Connecticut Still Lacks a Critical Facility for Delinquent Girls and There's No Good Explanation
New Haven Advocate |
December 8, 2009
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Connecticut Tackles the DNA Questionnew
Connecticut is one of 29 states that doesn't collect DNA at the time of arrest for felonies. Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, among others, would like to see that changed.
New Haven Advocate |
Daniel D'Ambrosio |
11-17-2009 |
Crime & Justice
Brazilian Immigrants are Leaving Connecticut for a Better Life Back Homenew
Ester Sanches-Naek, the president of Hartford's Shaheen Brazilian Community Center, guesses that at least 20 percent of the Brazilians in the state had returned home recently because of the economy.
New Haven Advocate |
Daniel D'Ambrosio |
01-06-2009 |
Immigration
Convicted Rapist Bill Coleman is Starving Himself to Prove His Innocencenew
Coleman began refusing solid food on Sept. 16, 2007, to protest what he claims was his wrongful conviction in 2005 of raping his wife -- he was convicted solely on her testimony, without forensic evidence, and no witnesses were called on his behalf. This September, on the one-year anniversary of his hunger strike, he began refusing liquids as well.
New Haven Advocate |
Daniel D'Ambrosio |
11-04-2008 |
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The Barter Economy Chugs Along While Paying Jobs Remain Hard to Come Bynew
Welcome to the bartering economy, a system of no-money trading that experts say is booming in Connecticut and across the globe. It turns out to be one area that the Great Recession has actually helped.
New Haven Advocate |
Gregory B. Hladky |
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What Mowing Your Lawn Is Doing To The Planetnew
Americans reportedly dump more than 80 million pounds of pesticides and other chemicals onto their lawns and gardens every year. Aside from the potential risks for people and animals coming into direct contact with this toxic crap, pesticides get washed into streams and rivers, ending up as marine pollution.
New Haven Advocate |
Gregory B. Hladky |
05-24-2011 |
Environment
Medical Marijuana Closer to Legalization in CTnew
Rhode Island and New Jersey aren’t often put in the beacons-of-light category, but Connecticut is right now looking to those two states to help illuminate the tricky pathway toward state-sanctioned growing and sale of medical marijuana.
New Haven Advocate |
Gregory B. Hladky |
04-26-2011 |
Drugs
Framed for Murder?new
Recanted testimony bolsters another New Haven, Conn. man’s fight for freedom.
New Haven Advocate |
Betsy Yagla |
03-01-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Why Do Catholic Priests Molest Kids?new
The question is as simple as it is hard to answer.
New Haven Advocate |
Kimberly B. George |
04-27-2010 |
Religion
