December 14, 2011 by legitgov ShareThis Chains we can believe in: Bagram jail detainee unlawfully held, court rules –Appeal court tells British ministers to ask US to end Yunus Rahmatullah’s seven-year ordeal at notorious Afghan prison 14 Dec 2011 The government has been ordered by three senior judges to secure the release of a Pakistani [...]
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December 15, 2011
December 11, 2011
Troy Davis remembered by Antone De’Jaun Correia
My uncle, Troy Davis, was arrested in 1989 and sentenced to death in 1991, three years before I was born. He was in jail my whole life, but I knew him very well. I visited him with my mother – his sister – on death row in the Georgia state prison every other week until [...]
September 20, 2011
July 1, 2011
Synagogue Bomb Plotters Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison
Three men convicted of plotting to blow up New York synagogues and to fire heat-seeking missiles at U.S. military planes were sentenced to 25 years in prison. U.S. District Judge Colleen McMahon in Manhattan handed down punishments today against James Cromitie, 45, Onta Williams, 35, and David Williams, 30, who were found guilty in October [...]
June 30, 2011
Casey Anthony Blood Lust
It’s the story that demands breaking live coverage on not one but two, three cable news networks. “Another day of powerful testimony in the Casey Anthony murder trial,” resounded the anchors on cable news.“Another day of disturbing testimony in the Casey Anthony murder trial.”Mainstream media is reporting and analyzing every gory detail.“There were a lot [...]
June 30, 2011
American prisons are going private
Most Americans are unaware that private prisons in the country are on the rise. Is there a reason behind this trend that isn’t going reported though? Ana Kasparian of The Young Turks says that private prisons are thriving in America right now because of the profits they are generating, which most people are unaware of. [...]
June 30, 2011
Blackwater killer gets 30 months, Newburgh 4 get 25 years
Before a federal court room this week, US Attorney Neil MacBride was rather blunt about what actions a former Blackwater security guard undertook while working in Afghanistan in 2009. “Justin Cannon opened fire with an AK-47 at the rear of a retreating vehicle and took the life of an innocent Afghan,” is all he needed [...]
June 29, 2011
June 29, 2011
Convicted Blagojevich Faces Prospect of Prison
CHICAGO —Rod Blagojevich wakes up to a stark reality a day after appearing nearly speechless when a Chicago jury read guilty verdicts against him. The impeached ex-Illinois governor will likely be on his way to federal prison within months, leaving his wife, two young daughters and comfortable home in a leafy Chicago neighborhood behind. Legal [...]
June 27, 2011
Pa. Man Found Guilty of Killing 3 Pittsburgh Cops
PITTSBURGH — A jury found a Pennsylvania man guilty in the 2009 killings of three Pittsburgh police officers who responded to his mother’s 911 call about an escalating argument. The jury deliberating for just over three hours Saturday before returning the verdict against 24-year-old Richard Poplawski. He was found guilty of all 28 counts he [...]
June 26, 2011
‘Whitey’ Bulger, Accused Mobster, Seeks Court-Appointed Lawyer
James “Whitey” Bulger, the accused Boston mobster arrested in California with $800,000, was given three days to show why a lawyer should be appointed to represent him at taxpayer expense. Bulger, 81, and his girlfriend, Catherine Greig, 60, made initial appearances in federal court in Boston Friday after a trip from California. Bulger, who was [...]
June 24, 2011
Accused Boston Crime Boss ‘Whitey’ Bulger Arrested
Former mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger, captured near his coastal California hideout after 16 years on the run, was ordered held without bond Thursday for transfer back to Boston to face charges of murder, extortion and conspiracy. Bulger, 81, one of America’s most wanted fugitives, was lured from his Santa Monica, California, apartment just blocks [...]
June 23, 2011
Former NY Pro-Choice Leader Admits to Fraud
NEW YORK – The former longtime head of a New York State pro-choice organization has admitted to using the group’s funds to pay for personal perks, including a vacation home and designer clothes, Manhattan prosecutors said on Wednesday. Kelli Conlin, 53, the former chief executive of NARAL, the New York affiliate of the national abortion [...]