Good Thursday Morning, Everyone, WOW! I woke up to five inches of fresh snow this morning, and it is so beautiful. Little surprises come in many forms. Sometimes they are great gifts, and other times they bring sadness and despair. When these unexpected things happen, we have a choice to make: either stop in our tracks or push through. Sometimes…
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Sincerely, X – Podcast Recommendation
By Andy…. I recently listened to a podcast called “Ex-Con.” It is part of a new series titled Sincerely, X. This episode hits very close to home for a great many of us. The subject of the episode was convicted of securities fraud and sent to federal prison for 7 years. In the episode, the ex-con discusses how he feels…
Read MoreRegistries help feed nation’s thirst for mass incarceration
By Rick Anderson . . . The September 1988 rape and murder of 29-year-old Diane Ballasiotes in Seattle, Washington, followed by the 1989 rape and sexual mutilation of a 7-year-old Tacoma boy, were the seedlings of today’s nationwide sex offender registry laws – a 50-state network that tracks over 805,000 registrants and whose usefulness as a crime-prevention tool has been…
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