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[The razing of Khan al-Ahmar] would put the final piece in place for Israel to build a substantial bloc of new settler homes to sever the West Bank in two. Those same settlements would also seal off West Bank Palestinians from East Jerusalem, the expected capital of a future Palestinian state, making a mockery of any peace agreement.
"It will not be a criminal offence for an adult person to use or be in possession of cannabis in private for his or her personal consumption." - Raymond Zondo, Deputy Chief JusticeAlthough South African marijuana activists such as Jeremy Acton, the head of the Dagga party, believe that the ruling should have extended into the public carrying of cannabis, activists were heard chanting "weed are free now" as the South African Constitutional Court gave its ruling.
Hopefully that message is loud enough that this will cause the organization to change its priorities in a way that they will begin prioritizing the safety of children so that other children aren't abused in the future.Churches, church leaders, counselors, doctors, teachers and others are considered, in most states, "mandatory reporters" and are required by law to inform authorities when and if child abuse of any kind is suspected. Smith's case against the church contended the church not only failed to report but encouraged other mandatory reporters not to file a police report, and as a result, severely injured his client. The jury agreed, leveling a massive settlement against the church for protecting a pedophile.
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