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”
Category: Justice
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”
President Bush’s nominee for the Fourth Circuit is in trouble. E. Duncan Getchell, Jr. is being sued for defamation stemming from an appeal dismissed for malpractice. Continue reading “Bush Nominee for the Fourth Circuit — Duncan Getchell, Jr. — Sued for Defamation”
In a continuing affront to the rules of law and decency, the Saudi Court responsible for the sentencing of a rape victim to 200 lashes and jail has now taken the license of her lawyer. Continue reading “Saudi Religious Court Takes License of Attorney After Sentencing Rape Victim and Client to Flogging and Jail”
In yet another failure of an appellate court to check the excessive use of the military and state secrets privilege, the Ninth Circuit has ruled that Al-Haramain cannot use a critical piece of evidence that was inadvertently disclosed to it — evidence showing potentially serious violations by the government. Continue reading “Ninth Circuit Rules Against the Plaintiffs in Al-Haramain Case”
Jim Stevenson is facing two years in prison for shooting a cat that he said was stalking an endangered bird in a case that contains a fascinating question of what constitutes a “pet.” Continue reading “Murderous Ornithologist or Just Protective Bird-Lover? Texas Man on Trial for Shooting Cat to Save Bird”
Barry Bonds faces a classic grand jury trap indictment. Continue reading “Barry Bonds Indicted in Classic Grand Jury Trap”
A 19-year-old woman was gang raped and probably thought the worst was over when she survived and went to the authorities. Continue reading “Rape Victim in Saudi Arabia Given 200 Lashes and 6 Months in Jail”
In the ever-increasing list of taser controversies, a new video has surfaced showing a very graphic and disturbing example of how this device can kill. This video comes from the Vancouver airport. Continue reading “Shocking Video Shows Man Tasered to Death at Vancouver Airport”
The Democratic plan for improving civil liberties protections in national security surveillance programs has been criticized as facially weak, but it appears too much protection for Michael Mukasey. Continue reading “Mukasey Starts Service as AG By Opposing Civil Liberties Reforms in Surveillance”
An animal control company working for the government has been accused of a massacre of pets that included burning some alive or tossing live animals from a bridge for a 50 foot plunge. Continue reading “Alleged Animal Control Technique in Puerto Rico: Throwing Pets Off Bridge by the Dozens”
The faculty of Oral Roberts University has voted no confidenced in President Richard Roberts, who has been accused of spending university funds on a lavish lifestyle. Continue reading “Faculty Votes No Confidence in Oral Roberts University President”