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Throughout the ages, criminal activities in society have been punished by the ruling entity of such societies with various degree of justice.
The laws are sometimes ambiguous and criminals are adept at becoming the lawmakers or rulers themselves. The US prison population is quite large compare to other countries. In some countries, the death penalty is still used for crime against the state , even if the crime is as petty as not to follow the religious edict of such nation. The history of convicts is full of unfair treatment of people and of fabricated conviction. The styles of modern imprisonment are differing in countries, and much have the same purpose: make the convicted people suffer. The case of Julian Assange is special in this regard. He hasn t been convicted of any crimes, except expose the truth.
now from washington. hi, fredricka. as you mentioned, there s been a whole lot of variety in the speeches, and in talking to ordinary churchgoers as well. i want to play some interesting comments from two pastors who disagree on this matter. one is pastor emmitt burns from baltimore, a church in baltimore. another is from a chump here in d.c. let s hear what they had to say. will this hurt the african-american community support for the president in the upcoming election? well, i would hope not. amen. [ applause ] we ve got some larger challenges that we ve got to struggle with. [ applause ] people i know, people come up to me, are saying that they don t support this. they don t like this. they re disappointed with the president. and they plan to stay home. i don t plan to vote for romney for sure. and right now i plan to stay home. so some pretty explosive comments. it s going to get a lot of people s attention. you re hearing people say, we re going to stay behind. e