Posted on 13 May 2013. Tags: Amanda Knox, Italy, Meredith Kurcher, Murder
The Amanda Knox saga is far from over, as Italy’s highest court overturned a judgment of acquittal and has ordered a new trial. The initial conviction, which came in 2009 in Perugia, Italy, followed a highly publicized and sensationalized trial. After deliberating for 12 hours, a jury convicted Knox and her boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, for [...]
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Posted on 13 February 2013. Tags: Britain, France, marriage discrimination, same-sex marriage
This month, France’s and Britain’s Parliaments are voting on same-sex marriage laws that will re-define the institution of marriage. France’s Socialist party voted to define marriage as an agreement between two people of the same or opposite sex. Although the proposed laws are currently met with opposition from many conservative parties, both countries are poised [...]
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