Globe Editorial
A FEDERAL court in California has thrown out a local ordinance aimed at arresting homeless people for sleeping or sitting on city streets, sidewalks, or alleys. The court decision is a rarity because it uses the Eighth Amendment prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment as the basis for its ruling. But the overall message -- that homelessness itself is not ... (Full article: 443 words)
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