A prosecutor joined a worrisome trend by trading criminal charges for push ups. Continue reading “Prosecutor Drops Charges for Push Ups”
Category: Justice
A New York settlement will give up to $4000 for prisoners improperly strip searched. Continue reading “150,000 Former Prisoners to Receive Between $3000 to $4000 Each for Improper Searches”
Assistant U.S. Attorney John D.R. Atchison was accused of flying to Detroit last month to have sex with a 5-year-old girl. Continue reading “Federal Prosecutor Who Sought Sex with Five-Year-Old Kills Himself in Prison”
A civilian judge has stopped a court martial for an accused deserter. Continue reading “Federal Court Stops Court-Martial of Iraq War Objector”
Three former Duke lacrosse players filed a lawsuit today against disgraced prosecutor Mike Nifong, the city of Durham and the police detectives who handled the investigation. It is a positive development in deterring such prosecutorial misconduct. Continue reading “Duke Players Sue Former Prosecutor and City”
President Bush came out today to address the latest controversy over torture involving secret memos that appear to endorse the use of methods considered torture under international law. The President, however, simply repeated his statement that “we don’t torture.” Continue reading “President Bush Defends Administration on Latest Torture Flap”
In the on-going controversy over the defamation lawsuit against Rep. Jack Murtha, one of the collateral issues has been whether the Marines that he accused of a massacre would be tried for murder. Today, it appears that there will be no such charges coming out of the killing of roughly two dozen Iraqi citizens in the town of Haditha in November 2005. Continue reading “Bad News for Murtha? No Murder Charges Likely in Haditha case”
There was a time when an office football pool was viewed as sufficient outlet for competition. However, the LA Times now reports that deputies at the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department have been competing to see how many people they can arrest in a 24-hour period. Continue reading “Cops At Play: Arrest and Impound Competitions in the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department”
In a variation of the famous “I am Spartacus” scene, defendants appear to be jumping up and screaming “I Am Gay” as a defense to a hate crime against gays. Continue reading “Novel Defense: Man Claims that He is Gay in Hate Crime Case”
A new report shows that the Bush Administration may have continued its endorsement of tactics viewed as torture in secret despite public claims to the contrary. Continue reading “Justice Department Continued to Endorse Possible Torture in Secret Memo”
A new video shows police officer hitting a cuffed suspect in Braddock, Pa., for not apparent reason. Continue reading “Video Shows Police Officer Hitting a Cuffed Suspect”
For years, some of us have been pointing out repeatedly the fact that the Domestic Surveillance Program implemented by President Bush constituted a federal crime. Indeed, many were horrified when the Democrats decided to extend the program, codifying if only temporarily an unlawful program. Now a former top Bush attorney has admitted that he and others knew it was illegal. Continue reading “Former Bush Administration Official Admits that Parts of Surveillance Program Were Clearly Illegal”
This week, six justices participated in the tradition of the Red Mass. This is a traditional that originates in Europe around 1245 at the start of the judicial year of the Scared Roman Rota, the court of the Holy See. It is a tradition that has long made me uneasy and this year’s homily by Archbishop Timothy Dolan showed why. Continue reading “The Red Mass and the Calling of the Faithful on the Supreme Court”
The testimony below concerns the new controversy of the status of tobacco as a product in the U.S. Continue reading “Testimony: Tobacco and Regulation by Litigation”
The President of Duke University today apologizes to the Duke Lacrosse students for failing to do more to protect their rights — an act strikingly transparent and tragically too late. Continue reading “Duke President Apologizes for “Not Getting it Right””