http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Michael+Mehas Society Michael Mehas Sun, 23 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=235802&ca=Society The numbers are staggering—youthful offenders under the age of 18 account for over twenty percent of all violent crimes. In the last ten years juvenile arrests for violence have increased by 75 percent while arrests for weapons violations increased by 103 percent. So what do we do with these trouble... Writing Michael Mehas Sat, 29 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=212382&ca=Writing I had no idea that my work on a motion picture would cause a high-profile death penalty case to end up with the California Supreme Court. Jesse James Hollywood had been gone for nearly three years by the time I became involved. He had totally disappeared. Vanished into thin air. And he seemed so com... Family Concerns Michael Mehas Fri, 21 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=210763&ca=Family+Concerns We changed our world, and we did it right now. We didn't wait for the new year to begin and we didn't wait for the sun to come out in the morning. Revision existed within our minds, and we realized it through the eyes of our children. Whether we want to admit it or not, our kids have become the grea... Society Michael Mehas Fri, 14 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=208956&ca=Society Aside from the obvious costs to society and its collective morality, there are major financial considerations associated with bringing the death penalty to those convicted of capital crimes. According to a recent Los Angeles Times study, based on eleven executions spread over 27 years in California,... Parenting Michael Mehas Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=205110&ca=Parenting In an instant, it could all be over. A parent's worst nightmare. A situation that could ruin our lives forever. Everything we'd ever worked for, everything we’d ever dreamed of, everything we'd spent a lifetime building for ourselves and our families would be gone just like that. And what could be s... Opinions Michael Mehas Fri, 23 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=203300&ca=Opinions A new national pastime has taken its place atop the mantle of popular American culture. It's called the criminal case that generates a collective national focus through which the public consumes every alleged "fact," as if it were true, with a voracious appetite for more. This type of case has becom... Opinions Michael Mehas Fri, 16 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=201581&ca=Opinions As a society, the time has come to take a major stand against revenge and hatred. It is time to look at the other side of the card, the side filled with peace and respect. It's time to rethink capital punishment, to recognize that our futures hinge on change and on recognition that life is more prec...