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The New Jersey State Supreme Court ruled yesterday that rap lyrics introduced at a defendant s murder trial were prejudicial and should not have been allowed聽into evidence. The N.J. Supreme Court upheld an appellate court s ruling that reversed the conviction.
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NAIROBi, Kenya I really want to go back to school so that I can get a job and live a better life, Changamile told us from her home in rural Malawi. But Changamile married at 16, and she has too much housework and no support from her family to return to school.
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The case stems from the November 8, 2005, shooting of Lamont Peterson. Peterson was hit seven times in the back, torso and head, and told police on the way to the hospital that Vonte Skinner shot him. While searching Skinner s car, police found several notebooks of rap lyrics 鈥?many of which included violent themes. The <a href=http://www.louisvuitton-pascher.com/19-porte-monnaie>Porte-Monnaie</a> lyrics were read at Skinner s first trial, which ended in a mistrial when the jury couldn t reach a verdict.
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Dozens of leaders from countries around Africa, including Malawi, are in Washington through August 6 for the first US-African Leaders Summit, with the theme Investing in the Next Generation. The US State Department says it will be an opportunity to discuss ways of unlocking opportunity. For a positive return on investment in the next generation, girls like Changamile need to be on the agenda, or it will be a wasted opportunity.
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The defense objected to the introduction of the lyrics before Skinner s retrial, but a court again ruled them admissible. Skinner s rap handle was apparently Real Threat; he has a Threat tattoo. At the second trial, a detective testifying for the State read extensively from defendant鈥檚 lyrics to the jury, the Supreme Court wrote in its opinion. The trial transcript of that uninterrupted reading stretches thirteen pages. The material was replete with expletives and included graphic depictions of violence, bloodshed, death, maiming, and dismemberment.  
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The US government and African leaders surely know that education is key to unlocking girls potential, improving their health and promoting equality. But ending early and forced marriages is essential to improving African girls access to education.
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with the highest rate of child marriage are in Africa. Child marriage often ends girls education, harms their health, exposes them to a life of violence and undermines government efforts <a href=http://www.louisvuittontassenkopen.com>Louis Vuitton Tassen</a> to promote gender equality and end poverty.
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In terms of return on their investment, leaders couldn t pick a better issue. Governments could potentially cut the gender gap in education in half by eliminating child marriage and early pregnancy, according to .
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Ending child marriage demands a comprehensive strategy to address its root causes and to reach out to girls who are already married. The US Congress recognized this and in 2013 required the Obama administration to develop and implement a multi-year and multi-faceted strategy to end child marriage.
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But the court says those lyrics weren't affiliated with the alleged crimes.
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The administration has yet to act on this mandate. Competing side events at the Summit on investing in health and investing in women for peace and prosperity represent two key discussions directly related to child marriage. This scenario reflects the challenges to creating the holistic approach to unlock the potential of adolescent girls. The US approach to <a href=http://www.louisvuittontassenkopen.com>Louis Vuitton Kopen</a> child marriage may remain fractured without a clear, coherent strategy.
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Those verses, along with several more pages not reproduced here, plainly depict various crimes and other bad acts, but those crimes and acts were unconnected to the specific facts of the attempted-murder charge against defendant. The State did not attempt to clarify or explain the lyrics in any way, despite their heavy use of slang and otherwise esoteric language. <>..]
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Nevertheless, the United States recently  to ending child marriage, by supporting programs in Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, and Tanzania. And it has committed to providing health care and access to education to married children, and to raising awareness on girls education.
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Defendant reportedly has composed rap lyrics as a form of self-expression since he was a child. <a href=http://www.louisvuitton-pascher.com/18-pochette-louis-vuitton>Pochette Louis Vuitton</a> In fact, the record reveals evidence that some of defendant鈥檚 work had been produced in connection with a rap music label. Although it is not clear when each individual verse of the lyrics found in defendant鈥檚 notebooks was written, the State concedes that many of the lyrics found in defendant鈥檚 car and read to the jury were composed long before the circumstances underlying the instant offense took place.
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These are positive steps, but they overlook a key area where the United States can have considerable impact: prevention.  has found that investing in adolescent sexual and reproductive health, including information, services and education would go a long way in preventing adolescent pregnancy, one of the drivers of child marriage in Africa.
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The court ruled 6-0, with one judge abstaining. The court also compared Skinner's lyrics to those of writers a bit more famous.
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Foreign assistance can help, but ultimately African leaders themselves need to take the lead. Fortunately some have done so, recognizing the impact of child marriage on their economies, societies and overall future development, and they are acting to give the girls in their countries a brighter future.
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The difficulty in identifying probative value in fictional or other forms of artistic self-expressive endeavors is that one cannot presume that, simply because an author has chosen to write about certain topics, he or she has acted in accordance with those views. One would not presume that Bob Marley, who wrote the well-known song 鈥淚 Shot the Sheriff,鈥?actually shot a sheriff, or that Edgar Allan Poe buried a <a href=http://www.louisvuitton-pascher.com/21-sacs-du-soir>Sacs du soir Louis Vuitton</a> man beneath his floorboards, as depicted in his short story 鈥淭he Tell-Tale Heart,鈥?simply because of their respective artistic endeavors on those subjects.
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The African Union initiated to end child marriage in the region. The African Union campaign is ground-breaking. It urges leaders to protect the rights of girls including enforcing or enhancing legal protections, raising awareness with communities about the harm of child marriage and developing national strategies to combat it. To be effective, this campaign needs to have measurable targets, and real political weight behind it.
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Skinner had been sentenced to 30 years in prison. Read the full opinion of the court below.
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There couldn t be a better time for African leaders to demonstrate their real commitment to ending child marriage than at a global summit aimed at the next generation. African leaders and their governments need to outline concrete steps to unlock the potential of adolescent girls including through policies to end child marriage and help pregnant and married girls to continue their schooling.
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African leaders and donor countries like the United States need a shared vision for this effort. Just a few days ago, <a href=http://www.louisvuittontassenkopen.com>Louis Vuitton Handtassen</a> President Obama showed he understands how important this is when he from Africa to make the advancement of women a universal priority.
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He and Africa s leaders can all agree that ending child marriage needs to be a part of that. Investing in the next generation means reaching out to girls like Changamile and giving them a chance to become the next generation s stars.
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Agnes Odhiambo is a senior researcher and Amanda Klasing a researcher in the women s rights division of Human Rights Watch.  
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http://www.globalpost.com/dispatches/globalpost-blogs/commentary/us-and-african-leaders-at-summit-time-invest-next-generation-

