In our line of work we come into contact with many people who are in difficult, if not desperate situations. Their perseverance to right the wrongs around them inspire us.  
 
Vladek Filler was persecuted and wrongly convicted of spousal rape by an unethical prosecutor in Maine. The prosecutor, Mary Kellett was recently recommended for suspension by the panel that investigated her handling of his case: http://www.saveservices.org/2012/12/maine-bar-recommends-suspension-for-asst-da-mary-kellett/.  
 

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'The trailblazers — Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, to name two heavy lifters — believed that women should have the same legal and civil protections as men without discrimination. As Stanton said in 1854 when she addressed the New York Legislature, “We ask no better laws than those you have made for yourselves. We need no other protection than that which your present laws secure to you.” You might call these first feminists “equity feminists”: They sought equality before the law.

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'A BOYS' welfare project started by Menai Public School is helping children reconnect and engage in their learning.

The Boys Initiatives Program was established to address the needs of male pupils.

Targeted at grades 3-6, it aims to identify children who could most benefit from male role models, including children at risk of behavioural problems.

The idea was launched this year when the school realised there was a need for boys to be involved in activities that were separate from the classroom.

It involved pupils doing male-supervised activities including bike-riding and skateboard riding, which teach communication, co-operation and resilience.'

Article here. Great idea. These days, you don't want to get stuck with someone who may be both financially irresponsible or unwilling to pull her own financial weight. Traditionally, men have been expected to supply the cash and/or ignore or tolerate their wife's/fiancee's/gf's financial irresponsibilities or ignorance. No more. (But guess who's still largely expected to pay for the dates?) And if she won't talk about her credit score or seems evasive? Big red flag. Excerpt:

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'Roughly half of U.S. marriages end in divorce. In New Jersey, the real fighting begins when the divorce decree is issued.

On Dec. 1, a group of women in Monmouth County continued a protest of rulings made by Superior Court Judge Paul X. Escandon, who they accuse of being biased against female litigants in divorce cases. The protest marked the second time Escandon’s decisions have been publicly contested: a September demonstration brought more than 40 women to the courthouse entrance.

Meanwhile, a Flemington man has spent seven weeks in jail for "non-support" because his court-mandate alimony payments exceed his income. John Waldorf claims he's a victim of what he says is the state's flawed alimony system.'

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'In every state, the portion of families where children have two parents, rather than one, has dropped significantly over the past decade. Even as the country added 160,000 families with children, the number of two-parent households decreased by 1.2 million. Fifteen million U.S. children, or 1 in 3, live without a father, and nearly 5 million live without a mother. In 1960, just 11 percent of American children lived in homes without fathers.

America is awash in poverty, crime, drugs and other problems, but more than perhaps anything else, it all comes down to this, said Vincent DiCaro, vice president of the National Fatherhood Initiative: Deal with absent fathers, and the rest follows.
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"We have one class that thinks marriage and fatherhood is important, and another which doesn’t, and it’s causing that gap, income inequality, to get wider,” Mr. DiCaro said.

Article here. It's all so predictable. Male shooters: evil murderers. Female shooters: mentally disturbed and 'driven' to it. She is a child- and husband-abuser and intended to continue her shooting spree but was stopped by her gun jamming. And yet... we should feel sorry for her. Afghanistan is filled with poor and desperate women, and men. She was lucky even to have some kind of job. But it wasn't good enough-- she needed to berate and abuse her husband and children and then go commit murder. And the MSM peddles the thing as a sob-story. Excerpt:

'The Afghan policewoman suspected of killing a U.S. contractor at police headquarters in Kabul suffered from mental illness and was driven to suicidal despair by poverty, her children told Reuters on Wednesday.

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Story here. I know I'm sounding like a broken record here, but anyone who is 1) crazy and 2) has access to firearms is a potential threat. Of course many other things can be a motive for murder-by-gun much less anything else, but when it comes to seemingly inexplicable murders (so-called "random" or "impersonal" murder) not driven even by ideology or political affiliation, the factor is "crazy". Unfortunately just yesterday, America had a second mass-shooting in upstate NY in as many weeks wherein the killer targeted innocent men for no apparent reason and killed himself before he could be caught; he was a convicted killer and apparently murdered his sister before setting his house on fire, too. Crazy: check. Access to guns: check. Until guns can be kept out of the hands of lunatics, we'll keep having such tragedies-- and the sex/age of the murderer isn't really a factor, as much as feminists want you to believe it. It's "crazy". Excerpt:

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'A 'dad' is tenth most popular Christmas list request for children with youngsters happy to forgo the latest iPad, toy or new pet, a survey has found.

When it comes to Christmas, it might be safe to assume children will ask Santa for an extensive list of toys, games and treats.

But a survey of their typical lists for Father Christmas has shown many have more serious concerns, requesting "a dad" instead.
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Despite their material requests, the tenth most popular Christmas wish on the list was a "Dad".'

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'KABUL, Afghanistan — An Afghan policewoman walked into a high-security compound in Kabul Monday and killed an American contractor with a single bullet to the chest, the first such shooting by a woman in a spate of insider attacks by Afghans against their foreign allies.

Afghan officials who provided details identified the attacker as police Sgt. Nargas, a mother of four with a clean record. The shooting was outside the police headquarters in a walled compound which houses the governor's office, courts and a prison in the heart of the capital.

A police official said she was able to enter the compound armed because she was licensed to carry a weapon as a police officer.
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The fact that a woman was behind the assault shocked some Afghans.

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'Twenty-five years after Tawana Brawley's claims of being raped by a gang of white men polarised New York City, the woman has been tracked down living in hiding in Virginia.

On November 28, 1987, the then-15-year-old was found in a trash bag, dazed, smeared with feces with the word n****r scrawled on her body.

She told police she had been abducted by two white men and driven to the woods where they and four others ravaged her for four days - one of which had a badge.'

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'Workers' Compensation Administration Judge Shanon Riley was arrested in northwest Albuquerque late Friday.

Riley was booked into the Metropolitan Detention Center on domestic violence charges Friday. She was released on bail the following day, Albuquerque police confirmed.

Riley currently serves as a judge for the Workers' Compensation Administration.

Riley had served as assistant district attorney in the First Judicial Court District in Santa Fe.'

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'BILLINGS — A Billings woman is charged with making a false rape report against a former boyfriend in August.

Christina Nadine Nelson pleaded not guilty to fabricating evidence during a District Court hearing Thursday.

Court records say Nelson told police that she left work on Aug. 10 and was walking to her car when her former boyfriend approached her from behind, took her to a van and raped her.

However, court records say a review of surveillance video from Nelson's workplace shows her leaving work and driving away. Nelson's former boyfriend gave police proof that he was in Seattle at the time.

The detective said a review of Nelson's medical records show she had made similar rape reports in the past, including twice in April.'

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'It began as a bad dream for parents: a letter home from school officials informing them that a much-loved Calgary teacher had been accused of sex crimes against a teenage student.

A day after police charged a female Rideau Park School teacher with sexual assault and sexual interference, many parents say they are shocked by the allegations.

But some are standing behind the teacher, who is in her 40s, calling her “excellent” and “talented,” and say no matter the outcome of the case, her good work should not be forgotten.

“The teacher is a much-loved teacher at the school,” said Lisa Poole, president of the school council, although she was not speaking on behalf of the group. “She’s excellent with the children, she’s hardworking.

“She has made an enormous contribution to the school and has a very loyal following.”

The teacher was arrested Tuesday and charged with sexual assault and sexual interference. Police accuse her of having a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old boy for a year.