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Ousted Gov. Rod Blagojevich is lashing out at the Illinois lawmakers who removed him from office, calling them drunkards and adulterers who don't know how to do their jobs. Blagojevich's former colleagues and close associates are laughing of
For years, the juvenile court system in Wilkes-Barre operated like a conveyor belt: Youngsters were brought before judges without a lawyer, given hearings that lasted only a minute or two, and then sent off to juvenile prison for months for minor off
An F.B.I. agent who worked on the investigation of Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska, who was convicted on ethics charges, has said in a stunning formal complaint that a fellow agent and prosecutors contrived to improperly conceal evidence from the court
From Venezuela's Jews Fear More Attacks As Chavez' Anti-Israel Campaign Intensifies (Associated Press, 2/6/09): As President Hugo Chavez intensifies his anti-Israel campaign, some Venezuelans have taken action, threatening Jews in the stre
There are what the new administration’s hatchet men in black toga describe “war criminals” to investigate and if found guilty to hang by the neck until dead. But by doing this they fry on their own lard.
Federal judges ordered California to release tens of thousands of inmates, up to a third of all prisoners, in the next 3 years to stop dangerous overcrowding. As many as 57,000 could be let go if the current population were cut by the maximum percent
A judge charged with drunken driving and videotaped using racial slurs while arguing with police officers was suspended without pay for 8 months by a judicial review panel. Superior Court Judge E. Curtissa Cofield, who was confirmed as Connecticut
Early yesterday, the Pakistani scientist at the center of one of history's worst nuclear scandals walked out of his Islamabad villa to declare his vindicaiton after 5 years of house arrest. "The judgment, by the grace of God, is good,"
A man who died in prison while serving time for a rape he didn't commit was cleared by a judge who called the state's first posthumous DNA exoneration "the saddest case" he'd ever seen. State District Judge Charles Baird
Charlie from Keene, New Hampshire decides to perform his civic duty by attending the trial of a victimless criminal in Milford. But no good deed goes unpunished. In an unfree country, the most innocuous act can land you in jail.
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had surgery after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, the court said. Pancreatic cancer is often deadly, although the court said doctors apparently found Ginsburg's cancer at an early stage.
Forensic evidence that has helped convict thousands of defendants for nearly a century is often the product of shoddy scientific practices that should be upgraded and standardized, according to accounts of a draft report by the nation’s pre-eminent s
Not too long ago only our freedom fighters knew the extent of the corruption in our courts. These days anyone with a pulse can see just how rotten these bastard judges have become.
In 1983, a young lawyer was hard at work on “the campaign to amend or abolish the exclusionary rule” — the principle that evidence obtained by police misconduct cannot be used against a defendant [and is excluded].
The Supreme Court has unanimously overruled the Ninth Circuit and broadened absolute prosecutorial immunity to include district attorneys whose poor supervision of subordinates may result in wrongful convictions.
What an incredible story. From Nunavut justice minister demoted over domestic violence remark (CBC, 1/27/09): Nunavut's premier has stripped the territory's justice minister of his duties over a remark that suggests women are partly to bla
The Holly Collins custody/parental abduction case is perhaps the most prominent custody case in the media at this moment. Holly Collins and her supporters among domestic violence and feminist advocates assert that the case demonstrates that family co
There's mounting legal pressure from the Justice Department to turn over 19,000 records of American clients who used hidden offshore accounts at the bank or face potential indictment.
It's hard to believe, but the head of child support collections for Idaho says that unemployment is the "'unexpected' silver lining to Idaho's economic malaise." Why? Because it's easy to garnish dads' unemployment c
Davis, who is notorious for siding against drivers in traffic court, refused to certify the verbatim court transcript that the defendant had commissioned at her own expense knowing it would be next to impossible to have her decision overturned
I discussed the Batista divorce controversy on Fox & Friends recently. This is the case where Dr. Richard Batista, a prominent New York surgeon, donated a kidney to save his wife's life back in 2001 and is now asking for compensation for the kidn
From Glenn Sacks eyes Reese Hopkins case (1/16/09): Columnist and former syndicated talk radio host Glenn Sacks has taken a keen interest in the child rape case against ex-WRKO gabster Reese Hopkins, saying there are “a lot of tangible problems” w
A federal judge in Alexandria ruled yesterday that she would not throw out contempt-of-court charges against former professor Sami al-Arian, who has refused to cooperate with a terrorism investigation, and set his case for trial on March 9.
The Supreme Court said Friday that it will review whether a strip search for prescription-strength Ibuprofen violated a 13-year-old Safford student's constitutional rights.
Just create a law which allows a judge to say that someone is violating their orders, but that doesn't require the judge to actually prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the person can do what they have been ordered to do:
The sheriff was in federal custody Thursday after a judge ruled he purposely fed inmates skimpy meals so he could make money from an unusual system that lets sheriffs turn a profit on their jail kitchens.
Contending it's not a federal crime to violate the service terms of a Web site, a defense attorney asked a judge to dismiss the conviction of a mother in a cruel Internet hoax on a 13-year-old girl who committed suicide.
The military judge overseeing proceedings against five of the men accused of planning the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks signed an order designed to protect classified information that is so broad it could prevent public scrutiny of the most important trial
A jail in northern Texas has been closed and its nearly 60 inmates transferred as authorities investigate what they call dangerous conditions for jailers and those behind bars _ including cells that locked from the inside or contained recliners. Five
As you opened your eyes this morning, a new set of laws -- especially on the state level but federal and local as well -- descended upon your life ... whether you know it or not. Lawmakers everywhere were busy last year; they passed laws that justifi
