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Our current judicial system is neither efficient or current enough to provide any real justice. The laws are not equipped to deal with the rapidly growing rate technology. Convictions can take years and usually require the crime to be committed with a real victim. We say if there are conspiracy type charges for  murder or trafficking why not for child molesters? The ones that do get convicted get a slap on the wrist and are back within our communities hiding in the shadows until they re-offend...the majority do...With  every new assault its statistically proven to get more violent. The police do what they can within the perimeters of the law but sometimes the laws fall short. Changes need to start from the top and work their way down.      

Readers now supply more than half the site's revenue. Josh Marshall started out as a political blogger in 2000, made a business of it in 2003, won a George Polk Award, and has managed to stay independent through all the wild swings of the digital pendulum. So his reflections on how to transition from an advertising business model to paid subscriptions have a certain authority. He talked about the evolving business model of his site, Talking Points Memo , in a 47-minute podcast with Digiday Editor Brian Morrissey. Among Marshall's observations that are relevant to other would-be news entrepreneurs: Small, independent news sites cannot rely on scale to drive revenue. They need a strong relationship with their users. Many digital media organizations that have massive audiences will not be able to make the transition to paid subscriptions because they don't have that relationship, he believes. Many of the 26,000 paid subscribers to TPM, which are now supplying just over hal...