Sam Dodson released from jail
• Blog of BileWhat happens when you rot weeks in jail for refusing to state your name? "He was just kicked out of the jail, with his orange jumpsuit on, without any real explanation, with all his possessions."
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Criminal Justice System
U.S. Gov't seizes accounts of payment processors that handle winnings of online poker players
• AP In a letter Friday faxed to Alliance Bank of Arizona, the prosecutor said that accounts held by payment processor Allied Systems Inc. are subject to seizure and forfeiture "because they constitute property involved in money laundering transactions and illegal gambling offenses."
1st Gitmo detainee arrives in US
• AP"With his appearance in federal court today, Ahmed Ghailani is being
held accountable for his alleged role in the bombing of U.S. Embassies
in Tanzania and Kenya and the murder of 224 people," Attorney General
Eric Holder said in a press release. "The Justice Department has a long
history of securely detaining and successfully prosecuting terror
suspects through the criminal justice system, and we will bring that
experience to bear in seeking justice in this case."
Judge declines to reveal US role in torture of American citizen
• RawstoryHamdan, a 42-year-old Muslim, father and small business owner from
California, was arrested by United Arab Emirates authorities in August,
2008 and tortured repeatedly. During the abuse, he says, a man who
spoke perfect English was present, ever threatening him to comply with
his interrogators.
5-4 Supremes: Judges who take bribes should recuse self from briber's case
• Wall Street JournalA divided U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that a West Virginia justice
shouldn't have participated in state court decisions overturning a $50
million judgment against A.T. Massey Coal Co., whose chief executive
had been a major financial supporter of the justice's campaign for
office.
The Trail That Led Nowhere
• Washingtn PostYet an exhaustive probe that relied on hundreds of interviews,
including questioning of every guard and inmate close enough to see or
hear White's cell, found no proof that McIntosh harmed the inmate. In
fact, after a series of unusual attempts to re-create White's final
moments, investigators wrote that it was "possible" that the inmate
killed himself.
Prosecutor's Sour Grapes Over Jury Freeing Accused
• The AgitatorWhen it finally came time to acknowledge the inevitable and seek to
dismiss the charges, the U.S. attorney couldn’t resist taking one last
stab at vindication, saying of Dr. Wecht, “He wasn’t acquitted of
anything. It was a hung jury. However, in our society, everyone is
innocent until proven guilty.”
Indeed. And as Ms. Buchanan spectacularly failed to prove Dr. Wecht’s guilt, that last insinuation of guilt was inappropriate. It is time for Ms. Buchanan to take responsibility for her failure and resign before President Barack Obama asks for her resignation, which he could not now be blamed for doing.
SEC Charges Former Countrywide CEO Angelo Mozilo with Fraud
• www.transworldnews.com/The Securites Exchange Commission (SEC) formally charged former Countrywide Financial CEO Angelo Mozilo and two other company executives with civil fraud.
The SEC also charged Mozilo with illegal insider trading, an agency spokesman said Thursday. Civil fraud charges also were filed against Countrywide's former Chief Operating Officer David Sambol and ex-Chief Financial Officer Eric Sieracki.
Countrywide Financial, the California-based mortgage lender, was a key component to the subprime mortgage crisis in 2007, which was the beginning of the financial decline and c
U.S. Seeks Release of Convicted Alaska Lawmakers
• Washington PostLate yesterday, department officials moved to send the cases of [legislators] Victor Kohring and Peter Kott, convicted in 2007 and serving multi-year prison terms for bribery and extortion, back to a federal court in Alaska. They also asked the court to release both men on personal recognizance while the cases await resolution, a move that former prosecutors and criminal law experts called extremely unusual.
Letter of Marque explained
Thomas CostanzoWhy does the government call the people corporations names spelled in all capital letters? Why do all courts fly admiralty flags, the ones with the gold fringe, in the courtroom. This is because they derive their "power" to control the population indirectly from the constitution specifically from Article 1 section 8 "To declare War, grant letters of Marque and Reprisal. A Letter of Marque is an international agreement that allows a Pirate to become a Privateer.
Charges Unlikely In Murder Of Jailed Inmate by Cops
• Washington PostThe chief prosecutor in Prince George's County said yesterday that he does not now intend to charge anyone in the death last year of a 19-year-old inmate who had been accused of killing a police officer, meaning a slaying once denounced by the county executive as "vigilante justice" is all but certain to go unpunished in state court.
