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Prozac for terrorists.(Notes & comments: March 2005)(Brief Article)
"Democratic civilization," the French philosopher Jean-Francois Revel once observed, "is the first in history to blame itself because another power is trying to destroy it." We thought of Revel's comment when reading The Daily Telegraph's recent account of a thirty-five-year-old Algerian member of al Qaeda who had been released from a British prison because he was depressed. "G.," as the chap was identified, "had been released on house arrest after suffering a mental breakdown in custody." Well, you know how these Algerian terrorists are: they don't like to remain cooped-up at home. It makes them nervous. We don't know much about G., except that in October 2003 he was sent to jail because the Court had concluded that he had "actively assisted terrorists who have links to al-Qa'eda." So now the poor fellow is depressed. So what? Being bonkers is part of what it means to be a ...
- House Arrest Backed
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post Lynda Richardson February 8, 1988 700+ words
Electronic house arrest, undertaken on an experimental...to jail for some offenders. The house arrest program, in which some people found...program. Four participants have violated house arrest rules and have been sent to jail...
- Man, 21, jumps out 4th-floor window after being sentenced to house arrest.
- Newspaper article from: South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL) December 21, 2006 700+ words
...Marvin Donnell Ferrell was sentenced to one year of house arrest and four years' probation for a series of small...officers decided to arrest Ferrell because he had violated house arrest by not being at the address listed on his schedule...
- MCDERMOTT VIOLATED HOUSE RULES WITH LEAK, COURT TOLD.(News)(Correction notice)
- Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) Pope, Charles January 26, 2007 700+ words
...who today is House minority leader, told the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia that McDermott violated House rules by distributing the tape to The New York Times and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and therefore should be held...
- DeLay attacks accuser after ethics panel rebuke; Republican says complaint...
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times October 9, 2004 700+ words
...DeLay's lawyer said a complaint about the majority leader filed by outgoing Rep. Chris Bell, Texas Democrat, had violated House rules because it was drafted with assistance from a private group. Mr. Delay's lawyer, Ed Bethune, in the 33-page...
- House arrest for DUI: Crime or punishment?: It reduces prison crowding, but is...
- Newspaper article from: Morning Call (Allentown, PA) May 6, 2007 700+ words
...spent at the county jail. The use of house arrest, which is criticized by some as too...available jail cells. In Bucks County, house arrest is saving the county from massive prison...supervised an average of 222 inmates on house arrest, more than seven other counties in...
- Custodial death: Geelani, Yaseen put under house arrest in Kashmir.
- Newspaper article from: United News of India (UNI) (New Delhi, India) May 19, 2009 700+ words
...chief Yaseen Malik were put under house arrest to prevent them from visiting the residence...afternoon that Mr Malik was put under house arrest at his Maisuma residence since last...released after more than three weeks house arrest, was scheduled to visit Begs house...
- Electronic house arrest reaches the 1,000 mark. (includes list of counties with...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire April 24, 1990 700+ words
ELECTRONIC HOUSE ARREST REACHES THE 1,000 MARK RALEIGH, N.C., April...Adult Probation and Parole's (DAPP) Electronic House Arrest program. In the 14 counties which have House Arrest programs, 1,010 offenders were under supervision...
- Geelani, Yaseen still under house arrest in Kashmir.
- Newspaper article from: United News of India (UNI) (New Delhi, India) May 20, 2009 700+ words
...Syed Ali Shah Geelani remained under house arrest in the Kashmir valley. A spokesman...afternoon that Mr Malik, who was put under house arrest at his Maisuma residence on May 18 evening...released after more than three weeks of house arrest. He strongly criticised the authorities...