husband had gone with her, no one can tell whether he could have calmed her. What if he couldn't control her? What if he got angry as well and started arguing with her? What if they were both arrested? What if they were both handcuffed and chained to benches? What if the airport police used the stun gun on both them and they both died with a bad reaction to the stun gun? The point is that in speculation, anything could have happened - so it's futile to speculate. We can be certain only about what happened. So what if she had a history of difficulties, so what if she flew alone, so what if she lost her temper, so what if she was detained; none of those really matters. The only thing that matters is that if there were no chain on the woman or if the police kept an eye on her, she would not have choked on the chain and died.
I bet this is not the first time that someone has been detained by airport security for "making a scene" - and I would bet that not all of them have a history of mental difficulties. People get agitated and angry (though some more so than others), especially with so many unreasonable rules at the airport these days. If a hundred "normal" people were handcuffed and chained to a bench, I won't be surprised if one of them tried to "get out" or into a more comfortable position. Carol Anne Gotbaum happened to be one who tried to "get out" and she died in a freak accident. So, maybe the "mental difficulties" factor is to shift the public's attention from "the city's problem" to "her problem" and "the husband's problem."
3.23.2008
台灣大選--結果是我期望的﹐雖然誰勝誰敗對我沒有關係
馬謝之戰﹐誰勝誰敗對我(身在美國的香港人)沒有關係。只因美國TVB在大選前有很多台灣大選特別節目才開始留意。
馬英九的勝利是我期望的結果--某程度上是因為我覺得他會帶來兩岸和世界的穩定。但最大的原因是覺得謝長廷的招數很低賤--難道除了批評馬的綠卡(不管是不是仍然有效--雖然根據我所知﹐假設美國政府視馬為普通人﹐他的綠卡應該已經無效)和特別費案﹐台灣就沒有其他問題(經濟或政策)值得討論嗎﹖
另外﹐前美國在台協會理事主席最後有沒有出現呢﹖他不是本來要出來證明馬英九的綠卡仍是有效嗎﹖那個主席究竟去了哪﹖是坐錯飛機﹐去錯地方嗎﹖還是又是奸招﹖
馬英九的勝利是我期望的結果--某程度上是因為我覺得他會帶來兩岸和世界的穩定。但最大的原因是覺得謝長廷的招數很低賤--難道除了批評馬的綠卡(不管是不是仍然有效--雖然根據我所知﹐假設美國政府視馬為普通人﹐他的綠卡應該已經無效)和特別費案﹐台灣就沒有其他問題(經濟或政策)值得討論嗎﹖
另外﹐前美國在台協會理事主席最後有沒有出現呢﹖他不是本來要出來證明馬英九的綠卡仍是有效嗎﹖那個主席究竟去了哪﹖是坐錯飛機﹐去錯地方嗎﹖還是又是奸招﹖
3.16.2008
撤銷紅酒稅後﹐收藏家唐英年將會得到多少個人得益﹖總括來說﹐這類個人利益算是腐政(corruption)嗎﹖
唐英年還在職財政司時已經有提出減或撤銷紅酒稅。之後看到TVB的志雲飯局唐英年那一輯﹐知道唐英年是名愛酒之人﹐想到減酒稅必定會給他帶來不少個人利益。雖然宣佈此方案的是曾俊華而非唐英年﹐但相信政務司對方案有一定的影響力。現在撤銷紅酒稅方案正式生效﹐相信他的個人受惠將會不少。假如政策直接或間接有利於政府其中決策人的個人利益﹐這算是政府腐敗的一種嗎﹖即使ICAC沒有權力或沒有膽量去調查﹐相信這種行徑亦會令市民質疑香港的"廉政"?
這件事與梁錦松當年"偷步買車"分別不大﹔最大的分別是唐英年今後的個人利益將會比梁錦松當年的利益大很多倍。在此希望唐英年將今後"撤銷紅酒稅"所有的個人經濟利益全數捐作慈善用途。也希望唐英年能強迫家人親戚﹐鼓勵同事朋友作出同樣的捐獻行動--又有益社會﹐又能避嫌﹐又能加強香港廉潔的型象。
Source: Yahoo News (http://hk.news.yahoo.com/080316/12/2qob5.html)
港名酒拍賣 成交額料全球十大 全美最大酒商主辦唐英年屬旗下十大收藏家 (明報) 03月 17日 星期一 05:05AM
【明報專訊】港府宣布撤銷葡萄酒稅後，全美最大名酒拍賣行Acker Merrall & Condit（下稱AMC）落實5月31日在港舉行首場酒拍賣會，料當日的總成交額將高達5000萬港元，可望躋身全球十大成交額最高的單一酒拍賣。AMC每次在紐約拍賣名酒，客人有兩成來自香港及內地，旗下消費最高的首10位名酒收藏家中，包括兩個響噹噹的港人名字——唐英年、林建岳。
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香港2008年財政預算案--中上層得到高級金箔朱古力﹐低下層獲派快將過期糖果
這件事與梁錦松當年"偷步買車"分別不大﹔最大的分別是唐英年今後的個人利益將會比梁錦松當年的利益大很多倍。在此希望唐英年將今後"撤銷紅酒稅"所有的個人經濟利益全數捐作慈善用途。也希望唐英年能強迫家人親戚﹐鼓勵同事朋友作出同樣的捐獻行動--又有益社會﹐又能避嫌﹐又能加強香港廉潔的型象。
Source: Yahoo News (http://hk.news.yahoo.com/080316/12/2qob5.html)
港名酒拍賣 成交額料全球十大 全美最大酒商主辦唐英年屬旗下十大收藏家 (明報) 03月 17日 星期一 05:05AM
【明報專訊】港府宣布撤銷葡萄酒稅後，全美最大名酒拍賣行Acker Merrall & Condit（下稱AMC）落實5月31日在港舉行首場酒拍賣會，料當日的總成交額將高達5000萬港元，可望躋身全球十大成交額最高的單一酒拍賣。AMC每次在紐約拍賣名酒，客人有兩成來自香港及內地，旗下消費最高的首10位名酒收藏家中，包括兩個響噹噹的港人名字——唐英年、林建岳。
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香港2008年財政預算案--中上層得到高級金箔朱古力﹐低下層獲派快將過期糖果
3.15.2008
加州財政危機--寧願解僱教師關閉學校﹐也要繼續高薪僱用獄卒
加州財政問題差不多每年都有。記憶中﹐差不多每次都有拿教育來"開刀"﹐做犧牲品。美國的中小學教育可以說是世界已發展國家中最差之一﹐而加州官立中小學教育在美國差不多最差--實在已經到達不堪到極點的程度。現在竟然"有膽"解僱更多教師﹐甚至關閉學校﹐根本不將孩子青少年的將來當作一回事。
有財政問題﹐需要減開支理所當然﹐但一聯想起加州的高薪獄卒便馬上感覺到政府的財政處理手法非常有問題。加州的獄卒薪金竟然高得過份--在2006年﹐一名"普通"獄卒(即不屬高層)居然一年有US$187,000薪酬--薪酬比美軍有些將軍還要高﹔比很多IT中高層還要高。誰說在二十一世紀做IT行業收入好﹖在加州﹐做獄卒收入更好。
加州政府應該好好考慮獄卒的薪酬是否需要那麼高--他們的薪簡直是侮辱了教師和其他有學歷有技能的工人。政府亦必須想想是否應該繼續施行苛政惡法--例如﹐將一名在錄影店偷錄影帶的小偷判終生監禁(嚴格來說是連續兩次終生監禁)。(註﹕美國人應該是世界上最沒有人性的人。)
也許加州政府(與美國政府一樣)覺得把市民關起來比教育下一代(使下一代少些人犯法)更重要。看來只要加州繼續有富豪獄卒﹐教育經費會繼續被削﹐教師學生會繼續受害。
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在美國﹐每一百個成人就有一個在監獄中--還說美國是自由國家﹖
美國的文盲大學生 -- 美國極度失敗的教育機制
Source: United Press International
SACRAMENTO, March 15 (UPI) -- California intends to pink-slip more than 10,100 teachers in coming days as the state meets a Saturday deadline to alert workers.
