Hot Issues

A man that has been in a Philadelphia prison since the age of 16 for his role in a street slaying has filed petition for his release in the wake of the Supreme Court decision that ruled any law that hands down a juvenile with a life-time sentence without the option of parole unconstitutional.

In her first public appearance after her two-week tour of Europe, popular Burmese political prisoner Aung San Suu Kyi urged the Burmese President Thein Sein, to release 46 prisoners, who were scheduled to be released from prison Tuesday. San Suu Kyi says that at least 20 among the 46 prisoners are prisoners of conscience.

Reports are floating that scientology has played a large role in the custody issue of the six-year-old daughter of former Dawson’s Creek actor Katie Holmes and superstar Tom Cruise’s divorce.