UN rights expert concerned over drone use in domestic law enforcement
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JURIST is reporting:
A UN rights expert said Wednesday that the increase in the use of armed drones in domestic law enforcement may violate human rights [press release]. In his report [text, PDF] to the UN General Assembly, UN Special […]
Koch Industries gives grant to NACDL “to address the nation’s profound indigent defense crisis”
You hear a lot about the Koch brothers these days, but this press release from the National Association of Criminal Defense
Lawyers cuts against the usual narrative:
Washington, DC (Oct. 21, 2014) – The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL), the nation’s preeminent […]
“FBI created fake Seattle Times Web page to nab bomb-threat suspect”
Recently we learned that the DEA had utilized a citizen’s identity to create a fake Facebook account to pursue drug users.
Now we learn the FBI created a fake page within a newspaper’s website as a strategy designed to locate a person making threats against a […]
Government’s Taking of Innocent Property Owner’s Property Now a Hot Topic
We have regularly posted about civil asset forfeiture and the manner in which local, state and the federal government are abusing it to enrich law enforcement at the cost of our liberty and constitutional rights.
This past Sunday’s New York Times had another article on the […]
“Law Lets I.R.S. Seize Accounts on Suspicion, No Crime Required”
From The New York Times:
For almost 40 years, Carole Hinders has dished out Mexican specialties at her modest cash-only restaurant. For just as long, she deposited the earnings at a small bank branch a block away — until last year, when two tax agents knocked on […]
California has consented this week to stop race-based punishment. Prison officials in California used race as the criteria for their lockdown decisions to control prison violence. It was evident that the race-based punishment was designed to control prison’s gangs. Most prison gangs are based on race. By using this tactic, if an inmate was not […]
Iran Executes a Woman Despite. Her Crime? Killing a man Who Raped Her.
The world learned with supreme disappointment, news that on Saturday, October 25, Iran hanged 26 year old Reyhaneh Jabbar,
Jabbar, 26 years of age, she had been previously convicted of killing a man she said was trying to abuse her sexually. The hanging […]
Mexico Social Media Cartel Watcher Kidnapped, Killed, Body Shown on Her Hacked Twitter Account.
Reynosa physician Dr. Maria del Rosario Fuentes Rubio participated in social media crime watch activities, reporting on the doings of drug cartel members, and it cost her her life. She was kidnapped last week and her Twitter account hacked. […]
“Mr. Incredible, Batgirl brawl in Hollywood, California ; Freddy Krueger keeps peace”
Here’s a story on the lighter side:
From the Los Angeles Times, not The Onion, a story and video clip that will only feed the attitude of those who think California is different. In part:
The video, originally posted on the site FilmOn.com, shows a man dressed […]
Courts Reject Another Arizona Immigration Law
On Wednesday, an 11-member 9th Circuit panel struck down a law that denies bail to immigrants who are in the country illegally and have been accused with a range of felonies from shoplifting to murder.
Arizona’s authority to confront its illegal immigration woes was again reined in Wednesday when a federal […]