U.S. settles case against BetOnSports

11-10-2006 • AP

federal prosecutor reached a settlement with online gambling company BetOnSports PLC that permanently bars the London-based company from accepting any bets from the United States.

Jury duty is getting harder to shirk

11-7-2006 • USA Today

Tulare jury candidates who fail to show are warned that they could be found in contempt of court. If they do not respond, a second letter is sent, warning that a warrant will be issued for their arrest, Hicks says. [read the link for a laugh]

Report: Prosecutors refusing FBI terror cases

11-6-2006 • AP

The Justice Department increasingly has refused to prosecute FBI cases targeting suspected terrorists over the past five years, according to private researchers who reviewed department records.

Pedophile Prosecutor Blows Brains Out in Texas Raid Over Child Sex

11-7-2006 • NY Times

A prosecutor in this North Texas town killed himself as the police tried to arrest him on charges of soliciting sex over the Internet from a person he thought was a 13-year-old boy.

FBI willing to go undercover in Congress, if necessary

11-05-2006 • McClatchy Newspapers

(Hmmm, it will be necessary)The new chief of the FBI's Criminal Division, which is swamped with public corruption cases, says the bureau is ramping up its ability to catch crooked politicians and might run an undercover sting in Congress

Over 1,600 Arrested in Sex Offender Roundup

11-3-2006 • NY Times

Mr. Gonzales said in response to a question at a news conference that there was no political motivation behind the arrests and that the Justice Dept. “played no role in the timing of this program,” [just announcing it] less than a week before the mid

Haliburton under SEC investigation

11-02-2006 • Uruknet

The US SEC is conducting a formal investigation into whether Halliburton made improper payments to government officials in Nigeria in connection with the construction and expansion by TSKJ of a natural gas liquefaction complex in Nigeria.

Gitmo lawyers challenge new military trails law

11-01-2006 • USA Today

Lawyers for dozens of Guantanamo Bay detainees asked a federal appeals court Wednesday to declare a key part of President Bush's new military trials law unconstitutional. The detainees' lawyers challenged the military's authority to arre

Supreme Court to decide if the Rights it grants you will be retroactive

11-2-2006 • AP

If Marvin Bockting were on trial today, his stepdaughter's accusations that he sexually abused her would not be allowed unless she testified about them in court. But Bockting was convicted in 1988 after 6-year-old Autumn Bockting's statements

Political activist arrested while wearing terrorist costume

10-31-2006 • AP

The lawyer who divulged President Bush's drunken-driving arrest days before the 2000 election was arrested at gunpoint after he was seen on a highway overpass carrying a toy gun while dressed in an Osama bin Laden costume.

Confession that formed base of Iraq war was acquired under torture: journalist

10-27-2006 • AFP

An Al-Qaeda terror suspect captured by the United States, who gave evidence of links between Iraq and the terror network, confessed after being tortured, a journalist told the BBC.

Sept. 11 Plotter Asks Court for Lawyer, Trial

10-25-2006 • Washington Post

The Yemeni man is seeking the help of the US court system to address his complaint that he has been wrongfully imprisoned and treated unfairly by the US government. He filed a legal challenge asserting his rights to contest his detention and requesti

Pension or Penitentiary?

10-25-2006 • Barbara's Blog

Talk about a cry for help: Timothy J. Bowers robbed a Columbus OH bank of $80, handed the money over to a security guard, and waited for the polic to come and arrest him. In court on October 11, he pleaded guilty and told the judge

Egyptians who enslaved girl, 10, get U.S. prison

10-24-2006 • Reuters

Two Egyptian nationals who pleaded guilty to enslaving a 10-year-old Egyptian girl at their Southern California home, making her work long hours serving their family of seven, were sentenced to short prison terms.

Part of Canada's anti-terror law tossed

10-24-2006 • San Fran Chronicle

The first person charged under Canada's anti-terrorism act won a partial victory Tuesday when a judge struck down a key portion of the law, ruling that the clause dealing with the definition of the law violates the country's bill of rights.

