ALHS Legal Studies

14:44 AEDT Wed Mar 7 2012 A documentary film about the little-known conflict that has devastated Uganda since the early 1980s has become a surprise viral hit, being shared on Facebook over 3.6 million times in under two weeks.

ironic that he was an alter boy. He's been free to do as he pleases so far, i dont forsee him coming to a halt anytime soon

I think it's good that everyone is coming together to finally stop Kony. We can all help play a part in is capturing, support and getting the word out is enough.

updated 4:33 PM EST, Tue March 6, 2012 (CNN) -- A fired employee of Episcopal High School in Jacksonville, Florida, returned to the school Tuesday, shot and killed the headmistress and then killed himself, authorities said.

A woman in Indiana lost part of both of her legs as she shielded her children from two tornadoes that slammed into their home. Stephanie Decker was at home Friday when her husband texted her that a tornado was hurtling directly toward their three-story home in Henryville, Indiana.

A D.C. Council campaign volunteer pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder charges Monday, a day after police say he stabbed a neighbor to death, allegedly over dog droppings. Police allege Ellsworth Colbert, a volunteer on Kevin Chavous' Ward 7 D.C.

updated 2:59 AM EST, Tue March 6, 2012 (CNN) -- Accused Ohio school shooter, T.J. Lane, will be in juvenile court Tuesday for a pre-trial hearing as prosecutors move to limit the release of more information about the suspect.

updated 4:22 PM EST, Sun March 4, 2012 (CNN) -- Recovery crews in southern New Mexico were working to reach a child's body at the bottom of a 30-foot-deep hole Sunday. Authorities believe the child is Samuel Jones, who went missing Saturday, Carlsbad Police Department spokeswoman Lt. Jennifer Moyers said in a statement.

STEVENS POINT, Wis. - Police launched an extensive search Sunday for a missing Wisconsin college student using tracking dogs and about 150 volunteers. Eric Duffey, who's originally from Fitchburg and attends the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, was last seen about 1:15 a.m. Saturday leaving Joe's Bar in downtown Stevens Point.

Brooke Baldwin talks to a sheriff's department spokeperson about the death of nine-year-old Savannah Hardin in Alabama. The girl's stepmother and grandmother are charged with murder in the case. Allegedly, the pair made Savannah run around the house for hours as punishment for lying about eating a candybar.

why make her run to death ? that sound crazy.

wow who would make a kid do that... well they will burn for that

updated 8:17 PM EST, Wed February 8, 2012 (CNN) -- An 18-year-old Missouri resident received a life sentence Wednesday for the thrill killing of her 9-year-old neighbor, authorities said. Alyssa Bustamante received a life sentence for the October 2009 death of Elizabeth K. Olten, according to the Cole County Circuit Court clerk's office in Jefferson City.

Even if she did kill the child. Giving her the life sentence gives her no chance to prove that she will change in the future. Now she will only know of life in prison because she is still only a teenager. life in a prison isnot something that people can live with. Even if she does get out she may not be able to cope with the outside world. It is really sad what the world has come to...

updated 8:15 PM EST, Sun February 19, 2012 (CNN) -- A teenage mother and her young daughter, snatched off a Cleveland street, were found shot to death in a garage early Sunday, Cleveland, Ohio, police said.

updated 9:51 PM EST, Thu March 1, 2012 Chardon, Ohio (CNN) -- Frank Hall insists he's just a football coach and a study hall teacher, not a hero. But what else do you call someone who, as students crouched for cover and ran for their lives after bullets rang out in the Chardon High School cafeteria, ran at the shooter?

2011 marked the end of an era: St. Louis is no longer the Most Dangerous City in America. Not only did our city lose the coveted number-one spot, now held by Flint, Michigan, it slipped to number four! And it looks as though the city's murder rate will decline by 30 percent from 2010.

All of these stories are horrible. People who kill their children or brutally hurt them shouldnt have children in the first place...

All of these story's make me sick. They are horrible and it's hard to understand why people would do such things..

Authorities have confirmed that a body found in a barrel on property linked to a convicted rapist is that of a missing 16-year-old girl. Angela Allen was identified through dental records and her cause of death was determined to be strangulation, according to an arrest affidavit for Lloyd C.

Police found a 16 years old girls body in a barrel on a convicted rapists property. He story isn't to convincing. And people like him are disgusting and should be put away. It's sick minded to do sexually assault children or teens.

How could someone do that to a teenage kid? What kind of world are we living in? Where people are molesting kids and killing them and sticking them in a barrel.