In New Jersey, the re-arrest (recidivism) rate for adult offenders is about 55%. We’ve got a lot of people ending up in jail more than once here—about 31% of all adult prisoners.
Who do these numbers represent? We look at one prisoner from Atlantic City to learn more. Tasnim Shamma reports.
If you tuned in to WPRB in October, you may have caught an earlier version of Naomi Nix’s story about the first same-sex commitment ceremony performed in the Princeton University Chapel. Here’s the final version, which is quite a bit different from the original.
Correction: Reverend Sue Anne Steffey Morrow was the Associate Dean of Religious Life in 1997 not the dean of the Princeton University Chapel. WPRB regrets the error.
This week, Naomi Nix takes a look at the first same-sex commitment ceremony performed in the University Chapel. Scholars Stephen Macedo and Robert George share their thoughts on the issue. And WPRB Contributor Connor Carreras sits down with lawyers on both sides of Perry v Schwarzenegger, a case challenging California’s voter-instituted ban on same-sex marriage that is set to go before a US District Court in January 2010. Listen here.
Here’s the full October 23 and October 30 Election Coverage line-up
The McCain Camp
Sophie Jin reports on the McCain campaign on and off campus in the Princeton, NJ area:
Sebastian Jones talks with Peter Feldman, Regional Communications Director for NY, NJ and PA for the McCain campaign:
The Obama Camp
Folasade John reports on the Obama campaign’s efforts in [...]
Naomi Nix reports on the Cuban American vote in Miami as the all-important battleground state of Florida gears up to vote, in a special report for The Dispatch on WPRB News.
