The Saudi Justice Department has defended the grotesque sentence of a woman to 200 lashes after she was gang raped because, it recently revealed, she was in an “illegitimate relationship” with the man who was also assaulted. Continue reading “Saudi Justice: Flogging Rape Victim Justified Because She Had an Affair”
Category: Criminal law
Giuliani appears intent on re-playing the Willie Horton card used by Bush Sr. against that other Mass. Governor Michael Dukakis — this time the villain is Daniel Tavares, Jr. and the judge is Kathe Tuttman. Continue reading “Romney’s Willie Horton Moment? Giuliani Pays the Judicial Activist Card”
A federal judge spared an embarrassing appearance on the witness stand for Sen. David Vitter in a prostitution case when she abruptly canceled a hearing scheduled for next week. Continue reading “Sen. Vitter Spared from Being Called as Witness in D.C. Madam Case”
Despite the right of media access to commission proceedings under the Military Commissions Act, the Administration has barred press from the current trials in Cuba. Continue reading “The Bush Administration Shuts Out the Public From Seeing “Justice” Being Done in Cuba”
In the expanding wreck called the Jefferson prosecution, the Justice Department is still reeling from its loss before the D.C. Circuit over its 2005 raid on the congressional office of Rep. William Jefferson. Continue reading “Justice May Appeal Jefferson Ruling to Supreme Court: Ruling Could Undermine Other Corruption Cases”
In yet another taser abuse video, a Utah officer is shown telling a man to turn around and then tasering him in the back after the driver refused to sign a ticket — while the man’s pregnant wife screams from inside the car. Continue reading “Shocking Video of Man Being Tasered in Back for Refusing to Sign Ticket in Utah”
When Megan Meier logged on to MySpace a little over a year ago, she was seeking a new start with new friends. She’d had some hard times: She considered herself overweight, had been bullied in school and had low self-esteem. Continue reading “How To Punish A Cyber Bully”
The Saudi government is attempting to dampen the international outrage over a sentence of 200 lashes and six months in prison for a rape victim. The U.S. government issues a statement that expressed barely concern. Continue reading “U.S. Merely “Astonished” by the Planned Flogging of a Rape Victim in Saudi Arabia”
The U.S. military is helping build a case against journalist, Bilal Hussein, an award-winning photographer in Iraq. Continue reading “Military to Turn Over AP Journalist for Iraqi Trial”
Human Rights Watch called upon Saudi King Abdullah “to immediely void the verdict and drop all charges against the rape victim and to order the court to end its harassment of her lawyer.” Continue reading “Human Rights Watch Demands Saudi King Drop Charges and Flogging Sentence Against Rape Victim”
It is increasingly hard for religious leaders to top each other in sexual scandals, but Archbishop Earl Paulk appear to have done so in a case that may soon lead to an indictment. Continue reading “Archbishop Earl Paulk Under Criminal Investigation after Paternity Suit Shows That He Fathered a Child by His Borther’s Wife”
The use of a fake MySpace identity by adult neighbors to trick and then crush a young girl (who later committed suicide) has outraged Americans. One possible charge would involve a controversial new law barring internet abuse — a law that is ripe for challenge. Continue reading “Megan Meier Case: A Test Case for the Crime of Internet Annoyance?”
Jarrel Gray has become the latest fatality in the use of a taser. Continue reading “Another Taser Death: 20-Year-Old Dies in Frederick, Maryland”
Former Kansas City Judge Deborah Neal was released from jail this month in a scandal that has claimed the careers of various attorneys who loaned her money. Continue reading “Former Kansas City Judge Released from Prison as Lawyers Face Charges in Giving Her Loans”
In another hunting tragedy, a grandfather shot his own grandson at the start of deer season. It is one of many such “buck fever” cases. Continue reading “Grandfather Shoots Grandson in Latest Buck Fever Case”