manslaughter

“When Women Abuse Men”

Are women becoming more violent, or are men now less inhibited about discussing the way they are abused by women? Men’s  rights activists have longed claimed domestic violence is a two-way street, that much or most of it is reciprocal but men simply hit harder. This ground-breaking Channel 5 documentary goes a long way towards […]

SHERIFF GRADY JUDD — Judge, Jury And Executioner

Eight years ago, the fourteen year old Florida schoolgirl Cassidy Goodson was pregnant, but didn’t look it. Not only did she conceal her pregnancy but somehow she concealed the birth. The baby boy weighed nine and a half pounds, nearly a tenth of her body weight. What happened next was horrific; having delivered the baby by herself in the toilet, she strangled him and stuffed his body in a shoe box.

George Floyd and Ian Tomlinson — A tale of two police killings

In spite of the hysteria generated over the killings of black Americans, as pointed out here recently the police kill more whites than blacks, far more. Unjustified police killings in the UK are far, far less frequent, not just because of its far smaller population but because we are not obsessed with guns. Here as in the US, the deaths of blacks generate far more outrage than those of whites, but there was one notable exception, and the parallels with the death of George Floyd (pictured) are striking.

In Flint Water Crisis, Will Manslaughter Charges Actually Lead To Prison Time?

Drinking fountains are marked “Do Not Drink Until Further Notice” at Flint Northwestern High School in Flint, Mich. . (AP/Carolyn Kaster)
Last week, Michigan’s top prosecutor announced that five officials, including the state’s Health Department head Nick Lyon, will face charges of involuntary manslaughter for a death resulting from the Flint water crisis.