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”
There are 15,000 people trying to get off the government’s growing terror watch list, but facing bureaucratic delay and indecision. Continue reading “15,000 Seeking to Get Off Terror Watch List of Over 200,000”
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”
Each year, the faithful celebrate Christmas with a slew of lawsuits seeking to put religious symbols in public places. Continue reading “Seasonal Christmas Fights Start Early”
It is called a Roe v. Wade for Men claim: when men demand the right to refuse to procreate or, if denied that right, the responsibility to pay child support. Continue reading “Court Rejects Roe v. Wade for Men Claim”
In two different school district, children have been punished for hugging or holding hands against school rules. Continue reading “Educators Battle Affection: Punish Acts of Hugging Among Students”
In the latest story of alleged taser abuse, the Chicago police tasered an 82-year-old woman — an act that could have easily resulted in a heart attack. For the full story, click here
A effort by Rep. Dennis Kucinich’s, D-Ohio, effort to bring up a debate on impeaching Vice President Dick Cheney was sent back to Committee to die by democrats. Continue reading “Cheney Impeachment Tabled”
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”
In Georgia, Rachelle McIntosh has accused UPS of losing her mother’s ashes, which she mailed to New Jersey because she was unable to take the urn on the plane with her. Continue reading “Lost Ashes: How UPS May Have Turned a Bailment Case into a Defamation Case”
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”
Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., the top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee said Sunday that he will also vote for Michael Mukasey despite his position on torture. Continue reading “Spector Downplays Torture as Issue and Throws Support to Mukasey”
Walkerville politicians are seeking to block a Muslim organization from building a mosque and a rather raw example of sectarian prejudice. Continue reading “Maryland Town Moves to Block Mosque”