FBI setting up lab to track digital data

10-23-2006 • Louisville Courier-Journal

This week, the FBI announced it's setting up a Regional Computer Forensics Lab in Louisville that will examine digital evidence from law enforcement agencies across Kentucky. "Today almost all crimes ... have digital evidence,"

TV bounty hunter grabs a legal victory

10-21-2006 • AP

Attorneys for TV reality star Duane "Dog" Chapman said the Mexican federal court has granted them an order that halts the criminal case against Chapman until further evidence and witness testimony are gathered.

What happens when you tell the FBI you won't be their snitch

10-19-2006 •

Yousry, a non-Muslim married to a born-again Christian, said the FBI offered him a chance to avoid indictment -- if he would wear a hidden microphone to gather evidence against Stewart and Clark, who was also part of the blind sheik's defense te

Judge vacates Ken Lay's Enron conviction

10-17-2006 • chron.com

In a move seldom seen for less well-connected defendants, federal judge Lake cited a decision in the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals that makes death, before the appeals process has been exhausted, grounds for throwing out a conviction and dismissing an

Blogger remains in jail

10-17-2006 • SF Gate

Blogger and anarchist Josh Wolf, spending his 57th day in federal prison today for refusing to surrender video he shot of a violent San Francisco protest, is well on his way to becoming the longest-jailed jounalist in US history.

Nothing like good old jury nullification

10-17-2006 • Guardian

This year they were tried on charges of conspiracy to committ criminal damage, which carries a maximum sentence of 10 years. Last week, after long deliberations, the jury failed to reach a verdict. If I were in government, I would be worried.

1 man still locked up from 9/11 sweeps

10-15-2006 • AP

In a jail cell at an immigration detention center in Arizona sits a man who is not charged with a crime, not suspected of a crime, not considered a danger to society. But he has been in custody for five years.

U.S. man pleads guilty to supporting Hamas

10-15-2006 • Reuters

"Shorbagi provided the support through donations to the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development knowing that some or all of the money was in fact destined for Hamas," a Justice Department statement said.

Detainee Lawyer must leave Navy

10-11-2006 • AP

The Navy lawyer who led a successful Supreme Court challenge of the Bush adminstration's military tribunals for detainees at Guantanamo Bay has been passed over for promotion and will have to leave the military, the Miami Herald reported

American charged with treason over al-Qaeda videos

10-11-2006 • LA Times

A Southern California convert to Islam who has appeared in five incendiary Al Qaeda videos became the first American since the World War II era to be charged with treason. May face the death penalty.

Some U.S. prisons terrorize inmates with dogs

10-11-2006 • Reuters

Dogs are allowed to terrify and even bite unruly prisoners who refuse to leave their cells in five U.S. states, a human rights group said, comparing the policy to abuses at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison.

HP scandal may see felony charges

10-4-2006 • USA Today

California's Attorney General sought felony indictments against five people in the Hewlett-Packard snooping scandal — including former chairman Patricia Dunn. Filed criminal complaints against Dunn, former HP lawyer Kevin Hunsaker and private inv

Pre-emptive strike filed against Bush

10-03-2006 • AP

Attorneys for 25 men being held in Afghanistan launched a pre-emptive strike Monday against President Bush's plan to prosecute and interrogate terror suspects. Court documents filed Monday demand that the men be released or charged

Ashcroft Is Denied Immunity in Case

9-29-2006 • Washington Post

A federal judge in Idaho has ruled that former attorney general John D. Ashcroft can be held personally responsible for the wrongful detention of a U.S. citizen arrested as a "material witness" in a terrorism case.

Federal judge ignores jury - orders illegal property seizure & forfeiture

09-29-2006 • casperstartribune.net

After a local jury found a store owner not guilty of selling drug paraphenalia, the county attorney's office filed a civil forfeiture action with the federal district court. Judge Michael N. Deegan ignored the jury's ruling and found the merc