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How to reconcile stoning a parrot
from the entry by LaraKim on lafeberconservationwildlife.com:
This past week, a boy on a field trip with his school picked up a rock and threw it at a kea, an endangered parrot in New Zealand. The bird died. The reports indicate that there was no premeditated maliciousness in the boy as the act was a spontaneous one not uncommon in the young.
Aug 23, 2012 Country:New Zealand, Practice, Region: Pacific, Juvenile
Restorative justice: a way forward with the banks?
from the article by Martin Wright on no-offence.org:
There are calls to prosecute and imprison individuals, rather than merely fine the companies, but putting them in the dock is expensive and they can often use legal technicalities to avoid it. It does little for the victims over and above the compensation which the bank is paying anyway. So what can be done?
Aug 14, 2012 Case:White Collar, Country:Australia, Other, Region: Pacific