With the state in a budget crisis, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger proposed a $4 billion budget decrease for state schools next year, causing educators to scramble to alter their budgets, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.
"This is not an action we take lightly, but unless we take it, we risk our fiscal solvency as a district," San Francisco Superintendent Carlos Garcia said in a staff letter.
Because a minimum of 80 percent of a district's budget goes toward salaries, the best way to make up for lost money is to cut staff, administrators said.
The Saturday deadline reportedly is the first phase of pink slips. Districts are required to tell teachers who are losing their positions by May 15, months before officials find out how much state funding they will receive, leaving them no choice but to guess how many layoffs they need.
有財政問題﹐需要減開支理所當然﹐但一聯想起加州的高薪獄卒便馬上感覺到政府的財政處理手法非常有問題。加州的獄卒薪金竟然高得過份--在2006年﹐一名"普通"獄卒(即不屬高層)居然一年有US$187,000薪酬--薪酬比美軍有些將軍還要高﹔比很多IT中高層還要高。誰說在二十一世紀做IT行業收入好﹖在加州﹐做獄卒收入更好。
加州政府應該好好考慮獄卒的薪酬是否需要那麼高--他們的薪簡直是侮辱了教師和其他有學歷有技能的工人。政府亦必須想想是否應該繼續施行苛政惡法--例如﹐將一名在錄影店偷錄影帶的小偷判終生監禁(嚴格來說是連續兩次終生監禁)。(註﹕美國人應該是世界上最沒有人性的人。)
也許加州政府(與美國政府一樣)覺得把市民關起來比教育下一代(使下一代少些人犯法)更重要。看來只要加州繼續有富豪獄卒﹐教育經費會繼續被削﹐教師學生會繼續受害。
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在美國﹐每一百個成人就有一個在監獄中--還說美國是自由國家﹖
美國的文盲大學生 -- 美國極度失敗的教育機制
Source: United Press International
SACRAMENTO, March 15 (UPI) -- California intends to pink-slip more than 10,100 teachers in coming days as the state meets a Saturday deadline to alert workers.
With the state in a budget crisis, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger proposed a $4 billion budget decrease for state schools next year, causing educators to scramble to alter their budgets, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.
"This is not an action we take lightly, but unless we take it, we risk our fiscal solvency as a district," San Francisco Superintendent Carlos Garcia said in a staff letter.
Because a minimum of 80 percent of a district's budget goes toward salaries, the best way to make up for lost money is to cut staff, administrators said.
The Saturday deadline reportedly is the first phase of pink slips. Districts are required to tell teachers who are losing their positions by May 15, months before officials find out how much state funding they will receive, leaving them no choice but to guess how many layoffs they need.
3.12.2008
獄卒虐待被拘留人士四日不用負法律責任﹔媽媽留熟睡小孩在車數分鐘可能入獄一年--這就是"自由和民主"的美國
美國有一名媽媽因留熟睡小孩在車數分鐘可能要入獄一年。當時小孩在車廂裡睡覺﹐媽媽鎖了車﹐離開車大約十米去將捐款放入一個箱和與其他的孩子拍"捐款"照。在這幾分鐘裡﹐這媽媽可以看到她的車﹐清楚車的情況。但回到車時﹐媽媽立即被捕﹐被鎖上手銬。雖然孩子沒有受到任何傷害(小孩根本不知道發生了什麼事)﹐那媽媽將會有可能面臨一年監禁。
相比下﹐那名虐待被拘留人士四日(無水無糧無廁所)的獄卒將不用負責任何刑事法律責任﹐只是停職30日﹐之後繼續做獄卒﹐可以繼續虐待更多市民。
兩件事件的分別是什麼﹖就是美國見慣的分別--前者是普通市民。後者是政府職員。在美國﹐普通市民(尤其是中下階層)非常容易誤入法網﹐遭受無莽牢獄之災﹔政府職員即使是嚴重虐待傷害甚至殺害市民也大多不用負責﹐而且受到政府維護。這就是真正的"自由和民主"美國。
Source: CNN.com
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080312/ap_on_re_us/mom_on_trial;_ylt=Aj8ejImqjfaAfXfAgTS2CTJvzwcF
CHICAGO - Treffly Coyne was out of her car for just minutes and no more than 10 yards away.
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But that was long and far enough to land her in court after a police officer spotted her sleeping 2-year-old daughter alone in the vehicle; Coyne had taken her two older daughters to pour $8.29 in coins into a Salvation Army kettle.
Minutes later, she was under arrest — the focus of both a police investigation and a probe by the state's child welfare agency. Now the case that has become an Internet flash point for people who either blast police for overstepping their authority or Coyne for putting a child in danger.
The 36-year-old suburban mother is preparing to go on trial Thursday on misdemeanor charges of child endangerment and obstructing a peace officer. If convicted, she could be sentenced to a year in jail and fined $2,500, even though child welfare workers found no credible evidence of abuse or neglect.
On Dec. 8 Coyne decided to drive to Wal-Mart in the Chicago suburb of Crestwood so her children and a young friend could donate the coins they'd collected at her husband's office.
Even as she buckled 2-year-old Phoebe into the car, the girl was asleep. When Coyne arrived at the store, she found a spot to park in a loading zone, right behind someone tying a Christmas tree onto a car.
"It's sleeting out, it's not pleasant, I don't want to disturb her, wake her up," Coyne said this week. "It was safer to leave her in the safety and warmth of an alarmed car than take her."
So Coyne switched on the emergency flashers, locked the car, activated the alarm and walked the other children to the bell ringer.
She snapped a few pictures of the girls donating money and headed back to the car. But a community service officer blocked her way.
"She was on a tirade, she was yelling at me," Coyne said. The officer, Coyne said, didn't want to hear about how close Coyne was, how she never set foot inside the store and was just there to let the kids donate money, or how she could always see her car.
Coyne telephoned her husband, Tim Janecyk, who advised her not to say anything else to police until he arrived. So Coyne declined to talk further, refusing even to tell police her child's name.
When Janecyk pulled up, his wife already was handcuffed, sitting in a patrol car.
Crestwood Police Chief Timothy Sulikowski declined to comment about the case. But he did not dispute the contention that Coyne parked nearby or was away from her car for just a few minutes.
He did, however, suggest Coyne put her child at risk.
"A minute or two, that's when things can happen," he said.
Talk about the case has intensified, particularly online, where bloggers are weighing in on various message boards.
Many have harsh words for the police department, calling the arrest of a mother who left her child in a locked car for a few minutes an abuse of authority.
Yet statistics show thousands of children are injured and dozens die every year after being left unattended near or inside vehicles.
"I am talking tens of thousands of people who leave their kids in the car for any period of time all around America," said Janette Fennell, founder and president of Kansas-based Kids and Cars. "People don't appreciate the dangers of leaving a child alone in the car."