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@@@ NAIROBi, Kenya I really want to go back to school so that I can get a job and live a better life, Changamile told us from her home in rural Malawi. But Changamile married at 16, and she has too much housework and no support from her family to return to school. Dozens of leaders from countries around Africa, including Malawi, are in Washington through August 6 for the first US-African Leaders Summit, with the theme Investing in the Next Generation. The US State Department says it will be an opportunity to discuss ways of unlocking opportunity. For a positive return on investment in the next generation, girls like Changamile need to be on the agenda, or it will be a wasted opportunity. The US government and African leaders surely know that education is key to unlocking girls potential, improving their health and promoting equality. But ending early and forced marriages is essential to improving African girls access to education. 

with the highest rate of child marriage are in Africa. Child marriage often ends girls education, harms their health, exposes them to a life of violence and undermines government efforts <a href=http://www.louisvuittontassenkopen.com>Louis Vuitton Tassen</a> to promote gender equality and end poverty.

In terms of return on their investment, leaders couldn t pick a better issue. Governments could potentially cut the gender gap in education in half by eliminating child marriage and early pregnancy, according to . Ending child marriage demands a comprehensive strategy to address its root causes and to reach out to girls who are already married. The US Congress recognized this and in 2013 required the Obama administration to develop and implement a multi-year and multi-faceted strategy to end child marriage. The administration has yet to act on this mandate. Competing side events at the Summit on investing in health and investing in women for peace and prosperity represent two key discussions directly related to child marriage. This scenario reflects the challenges to creating the holistic approach to unlock the potential of adolescent girls. The US approach to <a href=http://www.louisvuittontassenkopen.com>Louis Vuitton Kopen</a> child marriage may remain fractured without a clear, coherent strategy. Nevertheless, the United States recently to ending child marriage, by supporting programs in Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, and Tanzania. And it has committed to providing health care and access to education to married children, and to raising awareness on girls education. These are positive steps, but they overlook a key area where the United States can have considerable impact: prevention. has found that investing in adolescent sexual and reproductive health, including information, services and education would go a long way in preventing adolescent pregnancy, one of the drivers of child marriage in Africa. Foreign assistance can help, but ultimately African leaders themselves need to take the lead. Fortunately some have done so, recognizing the impact of child marriage on their economies, societies and overall future development, and they are acting to give the girls in their countries a brighter future. The African Union initiated to end child marriage in the region. The African Union campaign is ground-breaking. It urges leaders to protect the rights of girls including enforcing or enhancing legal protections, raising awareness with communities about the harm of child marriage and developing national strategies to combat it. To be effective, this campaign needs to have measurable targets, and real political weight behind it. There couldn t be a better time for African leaders to demonstrate their real commitment to ending child marriage than at a global summit aimed at the next generation. African leaders and their governments need to outline concrete steps to unlock the potential of adolescent girls including through policies to end child marriage and help pregnant and married girls to continue their schooling. African leaders and donor countries like the United States need a shared vision for this effort. Just a few days ago, <a href=http://www.louisvuittontassenkopen.com>Louis Vuitton Handtassen</a> President Obama showed he understands how important this is when he from Africa to make the advancement of women a universal priority. He and Africa s leaders can all agree that ending child marriage needs to be a part of that. Investing in the next generation means reaching out to girls like Changamile and giving them a chance to become the next generation s stars. Agnes Odhiambo is a senior researcher and Amanda Klasing a researcher in the women s rights division of Human Rights Watch. http://www.globalpost.com/dispatches/globalpost-blogs/commentary/us-and-african-leaders-at-summit-time-invest-next-generation-

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