John Ashcroft’s former aide has stated that he just doesn’t see what all the fuss is about after the U.S. Attorney gave Ashcroft’s firm a grotesque $52 Million contract to monitor a settlement. Continue reading “Former Ashcroft Aide: “Just Doesn’t See the Issue” in His Giving Ashcroft’s Firm a $52 Million Contract”
Category: Justice
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”
In what should be viewed as an open outrage, U.S. Attorney Christopher Christie has announced that his office had awarded a windfall contract of $52 million to the firm of his former boss, John Ashcroft. The contract is highly unusual on a number of points — and should be the subject of a congressional investigation. Continue reading “John Ashcroft’s Firm Given $52 Million Contract for 18 Months of Work — By His Former Subordinate”
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”
Former White House spokesman Scott McClellan has accused President Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, and Karl Rove of knowingly misleading him on the leaking of the name of Valerie Plame. Continue reading “Former White House Spokesman Accuses President Bush, Vice President Cheney, and Karl Rove of Passing Along False Information on Plame Affair”
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”
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”
For decades, bullet-lead analysis has been used by the FBI to convict individuals and to investigate such crimes as the President John F. Kennedy’s assassination in 1963. Now, it appears that the analysis was flawed and hundreds of prisoners should have their convictions reviewed. However, the FBI has not informed them or their counsel and time is running out on many appeals. Continue reading “FBI Quietly Abandons Bullet Analysis Used to Convict Hundreds Without Informing Them”
It has become a national trend. Educators who refuse to exercise a modicum of common sense and discretion have suspended a 6-year-old boy named Ryan Weathers for a stick drawing. Continue reading “Another Boy Suspended for a Stick Figure”
The government has detailed two new corruption allegations against Rep. William J. Jefferson. Continue reading “New Allegations Surface Against Rep. William J. Jefferson”
The Utah Highway Patrol Association is being sued for more than a dozen crosses, over 12-feet-tall, that bear the names individually of troopers killed in the line of duty. Continue reading “Utah Sued Over Cross Memorials on Highways for Troopers”