Law-abiding majority 'is a myth'
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More than six out of 10 people regularly commit petty crimes, exposing the belief in the "law-abiding majority" to be a myth, say researchers.
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Nearly half of all Americans believe the U.S. government should restrict the civil liberties of Muslim Americans, according to a nationwide poll.
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Why do well-meaning laws backfire?
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Bush and Democrats play down support for a decade-old law that most Americans like.
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The expected move to weaken the law is considered a key measure of the countryâs democratic maturity.
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Laws on use of sampled material are murky, and stand to get murkier before they get clearer, experts say.
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More than half the members of ethnic minorities in Britain believe immigrants should speak English, a survey suggests.
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Â· Traditional owners protest at government crackdown Â· Police sent in after report of rampant child sex abuse
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Comment is free: Martin Kettle: Ministers are afraid to assert the principles that underpin the wider contract between efficiency and fairness
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Most people think that juries are more likely than judges to let defendants off the hook. The conventional wisdom, however, may be dead wrong
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If there is one thing President Bush has been clear about regarding the immigration bill before the Senate, it is that the measure does not amount to amnesty. More than most people, Bush knows that "amnesty" has become a radioactive term.
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Comment is free: Zoe Williams: Chef-polemicists should work on changing the law, instead of preaching to the less well-off
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Fears that the UK has a fast-growing compensation culture, fuelled by no-win no-fee law firms,  are a "myth" according to market analyst Datamonitor.
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Doctors and lawyers who represent victims aren&#39;t going to declare peace just because voters put a few things in the state&#39;s constitution.
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Columnist John Florez asks, "Why don't we live the values we preach?" (Jan. 22). If those values include respect for the law, equal treatment under the law and honesty, it's strange he goes on to defend HB144 -- a 2002 law that gives in-state tuition to illegal immigrants.  Mr.
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Sometimes what we think is true doesn't measure up to the facts. The outdoors is full of conventional wisdom that was passed around the campfire then passed down from one generation to the next. Some of this hand-me-down knowledge is accepted as fact, even when it shouldn't be.
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Nearly 75% of people oppose the idea of charging motorists by the mile, a poll for the BBC finds.