Coyne's attorney, Michelle Forbes, argued that Coyne did not break the law any more than a mother who parks in front of a school in a rainstorm and leaves an infant in the car as she runs a few feet to pick up another child.
"As long as the car is not out of her sight, then the child is not unattended," she said.
Cars with children inside have been stolen while the owners stepped inside service stations to pay for gas, Fennell said. Children sitting in cars have choked on things they stuck in their mouths. On Tuesday in Houston, after a woman got out of her car to walk across the street to talk to someone, her toddler was killed after he climbed out and tried to follow her.
"That child was also 2," Fennell said, referring to Coyne's daughter.
Coyne and her husband believe she is unfairly being lumped in with parents who put their children's lives at risk.
"If I were going on a shopping spree then, yes, I would deserve arrest," Coyne said. "I was standing right there. I never went into the store.
"I'm a great parent."
相比下﹐那名虐待被拘留人士四日(無水無糧無廁所)的獄卒將不用負責任何刑事法律責任﹐只是停職30日﹐之後繼續做獄卒﹐可以繼續虐待更多市民。
兩件事件的分別是什麼﹖就是美國見慣的分別--前者是普通市民。後者是政府職員。在美國﹐普通市民(尤其是中下階層)非常容易誤入法網﹐遭受無莽牢獄之災﹔政府職員即使是嚴重虐待傷害甚至殺害市民也大多不用負責﹐而且受到政府維護。這就是真正的"自由和民主"美國。
Source: CNN.com
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080312/ap_on_re_us/mom_on_trial;_ylt=Aj8ejImqjfaAfXfAgTS2CTJvzwcF
CHICAGO - Treffly Coyne was out of her car for just minutes and no more than 10 yards away.
ADVERTISEMENT
But that was long and far enough to land her in court after a police officer spotted her sleeping 2-year-old daughter alone in the vehicle; Coyne had taken her two older daughters to pour $8.29 in coins into a Salvation Army kettle.
Minutes later, she was under arrest — the focus of both a police investigation and a probe by the state's child welfare agency. Now the case that has become an Internet flash point for people who either blast police for overstepping their authority or Coyne for putting a child in danger.
The 36-year-old suburban mother is preparing to go on trial Thursday on misdemeanor charges of child endangerment and obstructing a peace officer. If convicted, she could be sentenced to a year in jail and fined $2,500, even though child welfare workers found no credible evidence of abuse or neglect.
On Dec. 8 Coyne decided to drive to Wal-Mart in the Chicago suburb of Crestwood so her children and a young friend could donate the coins they'd collected at her husband's office.
Even as she buckled 2-year-old Phoebe into the car, the girl was asleep. When Coyne arrived at the store, she found a spot to park in a loading zone, right behind someone tying a Christmas tree onto a car.
"It's sleeting out, it's not pleasant, I don't want to disturb her, wake her up," Coyne said this week. "It was safer to leave her in the safety and warmth of an alarmed car than take her."
So Coyne switched on the emergency flashers, locked the car, activated the alarm and walked the other children to the bell ringer.
She snapped a few pictures of the girls donating money and headed back to the car. But a community service officer blocked her way.
"She was on a tirade, she was yelling at me," Coyne said. The officer, Coyne said, didn't want to hear about how close Coyne was, how she never set foot inside the store and was just there to let the kids donate money, or how she could always see her car.
Coyne telephoned her husband, Tim Janecyk, who advised her not to say anything else to police until he arrived. So Coyne declined to talk further, refusing even to tell police her child's name.
When Janecyk pulled up, his wife already was handcuffed, sitting in a patrol car.
Crestwood Police Chief Timothy Sulikowski declined to comment about the case. But he did not dispute the contention that Coyne parked nearby or was away from her car for just a few minutes.
He did, however, suggest Coyne put her child at risk.
"A minute or two, that's when things can happen," he said.
Talk about the case has intensified, particularly online, where bloggers are weighing in on various message boards.
Many have harsh words for the police department, calling the arrest of a mother who left her child in a locked car for a few minutes an abuse of authority.
Yet statistics show thousands of children are injured and dozens die every year after being left unattended near or inside vehicles.
"I am talking tens of thousands of people who leave their kids in the car for any period of time all around America," said Janette Fennell, founder and president of Kansas-based Kids and Cars. "People don't appreciate the dangers of leaving a child alone in the car."
Coyne's attorney, Michelle Forbes, argued that Coyne did not break the law any more than a mother who parks in front of a school in a rainstorm and leaves an infant in the car as she runs a few feet to pick up another child.
"As long as the car is not out of her sight, then the child is not unattended," she said.
Cars with children inside have been stolen while the owners stepped inside service stations to pay for gas, Fennell said. Children sitting in cars have choked on things they stuck in their mouths. On Tuesday in Houston, after a woman got out of her car to walk across the street to talk to someone, her toddler was killed after he climbed out and tried to follow her.
"That child was also 2," Fennell said, referring to Coyne's daughter.
Coyne and her husband believe she is unfairly being lumped in with parents who put their children's lives at risk.
"If I were going on a shopping spree then, yes, I would deserve arrest," Coyne said. "I was standing right there. I never went into the store.
"I'm a great parent."
3.11.2008
美國發表國際人權報告--再顯美國的虛偽--"識話人唔識話自己"
美國政府發表一年一度的國際人權報告﹐批評某些國家的人權問題--國家包括中國﹐古巴﹐伊朗。無可否認﹐依照國際認可的標準﹐這些國家的確有嚴重的人權問題。但這種報告應該由聯合國等國際組織發表--由美國發表實在可笑。美國﹐作為一個不時踐踏人權的國家﹐有什麼資料批評其他國家的人權問題。這報告再突顯美國的虛偽--再次"識話人唔識話自己"。
- 美國批評中國毆打虐待犯人囚犯﹐但美國自己呢﹖只談警方虐待槍殺市民﹐差不多每星期都有發生。只要定時留意CNN新聞便可以看到。連六七十歲老婆婆﹐四肢殘廢傷殘人士﹐十二三歲小孩也難逃毒手。美國警方近年有了電槍那種新玩兒﹐市民因電槍受傷死亡自然多了。
- 美國的囚犯比世界任何一個國家都要多
- 地球上僅存兩個國家會將某些未成年罪犯處死--美國是其中之一﹐另一個國家是剛果。
- 美國有世界上最多的未成年人士因犯法而被判終生監禁(他們永遠沒有假釋的機會)
- 在美國﹐"成年人"的定義會因情況﹑地方而異。簡單來說﹐投票要十八歲﹐吸煙要十八歲﹐飲酒要二十一歲。但犯了罪的話﹐十六或十七歲的青少年經常被當作"成人"審判﹐被判入成人的監獄﹐甚至死刑。連十二或十三的壞孩子也有時被當作"成人"般控告。一個非常諷刺的例子﹕在美國某些地方﹐"未成年飲酒"(即二十一歲以下)的青少年有時會被當作"成人"定罪。
- 美國法律制度的種族歧視十分嚴重。美國的黑人會因犯小事而被施重刑--如犯同一事﹐白人的刑期通常輕得多
- 美國的苛法相信比世界大部份"文明"國家不合情理。曾經有人因在商店偷錄影帶而被判終身監禁。
- 美國批評中國為了奧運迫遷當地市民。美國也有為了發展商利用Eminent domain迫遷當地市民。雖然美國的地區政府會有比較合理的賠償﹐但不肯搬遷的居民會被拘捕。
- 至於國際事件就更不用多說了﹕違反國際人權條約﹑在古巴和其他國家虐待恐怖份子疑犯﹑秘密監獄﹑美軍強姦女童及殺害女童一家﹑美軍為求報復而濫殺伊拉克居民﹐等等。
一個連自己市民的人權都不尊重的國家居然有顏面出來批評其他國家的人權問題﹐真不知應該怎麼來形容。是虛偽﹐"面皮厚"﹐還是不知廉恥呢﹖
人權組織﹕
http://hrw.org/wr2k8/
美國部份的人權問題﹕
http://hrw.org/englishwr2k8/docs/2008/01/31/usdom17770.htm
CNN 全文﹕
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/03/11/rights.report.ap/index.html
China, host of the summer Olympics, is an authoritarian nation that denies its people basic human rights and freedoms, harasses journalists and foreign aid workers and tortures prisoners, the United States charged Tuesday.
