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Sometimes Court decisions just feel wrong.

In Dunedin a 22 year old man is guilty of indecently assaulting a 5-year-old boy. The judge referred to "the abhorrent nature of the offending". The victim is traumatised.

But the judge granted a discharge without conviction because defence counsel argued it would "hinder the defendant’s aspirations to work for the police or in education."

Say what? Police? Education?

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#BC, #Canada: “The Cheam and Sqwá #FirstNations in the Fraser Valley are sounding the alarm for the second time in a few months about mysterious #discharge flowing into the Hope Slough in Chilliwack, B.C., that they say is #toxic. Cheam First Nation biologist Mike Pearson said the cloudy, foaming substance running through a ditch into the main stem of the slough smells like a combination of #chemicals & #sewage. | CBC News cbc.ca/news/canada/british-col

CBCFirst Nations sound alarm about mysterious and smelly discharge flowing into the Hope Slough | CBC NewsCheam and Sqwá First Nations in the Fraser Valley are concerned about some kind of waste discharging into the sensitive waterway — for the second time in three months.

#Dam water #discharge #warning issued
"post also criticised #authorities for taking actions diff fr what they had announced earlier.. quickly increasing e volume of dam #water despite previously announcing tt they wld do so gradually. The FB page also noted tt vol of released water was nearly 2000m³/s even though authorities promised they wld try to prevent vol fr exceeding 1500m³/s. "What is the #truth? What is certain? Please be straightforward w the #people"" #Thailand
bangkokpost.com/thailand/gener

Bangkok Post · Dam water discharge warning issuedBy Onnucha Hutasingh

House Democrats on Tuesday plan to go on the offensive on reproductive rights,
they will seek to force a vote on legislation to 🔹codify the right to birth control access nationwide.🔹

The maneuver, through a procedural move known as a #discharge #petition, is all but certain to fail for lack of Republican support

It is part of a broad election-year push by Democrats to highlight Republicans’ record of opposing abortion rights and other reproductive health choices that voters fear will be stripped away following the fall of Roe v. Wade.

“The choice to use birth control should be yours and yours alone,” said Representative Katherine M. Clark of Massachusetts, the Democratic whip,
who has held abortion events with 11 members and candidates across the country.
“House Republicans have a choice to make:
either sign this discharge petition or put their anti-freedom extremism in full view of the American people.”

It comes as 🔸Senate Democrats plan to force a vote this week on an identical contraceptive access bill🔸
which Republicans are expected to block.

The coordinated legislative push shows that Democrats regard issues of access to abortion, contraception and reproductive health options as a strong issue on which to draw a contrast with Republicans before the November elections.

nytimes.com/2024/06/04/us/poli

The New York Times · House Democrats Begin Bid to Force Contraceptive Vote, Pressuring G.O.P.By Annie Karni