How would you feel if you were a victim of assault which resulted in a broken leg, and your insurance provider refused to cover the cost of your medical care to repair your leg because you didn't buy "assault insurance?" Victims of violent crime must not be further victimized by their insurance companies.

Actually that's not true. A lot of violent crimes are gang-related and victims are often very scared to come forward...

Feminism isn't a racket. But the "pop feminism" on this site and others (feministing, slate, etc.) by authors who aren't public intellectuals/don't even have an advanced degree doesn't represent feminism IMHO. There is still some great feminist politics out there; just not on this site. Judith Butler comes to mind…

I think we're just talking over ourselves at this point. I don't think you're reading what I'm saying. I'm talking about the criminal justice SYSTEM; not about men or women in it. I've never once called the complaining witness a liar or slurred women in general. These men you're talking about, men who "take control of…

A lot of the exonerees were convicted of murder and rape. The fact is that often nonprofits work with people convicted of the most serious crimes because they have the worst punishments (i.e., death penalty) and therefore it is that much more outrageous that they have been given such a punishment when innocent. I'm…

Well my larger point was about wrongful convictions and the number of black men who have been wrongfully executed. Of course I'm not taking a "side" in this story, all I know is that charges were not filed against either party. But I think this race issue is kind of the elephant in the room in this particular article.

Thanks for bringing up this important context here. There is a history of false rape accusations against black men in the south that has resulted in hundreds of innocent black men being lynched and executed. While we've progressed in the last 100 years, the ramifications of this history are still seen in today's…

Of course not because the defendant bears no burden of proving innocence. I was just defining reasonable doubt. Juries are instructed to find reasonable doubt if they can infer from the evidence a reasonable chance that the defendant was innocent. That's the law.

Well, it was about false identification because it appears there is a substantial chance he may have been falsely accused of rape?

Reasonable doubt is not a percentage calculation. Reasonable doubt means that the jury can infer from the evidence that there was a reasonable chance that the defendant was innocent. So when a jury to acquits or when a prosecutor to actually drops the charges altogether, innocence can be inferred.

Perhaps some people also care about the number of African-American men who are unfairly and unjustly processed through the system. Perhaps one can still understand that rape is a heinous crime, while, at the same time, be very concerned about the number of documented cases of innocent men serving years in prison…

So you're saying all forms of music that cross ethnic or state boundaries is racist? LOL

I think she sounded great. I've only ever heard the auto-tuned version of Party in the USA. And just as an aside, how is determining that she must have a vocal problem any different than determining overweight people must have health problems? If you're not her doctor, you don't know, and, honestly, the evidence is…

What the other two commenters said is pretty accurate. I walk mine three or four times per day (short distances) and he has one or two romps around the apartment per day before he tires out. I do take him to the dog park, which totally tires him out, and I have taken him hiking (~2-4 miles) a few times and he's…

Well, there are different theories about the origin of the chihuahua. One is that their ancestors were the Aztec techihi dog, which were bred to be companion animals. When the Spaniards came over, they bred the techihi with the papillion, which eventually created a new breed, the chihuahua. I've never read a theory…

You should do it! I love my little chihuahua-mix pup. He's brought so much joy to my life and he's very happy in my apartment (supplemented by outdoor walks and dog park romps of course).

This is so sad. Chihuahuas were bred to be companion animals and are generally very, very loyal to their humans and require lots of affection. It breaks my heart that so many have been abandoned. The emotional pain those little guys must feel is so sad.

Voicing concerns about human rights abuses in foreign countries where the large majority of our clothing comes from is = panty ringing. Right on. I guess it doesn't matter to you that all of the sexual harassment suits against American Apparel were bogus: http://www.businessinsider.com/sex-harrassmen… But the suits…

How about you try plugging in your own Google search on sexual harassment convictions and settlements against Walmart, TJX (owners of Marshall's and TJ Maxx), Brooks Brothers, Prada, Forever 21, etc., etc. And some of these are cases were the EEOC has intervened so they have a great deal more evidence of it. And I'm…

What other shitty things do they do exactly? The "worst" I've ever heard is that they don't provide enough plus sized clothing, which, last time I checked, isn't a human rights violation.