Workers install acoustic boards at the Beijing-Tianjin Intercity Fast Railway, a key project associated with the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
China is still among the world's human rights abusers despite rapid economic growth that has transformed large parts of Chinese society, the State Department said in an annual accounting of human rights practices around the world.
Torture in China includes the use of electric shocks, beatings, shackles, and other forms of abuse, according to the report. It includes an account of a prisoner strapped to a "tiger bench," as device that forces the legs to bend sometimes until they break.
The report details the lengths some Chinese officials have taken to enforce China's well-known "one child" policy, and says forced relocations went up last year. The report notes claims that people were forced from their homes to make way for Olympic projects in Beijing.
"The year 2007 saw increased efforts to control and censor the Internet, and the government tightened restrictions on freedom of speech and the domestic press," the report says of China. "The government continued to monitor, harass, detain, arrest, and imprison journalists, Internet writers, and bloggers."
The country-by-country report is compiled separately from U.S. diplomatic efforts, and presented to Congress. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was releasing it at the State Department.
The report also notes further backsliding in President Vladimir Putin's Russia last year, and ticks off a string of undemocratic moves taken by close U.S. ally President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan.
"In Russia, centralization of power in the executive branch, a compliant State Duma, corruption and selectivity in enforcement of the law," onerous restrictions on aid groups and the media "continued to erode the government's accountability to its citizens," the report said.
It said that Pakistan's human rights situation worsened during the year, "stemming primarily from President Musharraf's decision to impose a 42-day state of emergency, suspend the constitution, and dismiss the Supreme and High Provincial Courts."
Political adversaries Cuba, Iran, Zimbabwe and Syria were all listed as human rights abusers. Sudan's record was called "horrific."
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North Korea is called an absolute dictatorship with repressive policies that control the most basic aspects of daily life. The report does not mention the intensive U.S. campaign for nuclear disarmament in North Korea, which included the first regular visits in decades by U.S. diplomats to the secretive regime in 2007.
"Pregnant female prisoners underwent forced abortions in some cases, and in other cases babies were killed upon birth in prisons," the report noted in its section covering detention and imprisonment in the North.
- 美國批評中國毆打虐待犯人囚犯﹐但美國自己呢﹖只談警方虐待槍殺市民﹐差不多每星期都有發生。只要定時留意CNN新聞便可以看到。連六七十歲老婆婆﹐四肢殘廢傷殘人士﹐十二三歲小孩也難逃毒手。美國警方近年有了電槍那種新玩兒﹐市民因電槍受傷死亡自然多了。
- 美國的囚犯比世界任何一個國家都要多
- 地球上僅存兩個國家會將某些未成年罪犯處死--美國是其中之一﹐另一個國家是剛果。
- 美國有世界上最多的未成年人士因犯法而被判終生監禁(他們永遠沒有假釋的機會)
- 在美國﹐"成年人"的定義會因情況﹑地方而異。簡單來說﹐投票要十八歲﹐吸煙要十八歲﹐飲酒要二十一歲。但犯了罪的話﹐十六或十七歲的青少年經常被當作"成人"審判﹐被判入成人的監獄﹐甚至死刑。連十二或十三的壞孩子也有時被當作"成人"般控告。一個非常諷刺的例子﹕在美國某些地方﹐"未成年飲酒"(即二十一歲以下)的青少年有時會被當作"成人"定罪。
- 美國法律制度的種族歧視十分嚴重。美國的黑人會因犯小事而被施重刑--如犯同一事﹐白人的刑期通常輕得多
- 美國的苛法相信比世界大部份"文明"國家不合情理。曾經有人因在商店偷錄影帶而被判終身監禁。
- 美國批評中國為了奧運迫遷當地市民。美國也有為了發展商利用Eminent domain迫遷當地市民。雖然美國的地區政府會有比較合理的賠償﹐但不肯搬遷的居民會被拘捕。
- 至於國際事件就更不用多說了﹕違反國際人權條約﹑在古巴和其他國家虐待恐怖份子疑犯﹑秘密監獄﹑美軍強姦女童及殺害女童一家﹑美軍為求報復而濫殺伊拉克居民﹐等等。
一個連自己市民的人權都不尊重的國家居然有顏面出來批評其他國家的人權問題﹐真不知應該怎麼來形容。是虛偽﹐"面皮厚"﹐還是不知廉恥呢﹖
人權組織﹕
http://hrw.org/wr2k8/
美國部份的人權問題﹕
http://hrw.org/englishwr2k8/docs/2008/01/31/usdom17770.htm
CNN 全文﹕
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/03/11/rights.report.ap/index.html
China, host of the summer Olympics, is an authoritarian nation that denies its people basic human rights and freedoms, harasses journalists and foreign aid workers and tortures prisoners, the United States charged Tuesday.
Workers install acoustic boards at the Beijing-Tianjin Intercity Fast Railway, a key project associated with the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
China is still among the world's human rights abusers despite rapid economic growth that has transformed large parts of Chinese society, the State Department said in an annual accounting of human rights practices around the world.
Torture in China includes the use of electric shocks, beatings, shackles, and other forms of abuse, according to the report. It includes an account of a prisoner strapped to a "tiger bench," as device that forces the legs to bend sometimes until they break.
The report details the lengths some Chinese officials have taken to enforce China's well-known "one child" policy, and says forced relocations went up last year. The report notes claims that people were forced from their homes to make way for Olympic projects in Beijing.
"The year 2007 saw increased efforts to control and censor the Internet, and the government tightened restrictions on freedom of speech and the domestic press," the report says of China. "The government continued to monitor, harass, detain, arrest, and imprison journalists, Internet writers, and bloggers."
The country-by-country report is compiled separately from U.S. diplomatic efforts, and presented to Congress. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was releasing it at the State Department.
The report also notes further backsliding in President Vladimir Putin's Russia last year, and ticks off a string of undemocratic moves taken by close U.S. ally President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan.
"In Russia, centralization of power in the executive branch, a compliant State Duma, corruption and selectivity in enforcement of the law," onerous restrictions on aid groups and the media "continued to erode the government's accountability to its citizens," the report said.
It said that Pakistan's human rights situation worsened during the year, "stemming primarily from President Musharraf's decision to impose a 42-day state of emergency, suspend the constitution, and dismiss the Supreme and High Provincial Courts."
Political adversaries Cuba, Iran, Zimbabwe and Syria were all listed as human rights abusers. Sudan's record was called "horrific."
