Innovative drug courts need help
It's unfortunate that earlier this year, the governor vetoed a promising bill that would have saved the state money by diverting nonviolent offenders out of state prisons and into community-based substance-abuse treatment and education programs. More …
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Tenn. mum on search for new lethal injection drugs
**FILE** Florida's lethal injection gurney is shown in an undated handout photo taken in the redesigned death chamber which will accommodate either the electric chair or the gurney at Florida State Prison. Lethal injections were supposed to be the …
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In Worst US Flu Outbreak, NY Declares Emergency
Flu was widespread in 47 states last week, up from 41 the week before, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Friday. The only states without widespread flu … Now off that list: Florida, Arkansas and South Carolina in the South, the …
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