Sassy Lawyer

Who has legal custody of minor children when parents separate?

sassylawyer — Fri, 25 May 2012 10:23:21 +0000

I was looking for statistics of missing children in the Philippines but, instead, I found a 2008 post on a blog about Angel, a girl brought to the U.S. by her mother without the knowledge and consent of the father. Both parents are Filipinos and originally Philippine residents. The mother found work abroad, occasionally came [...]

World Passport

sassylawyer — Thu, 17 May 2012 16:13:24 +0000

I was reading about stateless persons and statelessness when I came across the World Passport. It is not issued by any country but, rather, by a non-governmental organization founded by Garry Davis, an activist who founded the World Service Authority (WSA) in January 1953. According to WSA, the World Passport has been accepted in 180 [...]

Death penalty (capital punishment) is still very much in use

sassylawyer — Thu, 17 May 2012 08:24:21 +0000

In Malaysia, five persons were sentenced to death for drug trafficking. Mode of execution in Malaysia is by hanging. Despite moves toward the abolition of capital punishment since the end of World War II, many countries still mete out the death penalty although, in practice, a death sentence does not always lead to actual execution. [...]