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A Philadelphia monsignor tasked with investigating abuse claims has become the highest-ranking US church official to be convicted of covering up child sex allegations. Monsignor William Lynn, who was secretary of the archdiocese from 1994 to 2001, was found guilty on Friday of one count of endangering the welfare of a child. The jury acquitted Lynn, who oversaw hundreds of priests in the Philadelphia Archdiocese, on counts of conspiracy and another charge of child endangerment. Sentencing for Lynn, who faces up to seven years in prison, was set for August 13 by Judge M Teresa Sarmina.

Mom changes her son's grade from a 98% to a 99%, faces 42 years in prison or a $90,000 fine if convicted.

In Illinois, you need the permission of the state to record on the street. It is illegal make audio recordings of cops going about their duty arresting unlicensed street artists and other ne’er-do-wells.

Police Chief-turned-District Attorney George Gascón is drafting a plan to remake San Francisco's swamped criminal justice system by moving thousands of petty offenders into a network of volunteer-run community courts. "In many cases, we are criminalizing people we don't need to," Gascón said, adding that the current system is financially "unsustainable."

Illinois man faces five felony charges and 75 years in prison for recording on duty police officers.

Video: Remember "Little Darth Vader" from the Volkswagen commercial? His name is Max Page, he's 6 years old and he's in Washington voicing his opinion on the debt limit.

When Kentucky senator Jim Bunning voted to delay debating an unemployment benefits bill so he could watch a basketball game (yes, you heard me right), Bruce Shore, an unemployed Philadelphia man, sent him an email telling him, "Are you'all insane. No checks equal no food for me. DO YOU GET IT?"

On May 13, 2010, U.S. Marshals appeared at this guys house and arrested him. As he did write the letters, shore pled guilty and now faces 2 years in prison and up to a $250,00 fine.

"Federal District Court Judge Suzanne Conlon has dismissed an ACLU challenge to the Illinois law that makes recording someone in a public space without their permission a felony punishable by up to 15 years in prison."

Is it just me or do these people sound like they have an agenda to push against anonymity and the freedom of speech on the internet? Stories from the recent past have raised my concerns about a push for “regulations” for the internet which is for the most part the greatest beacon of liberty for ideas there is in the present day.