kentucky's Death Penalty Inhumane?

The Supreme Court ruled that Kentucky's way means of lethal injection is properly applied.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/04/16/scotus.injections/index.html

Murder at 12 out by 45

Chris Pittman at the age of 12 when he murdered his grandparents for sending him to bed early after being sent home from school one day for fighting. A little background on Chris. He was raised by his father with his sister and he was almost tossed around from adult to adult so he never really liked adults from then on. He was diagnosed with depression and given an anti depression medicine to take. In November of 2001 Chris murdered his grandparents just shy of midnight and took the dog, weapons, and the family car and was spotted not too far away by police shortly thereafter. Chris is now 19 and is in adult jail and has been ever since the incident.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/04/14/juvenile.killer/index.html

Gambling: Child's play or adult misbehavior

The Post and Courier of Charleston reports that 26 men have been arrested in last Friday nights sting in Hanahan. The raid wass the conclusion of a year long investigation of gambling among local professionals. Some of these men turned themselves in while one stands to fight this in court. Martin Reyes. The 200 year old South Carolina law that prohibits dice and card games.

http://www.charleston.net/news/2008/apr/07/accused_gambler_aims_fight_charges36367/

Scaring Kids Out of Drunk Driving in New Mexico

A magistrate brought students into a courtroom to see first hand consequesnces of driving drunk. The magistrate was showing the students a 43 year old woman who had lost everything. Some students thought that the initial action was going to be way over dramatic, did they change their minds in the end?
<http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/03/31/courtroom.at.school.ap/index.html>

Death Costing $8 Million

An "accidental death" of a woman in Arizona. The wife with 3 children was detained for going ballistic after she missed her connecting flight. She tried to escape from the handcuffs. In doing so she suffocated herself.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/law/03/26/airport.death/index.html#cnnSTCText

Stealing Goes To Far

A Family of 5 suffers, in Iowa, the death of 4 of those. One being the mother and the other 3 the children. Guns did not appear to be the murder weapon. Police said the 4 murdered suffered. The husband was no where to be found was sought after along with the family minivan.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/03/24/iowa.city.shooting.ap/index.html#cnnSTCText

Watery Drug Smuggling

Smuggling dugs over the boarder now easier with semi-submersible boats. These submarine type drug boats carry larger loads and they are quicker from Columbia to Miami. 23 cases within 3 months set the record for the combined previous 6 years. How the boats work they are strung onto other vessels and they just catch a ride to the coast.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/03/20/drug.subs/index.html