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North Korea is called an absolute dictatorship with repressive policies that control the most basic aspects of daily life. The report does not mention the intensive U.S. campaign for nuclear disarmament in North Korea, which included the first regular visits in decades by U.S. diplomats to the secretive regime in 2007.
"Pregnant female prisoners underwent forced abortions in some cases, and in other cases babies were killed upon birth in prisons," the report noted in its section covering detention and imprisonment in the North.
美國再有虐待被拘留人士個案--被拘留四日﹐無水﹐無食物﹐無廁所
美國某地區執法機構再度被發現虐待被拘留人士。一名被拘留的女士被關起四日﹐沒有水﹐沒有食物﹐沒有廁所。據稱﹐如果不能夠證明獄卒是蓄意虐待受害人﹐那獄卒便不用負上個人責任(即不會被解僱)。即使沒有官官相衛﹐試問又有什麼可能證明那獄卒是有心或是無意--他的心當時在想什麼﹐只有自己知。
虐待一個沒有反抗能力的人四日而不用負上責任﹐相信只有在美國"打政府工"才會有這個"特權"。即使鄧竟成的特區鷹犬相信也沒有那麼放肆﹐沒有那麼有恃無恐。
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美國警方員虐待和侮辱四肢麻痺患者;相比下,香港警方可算是"愛民如子"
Source: http://www.4029tv.com/news/15557079/detail.html
Woman Left For Four Nights In Washington County Courthouse Cell
County Officials Said Steps Have Been Taken To Ensure It Does Not Happen Again
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -- A bailiff forgot to remove a defendant from a courthouse holding cell last week, forcing the woman to spend four nights in a locked room without food, water or a toilet, the Washington County Sheriff’s Office said.
Court workers discovered Adrianna Torres-Flores, 38, of Springdale, on Monday morning. She appeared dehydrated and was taken to a hospital for treatment, said County Judge Jerry Hunton.
Torres-Flores was left in the detention room --- intended for short-term detention only --- all weekend. Because of snow last week, fewer staff were in the courthouse late Thursday and Friday to notice Torres-Flores in the holding cell.
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“You know, it was a very unfortunate situation,” Hunton said.
Torres-Flores was transported to Washington Regional Medical Center by emergency medical personnel, but hospital representatives said she was never admitted to the hospital.
Torres-Flores was in court for a plea agreement on Thursday, March 6, but Judge William Storey revoked Torres-Flores’ bail because she was in the country illegally. Torres-Flores was accused of being involved in a bootleg CD and DVD ring in Springdale in December and had been out on bail since her arraignment in December.
Normal procedure for an out-of-custody defendant who is remanded to the sheriff’s custody requires the court bailiff make notification to sheriff’s office transport personnel, officials said.
“For some reason, the bailiff didn’t go and immediately make the call for transport, and I guess he, at a later time, just forgot to [make the call],” Hunton said.
Hankins had only been a bailiff for approximately two weeks and was placed on paid leave pending an investigation, Washington County Sheriff Tim Helder said.
Helder said unless he finds out the bailiff locked the woman inside the cell and left her there on purpose, he expects the bailiff to be back on the job and to learn from his mistake.
Hunton said Monday that immediate measures have been taken to ensure this does not happen again, including putting a camera in the cell and a light outside the cell that will be on when someone is inside.
“The best thing that we can do is to make sure it doesn’t happen to anybody else,” Hunton said.
Torres-Flores would not comment to reporters Tuesday on the advice of her attorney.
虐待一個沒有反抗能力的人四日而不用負上責任﹐相信只有在美國"打政府工"才會有這個"特權"。即使鄧竟成的特區鷹犬相信也沒有那麼放肆﹐沒有那麼有恃無恐。
Link:
美國警方員虐待和侮辱四肢麻痺患者;相比下,香港警方可算是"愛民如子"
Source: http://www.4029tv.com/news/15557079/detail.html
Woman Left For Four Nights In Washington County Courthouse Cell
County Officials Said Steps Have Been Taken To Ensure It Does Not Happen Again
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -- A bailiff forgot to remove a defendant from a courthouse holding cell last week, forcing the woman to spend four nights in a locked room without food, water or a toilet, the Washington County Sheriff’s Office said.
Court workers discovered Adrianna Torres-Flores, 38, of Springdale, on Monday morning. She appeared dehydrated and was taken to a hospital for treatment, said County Judge Jerry Hunton.
Torres-Flores was left in the detention room --- intended for short-term detention only --- all weekend. Because of snow last week, fewer staff were in the courthouse late Thursday and Friday to notice Torres-Flores in the holding cell.
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“You know, it was a very unfortunate situation,” Hunton said.
Torres-Flores was transported to Washington Regional Medical Center by emergency medical personnel, but hospital representatives said she was never admitted to the hospital.
Torres-Flores was in court for a plea agreement on Thursday, March 6, but Judge William Storey revoked Torres-Flores’ bail because she was in the country illegally. Torres-Flores was accused of being involved in a bootleg CD and DVD ring in Springdale in December and had been out on bail since her arraignment in December.
Normal procedure for an out-of-custody defendant who is remanded to the sheriff’s custody requires the court bailiff make notification to sheriff’s office transport personnel, officials said.
“For some reason, the bailiff didn’t go and immediately make the call for transport, and I guess he, at a later time, just forgot to [make the call],” Hunton said.
Hankins had only been a bailiff for approximately two weeks and was placed on paid leave pending an investigation, Washington County Sheriff Tim Helder said.
Helder said unless he finds out the bailiff locked the woman inside the cell and left her there on purpose, he expects the bailiff to be back on the job and to learn from his mistake.
Hunton said Monday that immediate measures have been taken to ensure this does not happen again, including putting a camera in the cell and a light outside the cell that will be on when someone is inside.
“The best thing that we can do is to make sure it doesn’t happen to anybody else,” Hunton said.
Torres-Flores would not comment to reporters Tuesday on the advice of her attorney.
