Sweeping injunction targets ‘commuter drug dealers’ in downtown L.A.

Sweeping injunction targets ‘commuter drug dealers’ in downtown L.A. In an aggressive new tack in the city’s crackdown on drug-dealing on skid row, L.A. prosecutors on Wednesday announced a criminal injunction targeting “commuter dealers” who come into downtown from other parts of town to sell their goods. The L.A. City Attorney’s Office said this is […]

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Britain to clarify assisted suicide laws

The director of public prosecutions in Britain was scheduled to issue new guidelines Wednesday on assisted suicide, making clear at what point people face charges if they help a loved one go abroad to die. The issuing of the policy is a direct result of a high-profile case brought by British multiple sclerosis sufferer Debbie Purdy, who had sued to find out what would happen to her husband under the law if he helped her to end her life.

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