Wednesday, September 5, 2018

Prosecuting homeless people for sleeping on public property when they have no access to shelter violates the Constitution’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment, a federal appeals court decided Tuesday.

The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously overturned a district court decision in favor...



from latimes.com - Los Angeles Times https://ift.tt/2NOuKBS

Related Posts:

  • LATEST NEWSThe Dodgers had just moved into first place in the National League West for good, in a month they had won 21 of 28 games. They were gliding toward their first division championship in nine years when their first-year general … Read More
  • LATEST NEWSWhen: 5:30 p.m. PDT. On the air: TV: Prime Ticket; Radio: 830. Update: The Ducks open a two-game trip against a Blackhawks team that is among the league leaders in goals scored (30) and among the worst in goals allowed (32). … Read More
  • LATEST NEWSSERIES NCIS After a 50-year-old tape recording left by a murder victim is found, the team tries to exonerate the Marine serving a life sentence for the crime in this new episode. Mark Harmon and David McCallum star. 8 p.m. CB… Read More
  • LATEST NEWSWhen President Obama used the word “transgender” in his State of the Union address in 2015 — the first time a sitting president had ever done so — Mariana Marroquin experienced a sense of affirmation that the U.S. government … Read More
  • LATEST NEWSWhen figuring out the dynamics of this historic World Series between the Dodgers and the Boston Red Sox, one needs to really know only one fact. The “Beat L.A’’ chant started in Boston. Of course it did. It was first heard in… Read More

0 comments:

Post a Comment

Followers

Contact Form

Name

Email *

Message *

Popular Posts

FOLLOW BY EMAIL

Enter your email address:

Delivered by FeedBurner