3.06.2008
港府將推出的地區兒童託管服務是好開始
港府將在年中推出的地區兒童託管服務是好個開始。希望三年只是一個開始﹐三年後變成長期社會服務--不要因為未來政府盈餘減少而取消。另外﹐政府應考慮盡快將服務伸展到所有有需要地區﹔所謂困難家庭的條件不應太苛刻(除了綜緩人士﹐還應該包括中低收入人士)。最後﹐應將年齡上限(暫時是六歲)上升至十六歲(或法例認為兒童能照顧自己的年齡)--為免父母因兒女不合資格參加託兒服務而要被迫留兒女在家﹐繼而因兒女在家受傷而被控虐兒。
Source: Singtao.com
張 建 宗 ： 年 中 推 託 管 服 務
(星島日報報道)勞工及福利局局長張建宗昨表示，《財政預算案》預留四千五百萬元，在未來三年會加強地區兒童託管服務，在今年中將率先推出社區保母計畫，由社福機構招募及訓練婦女做社區保母，讓新市鎮內有意外出工作的婦女，將其初生至六歲子女交社區保母在家中託管，計畫於天水圍、東涌、葵青、深水、北區及屯門六區先行，期望成效可如再培訓局的家務助理一樣。
張建宗昨透露，當局在今年中會開拓全新的社區保母及社福機構彈性託管兒童計畫，率先在天水圍、東涌、葵青、深水、北區及屯門六區，招募培訓婦女當社區保母，在家中提供初生至六歲兒童的託管服務，令低收入地區婦女可安心重投勞動市場。如試行成功將會擴大計畫，期望成效可如再培訓局的家務助理一樣。
社署亦會資助每家社福機構及地區婦女會約五、六萬元，作為種子基金添置家具器材，將中心變身成家庭環境提供兒童託管服務，並向父母收費自負盈虧經營，有困難家庭可獲豁免。他強調，父母將子女託管後可放心出外賺錢，達三贏局面。
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曾特首呼籲一對香港夫妻生三個--誰來養﹐誰來照顧﹖
港府應做的是提供便宜託兒服務﹐不是利用該資源來拘捕和懲罰貧窮父母
Source: Singtao.com
張 建 宗 ： 年 中 推 託 管 服 務
(星島日報報道)勞工及福利局局長張建宗昨表示，《財政預算案》預留四千五百萬元，在未來三年會加強地區兒童託管服務，在今年中將率先推出社區保母計畫，由社福機構招募及訓練婦女做社區保母，讓新市鎮內有意外出工作的婦女，將其初生至六歲子女交社區保母在家中託管，計畫於天水圍、東涌、葵青、深水、北區及屯門六區先行，期望成效可如再培訓局的家務助理一樣。
張建宗昨透露，當局在今年中會開拓全新的社區保母及社福機構彈性託管兒童計畫，率先在天水圍、東涌、葵青、深水、北區及屯門六區，招募培訓婦女當社區保母，在家中提供初生至六歲兒童的託管服務，令低收入地區婦女可安心重投勞動市場。如試行成功將會擴大計畫，期望成效可如再培訓局的家務助理一樣。
社署亦會資助每家社福機構及地區婦女會約五、六萬元，作為種子基金添置家具器材，將中心變身成家庭環境提供兒童託管服務，並向父母收費自負盈虧經營，有困難家庭可獲豁免。他強調，父母將子女託管後可放心出外賺錢，達三贏局面。
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曾特首呼籲一對香港夫妻生三個--誰來養﹐誰來照顧﹖
港府應做的是提供便宜託兒服務﹐不是利用該資源來拘捕和懲罰貧窮父母
3.04.2008
McCain贏得共和黨提名;Hillary和Obama還有機會成為夢幻組合嗎﹖
白頭佬John McCain今晚在四個州初選勝出﹐成功得到共和黨提名。至於民主黨方面﹐Hillary Clinton和Barack Obama叮噹碼頭。由於Hillary近期因為處於下風而開始用負面和下流手段對付Obama﹐有損他們關係。因此多人期望的夢幻組合(即Hillary和Obama﹐一人作總統候選人另一人作副總統候選人)大有可能結合不成。
假設Obama成為民主黨的候選人﹐沒有Hillary做夢幻組合的另一半﹐民主黨要打敗McCain會比想象中難得多。因為美國的保守白人票源(即大部份南部和中西部的共和黨白人選民)根本不會認真考慮一個黑人候選人。要得到有用數量的保守白人選票的話(繼而勝券在握)﹐Obama需要有Hillary那個拍檔。Obama和Hillary結成夢幻組合大多數可以穩操勝券。否則﹐戰況會像2000和2004年一樣的激烈--只希望不會像2000年選舉一樣﹐由共合黨思想控制的最高法院決定大選結果。
加上獨立候選人Ralph Nader的出現(相信會取去一些民主黨票源)﹐Obama要獨自打敗McCain更是難上加難。雖然Nader在十一月大選中取去的民主黨源票將會有限﹐但因為美國的古怪總統選舉制度﹐Nader的出現會有一定的影響。因此﹐Nader這"攪屎棍"突然參選是為了自己的理想還是為了幫助共和黨真值得懷疑。
現在只能希望基督佬Mike Huckabee或另一位比較有民望的保守派人士突然決定離黨去做獨立候選人﹐分淡McCain的共和黨票源。但共和黨比較團結﹐看來機會不大。
假設Obama成為民主黨的候選人﹐沒有Hillary做夢幻組合的另一半﹐民主黨要打敗McCain會比想象中難得多。因為美國的保守白人票源(即大部份南部和中西部的共和黨白人選民)根本不會認真考慮一個黑人候選人。要得到有用數量的保守白人選票的話(繼而勝券在握)﹐Obama需要有Hillary那個拍檔。Obama和Hillary結成夢幻組合大多數可以穩操勝券。否則﹐戰況會像2000和2004年一樣的激烈--只希望不會像2000年選舉一樣﹐由共合黨思想控制的最高法院決定大選結果。
加上獨立候選人Ralph Nader的出現(相信會取去一些民主黨票源)﹐Obama要獨自打敗McCain更是難上加難。雖然Nader在十一月大選中取去的民主黨源票將會有限﹐但因為美國的古怪總統選舉制度﹐Nader的出現會有一定的影響。因此﹐Nader這"攪屎棍"突然參選是為了自己的理想還是為了幫助共和黨真值得懷疑。
現在只能希望基督佬Mike Huckabee或另一位比較有民望的保守派人士突然決定離黨去做獨立候選人﹐分淡McCain的共和黨票源。但共和黨比較團結﹐看來機會不大。
3.03.2008
發放前女友裸照男子改判監2個月--向來不認錯的裁判官也要向律政處屈膝低頭改判--教港人不要得罪律政處
控方在被告判了後才提交新資料﹐真是輸打贏要。雖說被告有權上訴--但政府有無限資源﹐被告不是富豪﹐沒有律師團﹐又可以做到什麼。況且即使是上訴﹐控方有權申請不准保釋。如上訴排期一年半載﹐就算將來上訴得直﹐拘留期已比判期長--被告有何實際得益呢﹖
不要誤會﹐筆者覺得被告錯做了﹐犯了法﹔但犯法歸犯法﹐同一裁判官判了後再改判確實不合理。況且﹐被告已完成大部份原判的社會服務令。
向來不肯認錯的法官﹐雖然將改判原因歸咎於新資料﹐也可以算是承認錯誤﹐實屬稀奇。裁判官因按方所謂的新資料而會輕易對事件改觀﹐真是可怕。繼鍾亦天事件後再次令人質疑香港法院的獨立性。今次因為新資料而加判監期﹐下次可以因為新資料而要一名剛期滿出監的人士再加監--只要控方提交所謂的新資料便可。
只要看看近年新聞﹐便知道越來越多港人將會因為不清楚複雜的法例而誤入法網。起初律政處可能會因為某些壓力忽然"大法慈悲"放過某市民(像《拾肆K》T恤事件)﹔但如果某市民之後得罪律政司或其屬人職員的話(不管是政治上﹐或是私人恩怨)﹐必要小心控方隨時提交新發現的資料﹐以免隨時被送入獄。能夠合法報復和打壓真是極可怕的權力﹐比起在街頭被惡人毆打或壞人勒索更可怕。
