What started with a pharmacy mistakenly giving a customer a prescription it shouldn’t have has turned into an almost year-long odyssey through the criminal justice system for an elderly Burlington couple. Retired Army veteran Robert Cirpinski, 82,
Those taken into custody by police in the United States of America confront a substantial risk of being tortured by their captors. Police who commit such crimes face a negligible risk of significant punishment.
To understand why the United States is the most incarcerated nation in the world, all aspects of the legal system must be scrutinized. One of the least considered points of corruption is the crime lab.
A video below shows a completely restrained inmate getting pepper sprayed in the face by Rutherford County Deputy Sheriff Vanderveer. Vanderveer claims the inmate was being combative. However, the video does not warrant those claims.
• http://www.lewrockwell.com, By William Norman Grig
Like countless other people, Los Angeles resident Sergio Arreola was the victim of criminal violence by the police, and forced to defend himself in court because his assailants were encouraged to lie and allowed to do so without punishment.
Famed liberal Harvard Law School professor Alan Dershowitz joined other legal experts in slamming the Obama administration for targeting conservative filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza for campaign finance law violations.
Today, nullification has become increasingly popular in the face of how increasingly difficult it is to legislatively reverse an unjust law. Nevertheless, there are reasons to be uncomfortable with the strategy.
• http://www.lewrockwell.com, William Norman Grigg
Like countless other people, Los Angeles resident Sergio Arreola was the victim of criminal violence by the police, and forced to defend himself in court because his assailants were encouraged to lie and allowed to do so without punishment.
A prosecutor is not protected by immunity for allegedly coercing false testimony that sent a man to death row 17 years ago. Two prosecutors were accused of egregious misconduct: Lawrence Wharrie and David Kelley. The new opinion from the
Using evidence obtained under the NSA's warrantless surveillance program violates a suspect's constitutional protection against unreasonable search and seizure, the suspect argued in a court document filed with help from the ACLU.
The government can't keep secret its request to conduct clandestine surveillance of an accused attempted terrorist, a federal judge ruled that gives defense attorneys unprecedented access to records filed with a secret intelligence court.
Current human DNA tests take two to three weeks to be completed, and must be sent into an accredited laboratory. But a new rapid test, which could analyze human DNA in 90 minutes in the field, is nearly complete, Pentagon and industry officials told
As President Obama publicly dithers about whether to grant whistleblower Edward Snowden clemency, the political class that Snowden’s disclosures so humiliated has coalesced around a single talking point:
About 2.4 million people live behind bars in America — the highest number in the world. That's a little more than 0.7% of the population and more than 700 for every 100,000 people.
About 2.4 million people live behind bars in America — the highest number in the world. That's a little more than 0.7% of the population and more than 700 for every 100,000 people.
Today Queen Elizabeth and UK Prime Minister David Cameron were issued arrest warrants. The two were charged with sexual crimes against children as part of an international pedophile ring.
“We have enough evidence to prosecute and hold both the Pr
Last week, Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s use of racial and ethnic profiling cost Maricopa County at least $22 million to monitor and re-train those in the county’s employ.
This week, Sheriff Arpaio announced that he is punishing 38 unpatriotic inma
Former St. Clair County Circuit Judge Michael Cook (left) is no doubt facing a nightmare after pleading guilty to buying and using heroin while on the bench.
Prosecutors declined to charge an Ohio State Patrol trooper with a history of domestic violence who admitted to a sexual encounter with a boy. State trooper Ricky Vitte Jr. told his wife he had watched a pornographic video and masturbated
Former St. Clair County Circuit Judge Michael Cook is facing a nightmare after pleading guilty to buying and using heroin while on the bench. He is far better off than his supplier, Sean McGilvery who is looking at a 11 year prison term for the crime
What would happen if you tried to serve an arrest warrant on Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip? Last week British citizen David Compan found out.
Compan was twice arrested without charges, accosted and drugged, as was his wife. He was incarcerat
For people facing criminal charges, freedom is not free; it is dauntingly expensive. The Kaleys' lawyers estimate a trial will cost $500,000 in fees . The Kaleys planned to cover the cost with a home equity credit-until the government took it.
A new report describing the bizarre and dangerous side effects of the sleep aid Ambien has once again raised questions about one of the United States’ most popular prescription drugs.
If this report on a speech Florida State Attorney Angela Corey gave at a luncheon last week is accurate, it paints an alarming picture of a public official who has the power to put people in prison—and in Florida, to send people to their deaths.
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