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10 minutes ago · Photograph: Graeme Robertson/The Guardian. Help former inmates make the most of a second chance at life. Anthony Lawton responds to an article on a housing project for ex-offenders. Your article ...
5 hours ago · His eloquent plea had the desired effect. Loeb and Leopold were sentenced to life in prison. In 1936 Loeb was killed in the Stateville Correctional Center by an inmate he reportedly had propositioned.
15 hours ago · Game theory is the study of mathematical models of strategic interactions among rational agents. [1] It has applications in many fields of social science, used extensively in economics as well as in logic, systems science and computer science. [2] Traditional game theory addressed two-person zero-sum games, in which a participant's gains or ...
5 hours ago · An Oklahoma judge has ruled that a death row inmate is incompetent to be executed after the prisoner received mental evaluations by psychologists for both defense attorneys and state prosecutors. Pittsburg County District Judge Tim Mills wrote Thursday that both psychologists found that Wade Greely Lay, 63, lacks a “rational understanding ...
15 hours ago · Plans to turn Yucca Mountain into the country’s nuclear waste bin are at a standstill, but discussions of restarting the proposal have drawn concerns — and different opinions — from Nevada ...
15 hours ago · Democracy (from Ancient Greek: δημοκρατία, romanized : dēmokratía, dēmos 'people' and kratos 'rule') [1] is a system of government in which state power is vested in the people or the general population of a state. [2] Under a minimalist definition of democracy, rulers are elected through competitive elections while more expansive ...
15 hours ago · International law (also known as public international law and the law of nations) is the set of rules, norms, and standards generally recognized as binding between states. It establishes norms for states across a broad range of domains, including war and diplomacy, economic relations, and human rights. International law differs from state-based ...
