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STAN HALL: What's The Word?
But there are still some things that offer complete clarity and gray is not a color that goes with the ensemble. It is found in words.
HALL: Vigil provides much needed support
Ceremony provides necessary comfort for survivors.
Stan Hall: Dangerous intersections of life must be navigated
Dangerous intersections must be faced. Recently, while we were driving, we were sitting at a very busy intersection. Cars were zooming by from the left and from the right. To further complicate the matter, this was an intersection that had several lanes flowing in both directions plus a line of
Stan Hall: Running the numbers on crime
I checked with some of my cohorts to get their reaction to the report and they, too, were skeptical about whether these numbers had any semblance of the reality that we see up close and personal. I checked the numbers of our office and while there did not seem to
HALL: Justice needs some infrastructure work
We have all heard of the situation that we find ourselves in concerning our nation's infrastructural decay. There are roads with more potholes than pavement, bridges that literally have cement chunks falling from them, as well as water and sewer lines that are barely able to keep up with the demand. This situation is apparently a result of building one of the most impressive infrastructures in the world and then never doing anything to maintain it. We are now faced with a system in great stress due to long-term neglect.
HALL: Keeping the public trust
Trust is a word that is overused, certainly understated, and one that has been expanded in its literal definition over the years. The core meaning of the word as it applies to character and confidence is widely preached, but seldom practiced. Through a series of justifications and one weak excuse after another, pure and unadulterated trust is barely recognizable any more.
HALL: Victims deserve more than week of awareness
For the past 30 years or so, law enforcement agencies, prosecutor's offices and crime victim organizations across the nation observe a week in April each year as National Victims' Awareness Week. During this week, we put the spotlight on what is perhaps the most important facet of the entire criminal justice and judicial system; the victims.
HALL: Meth Project ads may get them to 'just say no'
I remember the first time that I saw the commercial with the egg in a frying pan. The narrator said, "This is your brain." And then, I saw the egg actually sizzling in the frying pan. The narrator calmly says, "This is you brain on drugs." I suppose the fact that I remember it means that it had some impact on me. But, I can tell you from an observational perspective; it didn't have much of an impact on a whole lot of other people who seemed perfectly willing to hear the sizzle in their brain. Because they showed no signs of avoiding drugs that I could tell.
