Barry A. Hazle Jr., Atheist, Should Be Compensated by State for Religious …

Barry A. Hazle Jr., Atheist, Should Be Compensated By State For Religious …

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… a federal court ruled Friday (Aug. 23). A three-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously ruled that a lower court judge erred when he denied Barry A. Hazle Jr., a drug offender and an atheist, a new trial after a jury …
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California Officials Suspend Medi-Cal Payments To 29 Clinic Operators

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This week, the California Department of Health Care Services completed investigations of 66 companies that operate alcohol and drug treatment clinics in the state, resulting in the suspension of Medi-Cal payments to 29 companies operating a total of 83 …
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War On Drugs Failure Gives Way To Treatment In States, Cities

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In Texas, legislators have sharply increased investments in treatment programs and in drug courts -– specialized judicial systems whose judges can order drug offenders to undergo treatment as an alternative to jail. In California, where the prisons are …
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Atheist parolee sent back to prison must be compensated, court says

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SAN FRANCISCO — California should compensate an atheist parolee for returning him to prison after he resisted participating in a religious-based drug treatment program, a federal appeals court decided unanimously Friday. A three-judge panel of the U.S …
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