但想深一層﹕律政處和裁判官都是出政府糧﹐官官相衛其實根本不算稀奇。
發放前女友裸照男子改判監2個月 (香港)
"一名29歲男子在網上發放前女友裸照及雙方性愛片段，原審判240小時服務令，經律政司申請覆核後，改判入獄2個月。
被告即時由囚車押送監獄服刑。區域法院暫委法官黃崇厚，即之前判罰被告的裁判官指，看過控方呈交的新資料後，認同控方所指，被告不是一時衝動，而是為了報復，罪行更加嚴重，所以改判監禁。
裁判官指，考慮到被告已經有悔意，並已完成了七成的社會服務令，行為良好，扣減刑期後，改判監禁2個月。"
Source: Singtao.com
http://www.singtao.com/breakingnews/20080303a120839.asp
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藝人裸照案涉案人不准保釋令人質疑港法律公平性
郭偉健早前錯誤地不准鍾亦天保釋﹔應該引咎辭職或受內部處分
不要誤會﹐筆者覺得被告錯做了﹐犯了法﹔但犯法歸犯法﹐同一裁判官判了後再改判確實不合理。況且﹐被告已完成大部份原判的社會服務令。
向來不肯認錯的法官﹐雖然將改判原因歸咎於新資料﹐也可以算是承認錯誤﹐實屬稀奇。裁判官因按方所謂的新資料而會輕易對事件改觀﹐真是可怕。繼鍾亦天事件後再次令人質疑香港法院的獨立性。今次因為新資料而加判監期﹐下次可以因為新資料而要一名剛期滿出監的人士再加監--只要控方提交所謂的新資料便可。
只要看看近年新聞﹐便知道越來越多港人將會因為不清楚複雜的法例而誤入法網。起初律政處可能會因為某些壓力忽然"大法慈悲"放過某市民(像《拾肆K》T恤事件)﹔但如果某市民之後得罪律政司或其屬人職員的話(不管是政治上﹐或是私人恩怨)﹐必要小心控方隨時提交新發現的資料﹐以免隨時被送入獄。能夠合法報復和打壓真是極可怕的權力﹐比起在街頭被惡人毆打或壞人勒索更可怕。
但想深一層﹕律政處和裁判官都是出政府糧﹐官官相衛其實根本不算稀奇。
發放前女友裸照男子改判監2個月 (香港)
"一名29歲男子在網上發放前女友裸照及雙方性愛片段，原審判240小時服務令，經律政司申請覆核後，改判入獄2個月。
被告即時由囚車押送監獄服刑。區域法院暫委法官黃崇厚，即之前判罰被告的裁判官指，看過控方呈交的新資料後，認同控方所指，被告不是一時衝動，而是為了報復，罪行更加嚴重，所以改判監禁。
裁判官指，考慮到被告已經有悔意，並已完成了七成的社會服務令，行為良好，扣減刑期後，改判監禁2個月。"
Source: Singtao.com
http://www.singtao.com/breakingnews/20080303a120839.asp
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藝人裸照案涉案人不准保釋令人質疑港法律公平性
郭偉健早前錯誤地不准鍾亦天保釋﹔應該引咎辭職或受內部處分
碩士與父母反目還百萬留學費--會變成政府或機構取回獎學金和助學金的案例嗎﹖
不提父母是否決絕﹐不提兒子是否不孝。星島報導沒有細節﹐所以不清楚這案件是關於口頭承諾(即兒子在反目後答應歸還學費)﹐還是父母給子女的留學費要還﹖假設是後者﹐恐怕這案會成為將來政府或其他機構用來取回獎學金和助學金(假設沒有寫明是餽贈)的案例。
陳父因為不滿意兒子行為(兒子減給家用)﹐數年後獲法院裁定可向兒子索償。同一道理﹐政府或某機構將獎學金和助學金給予學生留學;如政府或機構不滿學生學成後的某些行為(例如反對和抗議政府或機構政策)﹐可利用這案例向學生取回獎學金(假設沒有寫明是餽贈)嗎﹖
另外﹐會否因為此案而有大量父母向子女索取多年的養育費﹖今後父母會開始將撫養子女的一切開支做一本數簿嗎﹖而子女會否今後不停問父母﹕"這零用錢是餽贈還是借貸"﹖
碩士與父母反目還百萬留學費 (香港)
"因給父母家用驟減，機械工程碩士與父母反目，被追百萬留學費，區院法官裁定父母得值，兒子須要清還。住所一半業權屬代父母託管，業權亦敗訴。
現年三十七歲姓陳的機械工程碩士，本與父母同住，二千年結婚入住父母新購的青衣住所，承諾每月給父母七千五百元作租金，並按年遞增至最高一萬四千元，夫婦每晚回父母家吃飯，至○三年陳誕女後，嬰兒一度交母照顧。
○五年六月起，陳新聘印傭照顧女兒，每月給父母的款項亦下調至七千五百元，令父母大為不悅。召開家庭會議又不歡而散，反目後，陳父要求兒子歸還赴英留學費用，陳當時答應，終對簿公堂。"
Source: Singtao.com
http://www.singtao.com/breakingnews/20080303a210729.asp
陳父因為不滿意兒子行為(兒子減給家用)﹐數年後獲法院裁定可向兒子索償。同一道理﹐政府或某機構將獎學金和助學金給予學生留學;如政府或機構不滿學生學成後的某些行為(例如反對和抗議政府或機構政策)﹐可利用這案例向學生取回獎學金(假設沒有寫明是餽贈)嗎﹖
另外﹐會否因為此案而有大量父母向子女索取多年的養育費﹖今後父母會開始將撫養子女的一切開支做一本數簿嗎﹖而子女會否今後不停問父母﹕"這零用錢是餽贈還是借貸"﹖
碩士與父母反目還百萬留學費 (香港)
"因給父母家用驟減，機械工程碩士與父母反目，被追百萬留學費，區院法官裁定父母得值，兒子須要清還。住所一半業權屬代父母託管，業權亦敗訴。
現年三十七歲姓陳的機械工程碩士，本與父母同住，二千年結婚入住父母新購的青衣住所，承諾每月給父母七千五百元作租金，並按年遞增至最高一萬四千元，夫婦每晚回父母家吃飯，至○三年陳誕女後，嬰兒一度交母照顧。
○五年六月起，陳新聘印傭照顧女兒，每月給父母的款項亦下調至七千五百元，令父母大為不悅。召開家庭會議又不歡而散，反目後，陳父要求兒子歸還赴英留學費用，陳當時答應，終對簿公堂。"
Source: Singtao.com
http://www.singtao.com/breakingnews/20080303a210729.asp
3.02.2008
冤獄在美國越來越多 -- Innocence Project利用DNA技術幫助無辜人士翻案
告錯人﹐令無辜坐冤獄和不肯承認犯錯絕不是黃仁龍鄧竟成的專利。冤獄在美國相信比香港普遍得多--加上美國法制大多缺乏人性﹐刑期長(一百年至幾百年至千年絕不稀奇)又有死刑﹐聽到又有冤獄真是慘不忍睹。
今天CNN又報導有冤案--兩名窮人無辜入獄十多年﹐全因一名所謂的法醫專家胡亂作證(是他判錯死因還是為了控方的專家費而故意偽造證據就暫時未知)。
Source:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/02/29/bite.marks.ap/index.html
幸好美國有一個組織專門有DNA驗證來幫被冤枉的人翻案--這個組織名叫Innocence Project。據知﹐只要有案中的DNA存在﹐驗DNA不難﹔最多的時間是花於勸服法院和檢控官容許和接受翻案。像鍾亦天被告錯一樣﹐有哪個檢控官會自願給機會別人說自己告錯﹖結果的是申請又申請﹐排期又排期﹐令無辜者因法制拖延而多坐幾年冤獄。
