Samina Malik is not likely to be a popular poet but it is unclear why she is a terrorist. Continue reading “British Convict “Lyrical Terrorist” — Muslim Who Merely Wrote About Beheadings”
Category: Justice
Charles Friedgood, New York’s oldest prisoner at n 89-year-old has been granted parole. Continue reading “New York’s Oldest Inmate Charles Friedgood Granted Parole at 89”
Jose Antonio Mosqueda, 18, was sentenced to just 270 days in jail (with credit for 156 days already served and for good conduct) after he admitted to taking a pet tortoise from an autistic boy, slashing its legs and neck, stabbing it through the shell, and throwing it against a wall. Continue reading “Boy Who Brutally Tortured a Tortoise Gets Only 270 days”
A recent poll shows that 68 percent of Americans know that waterboarding is torture and roughly 60 percent oppose it used against terrorists. Continue reading “Roughly Seventy Percent of Americans Know What Mukasey Does Not: Waterboarding is Torture”
Democratic voters are irate over the shocking decision of Senators Schumer and Feinstein to support Michael Mukasey. Continue reading “Democratic Voters’ Call for Filibuster of Mukasey is Met By Total Silence from Senate Leaders”
Lawyers in Pakistan are leading the fight for democratic reforms with many beaten by police and a shocking one in four lawyers in prison. Continue reading “One in Four Lawyers in Pakistan Now in Jail During Constitutional Crisis”
The owner of an adult bookstore has been charged by a Virginia grand jury with 16 felony obsenity charges for his business in Staunton Virginia. Continue reading “First Amendment Pornography Case Brewing in Staunton Virginia”
In what appears to be a defamation case in the making,the San Antonio Observer accused San Antonio Police Association President Teddy Stewart of being a Grand Wizard. Continue reading “Texas Police Union President Accused of Being Grand Wizard”
A Virginia judge has been removed from the bench after deciding a custody matter with a flip of the coin and ordering another woman to drop her pants in open court. Continue reading “Va. Judge Thrown Off Bench After Deciding Custody Issue with Coin Flip and Having Another Woman Drop Her Pants in Open Court”
The judge in the Nowak case detailed a series of violations by the police, who seemed intent on getting incriminating statements from her despite her lack of sleep, absence of a lawyer, and failure to clearly consent to a waiver. Continue reading “Nowak Case Presents Classic Elements of 5th Amendment Violations”
Florida circuit Judge Marc Lubet has ruled that some of the most damaging evidence against former astronaut Lisa Nowak is inadmissible due as unlawfully obtained. For the full story, click here
One of my former students, Courtney Stark Vail, is an international environmental activist and sent this additional video of the dolphin massacre conducted each year in Japan. These videos are efforts to educate the world as to the sheer brutality and senselessness of this tradition. For the video, click here
The state bar association has criticized has criticized a judge for dismissing sexual assault charges in a gang rape case because she considered the case “theft of services.” Continue reading “Judge Says Gang Rape of Prostitute Was Merely Theft”
Today President Bush called for the confirmation of Michael Mukasey as opposition continued to mount. Continue reading “Bush Calls for Mukasey’s Confirmation Without Confirmation of Waterboarding Stance”
The tort system may achieve what the state legislatures could not with the hate-based Westboro Baptist Church. Continue reading “Hate-Based Church Ordered to Pay Millions to Grieving Father of Dead Soldier”