Charges Against Three ‘New Black Panthers’ from the election dropped by Obama Justice Dept
• Fox NewsCharges brought against three members of the New Black Panther Party for Self-Defense under the Bush administration have been dropped by the Obama Justice Department, FOX News has learned.
Prosecutors: College student was budding terrorist
• APProsecutors say a former Georgia college student was a budding terrorist who took choppy videos of potential targets in Washington, D.C., and desperately tried to prove himself to terror groups overseas.
Suspect jailed in Kansas abortion doctor's killing
• APA man suspected of fatally shooting abortion doctor George Tiller in church was in jail Monday while investigators sought to learn more about his background, including his possible connections to anti-abortion groups.
New Murder Trial Ordered After 3 Former and Current Police Officers Take the Fifth
• Jon TurleyWhat happen when you hold a trial and the police are the ones who take the Fifth? That question was answered by Cook County Circuit Judge who ordered a new trial for a Gangster Disciple member who alleged he was forced to confess during beatings in c
Mafia cash increases grip on sinking Italian economy
• BloombergIn the southern Italian port city of Palermo, home to bustling outdoor markets and Arab-influenced architecture, prosecutor Roberto Scapinato has hunted Mafia money for two decades. Now, as the rest of the world tightens its
Netherlands to close prisons for lack of criminals
• NRC HandelsbladThe Dutch justice ministry has announced it will close eight prisons and cut 1,200 jobs in the prison system. A decline in crime has left many cells empty. (HMM, didn't they do something with drug policy there)
Sotomayor Will Eviscerate the Second Amendment
• Just a Girl in Short ShortsThe one thing we know for sure about Sonia Sotomayor is that if she is on the Supreme Court she will rule that the Second Amendment only applies to the federal government and does not apply to the states or local governmental entities--they can regu
Supreme Court Says Suspects Can Be Interrogated Without Lawyer
• Wal Street Journal[these bastards!] The high court overturned the 1986 Michigan v. Jackson ruling, which said police may not initiate questioning of a defendant who has a lawyer or has asked for one unless the attorney is present.
Obama Chooses Sotomayor for Supreme Court
• Washington PostPresident Obama this morning will announce that U.S. appeals court Judge Sonia Sotomayor of New York is his pick to replace retiring justice David Souter on the U.S. Supreme Court, White House officials said.
Even for the French,...this is just stupid.
• ReutersNANTES, France (Reuters) – Close to 200 prisoners will cycle around France next month, watched by scores of guards on bicycles, in the first penal version of the Tour de France, authorities said Monday.
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Bondsmen upset by policies that free more people
• APBudget cuts and the cost of maintaining an overcrowded jail force jails to begin releasing inmates accused of lesser crimes without bond to the chagrin of bail bondsmen who say their livelihood is threatened.
Tax revenues down, but arrests up, jails and courts are releasing more suspects without bonds.
• AP"They're looking at their (jail) population and realizing that many of the people they're paying to house are there because they can't pay their bonds,"
Arizona inmate dies after hours in outdoor cell
• Philly.comAn Arizona inmate who died after spending nearly four hours in the desert heat was left in an outdoor holding cell for twice as long as she should have been, the state prisons director said Wednesday.
President’s Detention Plan Tests American Legal Tradition
• NY TimesPresident Obama’s proposal for a new legal system in which terrorism suspects could be held in “prolonged detention” inside the US without trial would be a departure from a place where people in the grip of the government face criminal charges or wal
EFF 1, Boston College Police 0
• Wendy McElroy.comYou may recall my post regarding the Boston College Police's outrageous seizure of a computer science student's computer and other devices because, well, he knew about computer science. The Electronic Frontier Foundation took on
Accusers as "Victims": A Case Study - by Will Grigg
• Pro LiberateIt would hardly be difficult to convict any man of child sex abuse if the prosecutor were provided with the following advantages:
Judge tries to block newspaper from printing photos of arrested politician
• Photohraphy Is Not A CrimeU.S. District Judge Arthur Spatt has no clue how the news industry works or the 1st Amendment. The judge found it “troubling” that Newsday published photos of NY legislator Roger Corbin being led away in handcuffs after he was arrested on tax evasion
Arrest ordered for mom of boy, 13, resisting chemo
• APAuthorities sought to arrest the mother of a 13-year-old boy with cancer who refuses chemotherapy after she fled with her son. A judge issued an arrest warrant and ordered that Daniel Hauser be placed in a foster home and be sent for an immediate exa
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