Innocence Project到目前為止成功幫助超過200個無辜者翻案--這些人平均已坐了十至二十年冤獄。客觀地說﹐鍾亦天的兩星期扣留未必可說是冤獄(因為未判罪)﹔即使是冤獄﹐鍾亦天的兩星期比起美國的冤獄真是小巫見大巫。但願Innocence Project能幫助更多被冤枉的人﹐讓他們盡早重見天日﹐不要枉死獄中。
Link:
在美國﹐每一百個成人就有一個在監獄中--還說美國是自由國家﹖
今天CNN又報導有冤案--兩名窮人無辜入獄十多年﹐全因一名所謂的法醫專家胡亂作證(是他判錯死因還是為了控方的專家費而故意偽造證據就暫時未知)。
Source:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/02/29/bite.marks.ap/index.html
幸好美國有一個組織專門有DNA驗證來幫被冤枉的人翻案--這個組織名叫Innocence Project。據知﹐只要有案中的DNA存在﹐驗DNA不難﹔最多的時間是花於勸服法院和檢控官容許和接受翻案。像鍾亦天被告錯一樣﹐有哪個檢控官會自願給機會別人說自己告錯﹖結果的是申請又申請﹐排期又排期﹐令無辜者因法制拖延而多坐幾年冤獄。
Innocence Project到目前為止成功幫助超過200個無辜者翻案--這些人平均已坐了十至二十年冤獄。客觀地說﹐鍾亦天的兩星期扣留未必可說是冤獄(因為未判罪)﹔即使是冤獄﹐鍾亦天的兩星期比起美國的冤獄真是小巫見大巫。但願Innocence Project能幫助更多被冤枉的人﹐讓他們盡早重見天日﹐不要枉死獄中。
Link:
在美國﹐每一百個成人就有一個在監獄中--還說美國是自由國家﹖
2.28.2008
在美國﹐每一百個成人就有一個在監獄中--還說美國是自由國家﹖
美國常對外面宣揚自由民主種族平等﹐看一看今天CNN的報告便清楚這是多大的謊話和笑話。
今天CNN報告﹐在美國現時有二百三十萬人在監獄中﹐(即是每一百個成人中有一人﹐或每一萬個美國人有七十五人)。相比起﹐中國(人口是美國的四倍)只有一百五十萬人在獄中(即是每一萬個中國人只有大約十人)。
http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/02/28/prison.population.ap/index.html
有那麼多人在獄中還可以說是自由的國家嗎﹖單以被判入獄的人數來計﹐美國可算是世界上最沒有自由的國家。
究竟為什麼那麼多美國人在獄中﹖
是美國人天生男的雲中鶴(窮凶極惡)﹐女的葉二娘(無惡不作)嗎﹖畢竟美國軍人近期被揭發"強姦女童﹐殺人全家"。但筆者認識的美國人全都不是奸惡之輩。所以美國人是天生惡徒的機會不大。
是美國惡法太多﹐令國民容易誤入法網﹖機會很大。美國法例分聯邦法﹐州法﹐縣法﹐市法﹐處處不同﹐層出不窮。有多少人知道在1973年﹐美國曾經有位婆婆因為收留剛死去媽媽的親孫而被判入獄五天。(雖然最終被最高法院判上訴得直﹐但經已是坐了牢後數年的事。)
有關﹕http://www.guncite.com/court/fed/sc/431us494.html
是美國檢控官沒有人性到因為要為自己前途鋪路(要把自己打造成罪惡尅星好讓將來成為政客或法官)而創意地檢控沒有反抗能力的人﹐即是creative prosecution。
是美國法官欠缺惻穩之心﹐犯什麼事都判入獄(尤其是窮人)﹖最諷刺的是美國大多人(包括大多數法官)信奉基督教--基督教不是教導人原諒和寬恕別人嗎﹖難道要人坐牢幾十幾百至千多年﹐要人因為做錯一次便永世不見天日﹐就是寬恕嗎﹖在美國﹐合情合理皆死﹐唯剩合法。
是美國人雖然表面宣揚種族平等﹐其實歧視得很嗎﹖根據CNN報告﹐每三十個20至34歲的美國男人有一人在獄中﹐但每九個20至34歲的美國黑人男人便有一人在獄中。黑人佔美國人口大約一成﹐而在獄中的黑人是美國監獄人口的四成。雖然不能說原因全歸於種族歧視﹐但總有一部份是吧﹖看一看2007年"Jena 6"事件便清楚美國存在的種族歧視
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jena_Six
更諷刺的是﹐即使浪費了那麼多資源將那麼多人關在獄中﹐很多學者認為美國的治安根本沒有因此而明顯改善。把監獄資源放在學校教導人民不是更有效嗎﹖香港政府喜歡跟着外國走--筆者只希港府好好對待人民﹐不要仿效美國。
Link:
冤獄在美國越來越多 -- Innocence Project利用DNA技術幫助無辜人士翻案
今天CNN報告﹐在美國現時有二百三十萬人在監獄中﹐(即是每一百個成人中有一人﹐或每一萬個美國人有七十五人)。相比起﹐中國(人口是美國的四倍)只有一百五十萬人在獄中(即是每一萬個中國人只有大約十人)。
http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/02/28/prison.population.ap/index.html
有那麼多人在獄中還可以說是自由的國家嗎﹖單以被判入獄的人數來計﹐美國可算是世界上最沒有自由的國家。
究竟為什麼那麼多美國人在獄中﹖
是美國人天生男的雲中鶴(窮凶極惡)﹐女的葉二娘(無惡不作)嗎﹖畢竟美國軍人近期被揭發"強姦女童﹐殺人全家"。但筆者認識的美國人全都不是奸惡之輩。所以美國人是天生惡徒的機會不大。
是美國惡法太多﹐令國民容易誤入法網﹖機會很大。美國法例分聯邦法﹐州法﹐縣法﹐市法﹐處處不同﹐層出不窮。有多少人知道在1973年﹐美國曾經有位婆婆因為收留剛死去媽媽的親孫而被判入獄五天。(雖然最終被最高法院判上訴得直﹐但經已是坐了牢後數年的事。)
有關﹕http://www.guncite.com/court/fed/sc/431us494.html
是美國檢控官沒有人性到因為要為自己前途鋪路(要把自己打造成罪惡尅星好讓將來成為政客或法官)而創意地檢控沒有反抗能力的人﹐即是creative prosecution。
是美國法官欠缺惻穩之心﹐犯什麼事都判入獄(尤其是窮人)﹖最諷刺的是美國大多人(包括大多數法官)信奉基督教--基督教不是教導人原諒和寬恕別人嗎﹖難道要人坐牢幾十幾百至千多年﹐要人因為做錯一次便永世不見天日﹐就是寬恕嗎﹖在美國﹐合情合理皆死﹐唯剩合法。
是美國人雖然表面宣揚種族平等﹐其實歧視得很嗎﹖根據CNN報告﹐每三十個20至34歲的美國男人有一人在獄中﹐但每九個20至34歲的美國黑人男人便有一人在獄中。黑人佔美國人口大約一成﹐而在獄中的黑人是美國監獄人口的四成。雖然不能說原因全歸於種族歧視﹐但總有一部份是吧﹖看一看2007年"Jena 6"事件便清楚美國存在的種族歧視
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jena_Six
更諷刺的是﹐即使浪費了那麼多資源將那麼多人關在獄中﹐很多學者認為美國的治安根本沒有因此而明顯改善。把監獄資源放在學校教導人民不是更有效嗎﹖香港政府喜歡跟着外國走--筆者只希港府好好對待人民﹐不要仿效美國。
Link:
冤獄在美國越來越多 -- Innocence Project利用DNA技術幫助無辜人士翻案
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