Athletes and drugs and sentences and womens’ imprisonment

This seems fairly fitting to raise this story - Six month sentence for Jones. In January Marion Jones was sentenced to six months, two years probation and supervised release (including 800 hours of community service) to be served consecutively for lying and involvement in drug fraud. Ok, these are crimes - but they are deception …

Make up and knock down

Another news story I've had kicking around for a bit. On Thursday 24 April 2008 Hollywood actor Wesley Snipes was found guilty of deliberately failing to file tax returns. I find myself unsurprised that the US imprison more people per 1,000 than any other country, when they imprison someone for 3 years for not filling …

Funerals of young people

I have wanted to comment on this for a while. In April this year the funeral was held of a young (19 year old) female who died unexpectedly whilst abroad. There was some media coverage of her death and funeral. In a radio interview her Dad stated "it was a moving day, and just as …