A bill passed Wednesday would make human smuggling a third degree felony with a five-year maximum prison sentence. ...more

February 4, 2009

A jail addition now under construction could relieve overcrowding as the number of inmates begins to swell again and inspections turned up "notable violations" at Pasco County's two detention centers. ...more

September 5, 2008

Debby is crying, and 12-year-old Solmeshia Hooks doesn't know how to make it stop. ...more

August 17, 2008

Had I been asked, I could have supplied Sen. John McCain a much more accurate speech for his "end of first term." Here is my suggestion: ...more

June 12, 2008

A bus full of 15 Iraqi lawyers carrying a four-page, single-spaced letter to President Bush arrived at the White House Tuesday. The mission was to request less U.S. help for building prisons and more for establishing the rule of law. There was no immediate official response, and experience of the last four years indicates nothing will be done in the future. ...more

November 17, 2007

A United Nations human rights envoy entered Myanmar for the first time in four years Sunday on a mission to uncover how many people were killed and detained since September's bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protesters. ...more

November 12, 2007

Myanmar's military leaders said weapons had been seized from Buddhist monasteries and announced dozens of new arrests Sunday, defying global outrage over its violent repression of protestors who sought an end to 45 years of dictatorship. ...more

October 8, 2007