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MELBOURNE, Australia — Lock them up and throw away the key. Throw the book at them. Judges are too lenient these days. For decades the community attitude toward sentencing has been that the punishments being handed down just aren’t harsh enough. But when people are asked to step into the shoes of
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Wesson, Martinez Call for Reforms to Replace Police Officers with Non-Law Enforcement Agencies For Non-Violent Calls
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As protests prompted by the killing of George Floyd, a Black man, at the hands of a white Minneapolis police officer, continued this week, some state and local leaders are removing monuments honoring the
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Here’s what community college students want to know - Black Voice News
In summary Students presented California Community Colleges Chancellor Eloy Oakley with a variety of concerns, and his responses had a common thread: The community college system needs more money. As school starts for the California Community Colleges system next week, students want to know
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