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Criminal Justice System
As cyberthreats mount, hacker’s conviction underscores criticism of government overreach
• Washington PostTheir guns drawn, a dozen federal agents, police and forensics experts kicked in the door of a run-down two-story home in Arkansas shortly after dawn, barged inside and ordered the occupants to put their hands on their heads.
Pussy Riot Member Denied Parole, Will Remain in Prison Colony
• Angela Watercutter via WIRED.comOne of the two jailed members of the Russian feminist punk band Pussy Riot was denied early release by a Russian court today
Military says 100 of 166 prisoners now on hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay
• Washington PostA hunger strike among prisoners at Guantanamo Bay keeps growing. Lt. Col. Samuel House said Saturday that 100 of 166 prisoners at the U.S. base in Cuba have now joined the strike.
Judge Insisted On Miranda Rights For Boston Suspect And FBI 'Was Not Happy'
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Erin FuchsA federal judge decided to read 19-year-old Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev his Miranda rights even though the FBI hated the idea, the Wall Street Journal reports.
Here's The Mug Shot Of The Gang Leader Who Allegedly Impregnated 4 Prison Guards While In Jail
• Business InsiderTavon White, the alleged ring leader of the Black Guerrilla Family (BGF) prison gang in Baltimore, is apparently leading quite the life behind bars.
Man Convicted of Hacking Despite Not Hacking
• David Kravets via WIRED.comCulminating a two-week trial in which no hacking in the traditional sense occurred, a California man was convicted Wednesday
What Are Miranda Rights?
• Marc Lallanilla via LiveScience.comTo fans of television cop dramas, the Miranda warning has a familiar ring:
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev charged with using ‘weapon of mass destruction’
• Jerry Markon, Sari Horwitz and Jenna JohnsonFederal prosecutors charged the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings with terrorism on Monday, outlining a chilling plot in which the man and his brother allegedly used low-grade but deadly explosives timed to detonate a block apart.
He is conscious and answering FBI questions in writing after ‘shooting himself through mouth'
• Mary Ellen Clark via PrisonPlanet.comAlleged Boston Marathon bomber, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, is awake and responding to questions in his hospital bed.
Boston Marathon bomb suspect charged with using weapon of mass destruction
• Pete Williams, Michael Iskoff, Tom Winter, TracyThe hospitalized Boston Marathon bombing suspect, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, was charged Monday with using a weapon of mass destruction – and the White House said he will be tried in a civilian court.
U.S. won’t treat Boston bombing suspect as ‘enemy combatant’
• Olivier Knox via YahooThe White House announced Monday that the surviving Boston Marathon bombing suspect, 19-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, will be tried in federal court for his alleged crimes.
Marathon Bombing Suspect Being Probed in 2011 Homicide
• Henry Goldman via Bloomberg.comInvestigators are looking into whether suspected Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev was involved in the 2011 murders of three men found dead in a suburban apartment with their throats slashed,
Hacking Trial Devoid of Hacking Awaits Jury Verdict
• David Kravets via WIRED.comThe same hacking statute internet sensation Aaron Swartz was being prosecuted under until his January suicide is quietly being tested in a San Francisco federal courtroom — to little fanfare in a case devoid of hacking in the traditional sense.
Pentagon Admits Over Half of Gitmo Detainees Hunger Striking
• Jason Ditz via AntiWar.comSpokesman Insists None Face Life-Threatening Conditions
This Is the Modern Manhunt: The FBI, the Hive Mind and the Boston Bombers
• Spencer Ackerman via WIRED.comIn an earlier era, law enforcement might not have identified the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing so rapidly.
Building a Picture of the Bomb Suspects through Social Network Analysis
• David Talbot via TechnologyReview.comPolice can obtain huge quantities of social network data, but must sort out the junk to glean useful information.
The Video Tech That Helped Find The Boston Bombing Suspects
• Francie Diep via PopSci.comSoftware that spots colored cars and hats, and even specific the ages and genders, helps analysts comb through hours of surveillance footage.
How Physics Can Help Solve Crimes
• Kelsey D. Atherton via PopSci.comThe key to better blood splatter analysis? Better science.
GOP SENATOR: Boston Suspect Should Be Held As 'Enemy Combatant'
• Business InsiderU.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said in a statement Friday that the Obama administration should detain Boston suspect Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev as an "enemy combatant."
Manhunt in Boston after bombing suspect is killed
• Associated PressWith Boston virtually paralyzed, thousands of officers with rifles and armored vehicles swarmed the streets in and around the city on Friday, hunting for a 19-year-old college student wanted in the Boston Marathon bombing .......
Twitter Is The New Police Scanner
• Kelsey D. Atherton via PopSci.comAfter the explosions yesterday at the Boston Marathon, police departments used social media to send out immediate updates.
Ron Paul: Bradley Manning Deserves Nobel Peace Prize More Than Obama
• J.D. TuccilleWhen former congressman Ron Paul remarks that military whistleblower and current guest of Uncle Sam, Bradley Manning, is more deserving of the Nobel Peace Prize than is actual recipient Barack Obama.
Letter from Gitmo: A detainee writes from day 65 of his hunger strike
• http://www.washingtonpost.com, by Max FisherIn early February, more than 11 years into his detention at Guantanamo Bay, a Yemeni man named Samir Naji al-Hasan Moqbel went on a hunger strike.
Homeless man arrested for allegedly setting 63-year-old on fire
• Arturo Garcia via RawStory.comA 39-year-old homeless man was arrested on Friday night for allegedly setting another man on fire inside his car.
Judge frees man after 38 years behind bars
• The RawStory.comA US man convicted of murdering a young girl — a crime he always denied committing — is enjoying his first weekend of freedom in 38 years after a New York judge freed him.
Guantanamo guards fire rubber bullets to quell detainee resistance
• The RawStory.comGuards at the Guantanamo Bay prison fired non-lethal shots to quell prisoner unrest Saturday as they relocated inmates into individual cells, US military officials said.
Reminder: Benjamin Wassell's Day in Court is Wednesday
• Lew Rockwell blog"Support Benjamin Wassell at his upcoming court appearance "April 17, 2013 at 2:00 pm "Location: Hanover Court in Silver Creek - 68 Hanover St, Silver Creek, NY 14136"
British prisoner: ‘People are dying’ in Guantanamo Bay from systemic torture
• Matt Williams, The Guardian via RawStory.comA British hunger striker inside Guantánamo Bay has laid bare the deteriorating conditions of inmates, expressing fears that he and others will soon die as a result of what he described as “systematic torture”.
Endangered pangolins found on Chinese poacher boat
• The RawStory.comThe Philippine coast guard said Monday it had found hundreds of frozen scaly anteaters, or pangolins, in the cargo hold of a Chinese boat that ran aground in a protected marine sanctuary last week.
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