La manipulación de evidencia es una de las manchas más horrendas en nuestro sistema de justicia. El número de convicciones “erróneas” producto de este fenómeno sigue creciendo.
Desde su creación en 1989, el Registro Nacional de Exoneraciones de la Universidad de Michigan ha documentado 1586 convicciones erróneas.
Children as young as 13 years old have been tried as adults and sentenced to die in prison, typically without any consideration of their age or circumstances of the offense. Many young children in America are imperiled by abuse, neglect, domestic and community violence, and poverty. Without effective intervention and help, these children suffer, struggle, and fall into despair and hopelessness.
La agente literaria del recién fallecido Gabriel García Márquez, Carmen Barcells, proclamó que tras la muerte del autor surgirá una nueva religión que se conocerá como el “gabismo”. En mi ya encontró un nuevo feligrés.
Gabriel García Márquez, precursor del realismo mágico y para muchos el autor más destacado de la lengua española después de Cervantes, murió en Méjico a los 87 años el jueves, 17 de abril.
The injustice that prevails in our justice system is criminal. Thousands of young kids are deprived of any opportunity to rehabilitate, redeem themselves and succeed.
What is the opposite of poverty? It’s not wealth. In our country the opposite of poverty is justice.There’s no justice unless you can pay for it.
A climate change report published today by the United Nations warns that the impacts of global warming are likely to be “severe, pervasive and irreversible”. Nobody on this planet is going to be untouched by the impacts of climate change. Ignorance is no longer a good excuse. Denial of the science is malpractice.
What’s gone wrong with democracy? Democracy is going through a difficult time. Between 1980 and 2000 democracy experienced a few setbacks, but since 2000 there have been many. Where autocrats have been driven out of office, their opponents have mostly failed to create viable democratic regimes. Even in established democracies, flaws in the system have become worryingly visible and disillusion with politics is rife.
Se fue otro de los grande. Larga vida a este gran maestro de la literatura. QEPD Carlos Fuentes.
Los manuscritos del Mar Muerto ya están en línea. Gracias a un proyecto auspiciado por Google y el Museo Nacional de Israel ahora podemos leer en formato electrónico este documento que tiene más de dos mil años.
Today is a day to remember: the fallen, the survivors, the families, the heroes. May God bless them all. [In you’re on a mobile device and can’t see the video CLICK HERE.]