USA Today
Rochelle Sharpe
When California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger denied parole to a battered woman last week, he underscored a message that courts and prosecutors are increasingly giving mothers: They can be prosecuted for murder and imprisoned if they fail to prevent their children from being killed. …
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USA TODAY
Rochelle Sharpe
Police turn soft on crime when they investigate their own brutality. …
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Rochelle Sharpe and Maggie Mulvihill
Cambridge cases involved angry outbursts
When Henry Louis Gates Jr., a prominent Harvard professor of African- American studies, was arrested for disorderly conduct by a white Cambridge police officer last summer, President Obama led a chorus of critics denouncing the local Police Department. …
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