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The Atlanta City Council is expected to agree pay $20,000 to settle a lawsuit a by a 62-year-old woman who was jailed for asking a police officer “why” she and friends had to move from a sidewalk where they were talking about an upcoming funeral.

Samantha Burton wanted to leave the hospital.
Her doctor strongly disagreed, enough to go to court to keep her
there.

She smoked cigarettes during the first six months of her pregnancy and
was admitted on a false alarm of premature labor. Her doctor argued
she was risking a miscarriage if she didn't quit smoking immediately
and stay on bed rest in the hospital, and a judge agreed.

Imprisoned because one smokes. What's next?

British bloggers rally around jailed anti-smoking-ban activist Nick Hogan. Imprisoned for six months, pending a £10,000 fine, for simply holding a "smoke-in" at his pub, the UK libertarian community has quickly been raising the funds so he can be released.

19 year old pregnant woman is accused of lying to the police and theft after being robbed and raped while working in a Cranberry, PA gas station. Officer Evanson orders illegal drug testing from her rape kit. Officer Evanson and Officer Meyer harass her at her home and eventually throw her in jail for 5 days. When the actual offender admits to assaulting her, she is given no apology. The township claims "no wrongdoing" in this article.

After flipping off a Judge a woman got a sentence of 30 days for
"contempt of court"

A U.S. Census worker has been charged with rape and burglary, after two women in southern Indiana claim they were attacked. One of the victims was a 21 year-old physically handicapped woman. Four days before the attack, neighbors in the area say they saw Miller in the area on census business. The victim told police Miller had asked about their census information. She said they had already submitted the form. She also told police that Miller stuck around and tried to get more details.
http://www.fox59.com/news/wxin-women-raped-by-census-worker-051110,0,357...

A disabled Atlanta woman says she was sitting outside and waiting for the ice cream man when a cop showed up and ordered her to move. When she refused—because she wasn't in anyone's way, or doing anything wrong—the cop allegedly threw her to the ground.

The mother of a 4½-month-old Alberta infant who died six days after she was taken into government care is rejecting the allegations that led to the child's seizure.

Two social workers and an RCMP officer went to the woman's central Alberta house on April 5. The woman's lawyer said they had an apprehension order for her roommate's children but also ended up taking the baby girl.

The child died six days later on April 11 after spending time in foster care.

The body of a woman who drowned was apparently in a Fall River public pool for two days and remained there while people were swimming in the pool before it was discovered, police said Wednesday.