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Deportation Factory: Convention Against Torture Motion

A legal brief explaining one man's fear of returning to Mexico

By Stephen Dark
POSTED // Feb 2,2012 - In the wake of the five years of President Felipe Calderon's "war on drugs," the daily headlines of murders, violence and human-rights violations in Mexico have illustrated with disturbing clarity how violence has apparently seeped through the governmental and law-enforcement structures of Mexico as drug cartels have gained increasing hold on the country's affairs.

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Deportation Factory: Exceptional & Unusual Hardship

Family wins appeal to stay in United States

By Stephen Dark
POSTED // Feb 2,2012 - Attorneys argue that immigration judges often impose too high a standard on what Congress has already defined as a very difficult obstacle to families staying in the United States. In the following documents, attorney Jonny Benson appeals Judge Dustin Pead's decision to deport "Pedro."

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Deportation Factory

In immigration court, few find second chances

By Stephen Dark
POSTED // Feb 1,2012 - From removal statistics received through an open-records request, out of 7,383 people the Salt Lake City court ordered deported between 2009 and 2011, 6,020 did not have counsel.

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The Wild Bunch

Public lands office goes in guns blazing, hiring cronies and sparing no taxpayer expense fighting the feds

By Eric S. Peterson
POSTED // Jan 26,2012 - The tug-of-war for land will continue under PLPCO's new director, former national BLM director Kathleen Clarke...

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Sundance 2012 Showdowns

More bang for your film buck

By Scott Renshaw & Jeremy Mathews
POSTED // Jan 19,2012 - If you're facing the question of how to choose between two films that seem superficially similar, and your time and resources are limited...

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Losing Faith

Finding a new path without God

By Greg Wilcox
POSTED // Jan 11,2012 - A Mormon missionary who loses his faith while out in the field has picked a strange time to abandon his beliefs.

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Deserted News

Deseret News, 1 year after mass layoffs

By Eric S. Peterson
POSTED // Jan 5,2012 - Some opined that the pink-slip massacre at Utah's second largest, and longest-running, daily newspaper was pure cost-cutting.

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Year in Review 2011

A bleary look back at '11

By Bill Frost
POSTED // Dec 29,2011 - The Hangover: A bleary look back at the past 12 months.

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New Year's Eve 2012

All you need to ring in NYE in SLC

By City Weekly Staff
POSTED // Dec 22,2011 - Some would have us believe that 2012 brings with it the end times for life on Earth. If that is so—or even if it isn’t—might as well treat Dec. 31 as your last, best chance to celebrate the arrival of a new year.

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Mormon Celebrity Meltdown

A drug-fueled journey through LDS film

By Stephen Dark
POSTED // Dec 14,2011 - On June 1, 2007, at 8 a.m., Michael Birkeland blearily opened his eyes to a clear blue sky. He was lying naked in a field in Orem, his clothes scattered around him, his car a few yards away, the engine still running.
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