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Ademo Freeman, Founder of CopBlock.org, who was found guilty of “wiretapping” public employees at work. In the interview, he reveals some insights from his experiences on the inside of Manchester’s Valley Street Jail.
The violent crime rate went up 17% last year, ending a general decline in violence that began nearly 20 years ago, according to a new federal survey of crime victims. The Justice Department's National Crime Victimization Survey
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Phil Donahue, Co-Director/Executive Producer of Body of War, an intimate and transformational feature documentary about the true face of war today - Ademo Freeman (CopBlock.Org) on what's next for him - Peymon Mottahedeh (Freedom Law School)
Defense attorney Marc Victor told the jury during his closing arguments Tuesday that the case is not "about whether or not you like Elizabeth Johnson." (Also, link to live streaming of trial.)
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit concluded that providing support for terrorism was not a war crime at the time of Hamdan's alleged conduct from 1996 to 2001 and therefore could not support a conviction.
"This is something that needs to be addressed before defense attorneys catch on and her credibility along with the DUI squad’s credibility is compromised," Nixon wrote
A third self-described anarchist from the Pacific Northwest has been jailed by federal officials for refusing to speak before a secretive grand jury that the accused have called a politically-motivated modern-day witch-hunt.
They're not letting a technicality ruin this one.
Grimes' lawyer presented evidence that police did not question a half-dozen people who said Grimes was somewhere else when the rape happened. They showed 2 fingerprints found at the home where the rape happened were linked to a rapist
Of all the places to unintentionally drop an illegal drug, inside of a courtroom right in front of a police officer has to be among the worst. Which is exactly what happened to New Orleans assistant city attorney Jason Cantrell.
Forchion's defense raises hackles in the legal establishment, but it's based on the time honored doctrine. "Jury nullification of law," as it is sometimes called, is a traditional American right defended by the Founding Fathers.
Radical cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri, the man authorities said tried to set up a terrorist training camp on American soil, is finally on his way to stand trial in the U.S. after an eight-year delay.
Forchion's defense raises hackles in the legal establishment, but it's based on the time honored doctrine. "Jury nullification of law," as it is sometimes called, is a traditional American right defended by the Founding Fathers.
When a tax slave sexts an underage girl, he may end up getting arrested, coerced into taking a plea deal, and featured on the (now defunct) show, "To Catch a Predator."
How is Iceland doing now after going after corrupt bankers and politicians?
The Obama administration is considering moving some Guantanamo detainees to a prison in the president's home state of Illinois, unnamed US officials say.
SPRINGFIELD — The Obama administration and Gov. Pat Quinn have mapped out an end-run around the GOP that will enable the state to unload the long-mothballed Thomson Correctional Center for $165 million, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin’s office confirmed Tuesda
As questions about the St. Paul police crime lab spread to fingerprint evidence, top defense attorneys say the lab needs to shut down entirely until it can prove that its work is reliable. The lab already suspended drug testing in July after empl
A little after 4 a.m. on July 21, 1996, Damon Thibodeaux, a deckhand on a Mississippi River workboat, cracked at the end of a nine-hour interrogation and confessed to the brutal rape and murder of his 14-year-old step-cousin, Crystal Champagne.
Canada's foot-dragging over repatriating Khadr is the latest episode in the abandonment of a child caught up in combat
The Vatican has certainly seen more sensational trials in its long history. The Inquisition ordered Galileo to recant his theory that the earth revolves around the sun, and philosopher Giordano Bruno was burned at the stake for heresy.
Former inmates abruptly freed after spending up to six years in federal prison even though they were "legally innocent" are coming home with less help than the government typically provides the guilty after they are released.
The Milwaukee County medical examiner's office has revised its ruling on the death of Derek Williams, who died in Milwaukee police custody in July 2011, from natural to homicide, after the Journal Sentinel alerted an assistant medical examiner to new
The California man behind a crudely produced anti-Islamic video posted to YouTube that has inflamed parts of the Middle East was arrested for violating terms of his probation, authorities said Thursday. Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, 55, was convicted
U.S. and New Zealand law enforcement action against filesharing kingpin Kim Dotcom and associates was set in motion over a year ahead of the raid on the Megaupload founder’s mansion in January...
Arizona's Sheriff Joe Arpaio, best known for his fights with undocumented immigrants, received quite a blow Tuesday from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
“Fingerprint examiners typically testify in the language of absolute certainty.” But like many other claims for forensic science, the assertion that fingerprints are unique lacked a solid scientific basis and now is viewed with new caution.
The European Court of Human Rights gave final approval for the extradition of one of Britain's most radical Islamist clerics and 4 others to the United States, where they face terrorism charges.
Two Marines are facing criminal charges for urinating on the bodies of dead Taliban fighters in Afghanistan, actions caught on a video that was widely circulated on the Internet, the Marine Corps said on Monday.
After a 3-day trial and 4 hours of deliberation, a jury found Alvin Schlangen not guilty of three misdemeanor counts of selling unpasteurized milk, operating without a food license and handling adulterated or misbranded food.
