By Samuel Warde on October 28, 2016
Aamon Bundy Attorney, Bundy Clan, Courtroom Drama Plays Out in Oregon Occupiers Case, Domestic Terrorism, Extremists, Militia Groups
Domestic Terrorism, Extremists, Law & Order, Militia, The Courts, Weird News
Pandemonium breaks out in a courtroom after an Oregon jury acquits the Oregon occupiers. This Thursday a Portland, Oregon, jury acquitted “Ammon Bundy, his brother Ryan Bundy and five co-defendants not guilty of conspiring to prevent federal employees from doing their jobs through intimidation, threat or force during the 41-day occupation of the Malheur National […]
By Samuel Warde on September 21, 2016
Black LIves Matter, Black Men Legitimate Fear of Police, Black Men Legitimate Reason to Flee Police Officers, Blacks can flee police officer, landmark ruling
Black Lives Matter, Law & Order, Police, Police Overreach, Police State, The Courts
Citing police data and an ACLU report, the Massachusetts high court stated that black men have a legitimate reason to flee police officers. WBUR, Boston’s NPR News Station, reports that “Black men who try to avoid an encounter with Boston police by fleeing may have a legitimate reason to do so — and should not […]
By Samuel Warde on September 3, 2016
Jared Vogel, Russell Taylor, Subway Spokesman, The Courts, victim blaming
Crime, Human Interest, Law & Order, The Courts
Former Subway spokesman Jared Fogle filed a motion this week blaming a child victim’s parents for her emotional distress. Lawyers for imprisoned Subway spokesman Jared Fogle filed court papers accusing the parents of a girl who was secretly filmed by his accomplice of being responsible for the girl’s emotional distress. NBC News reports that Fogle’s […]
By Kimberley Johnson on August 22, 2016
assault, David Becker, high school athlete, no jail time, Slap on the wrist
The Courts
Another rapist gets a slap on the wrist. 18-year-old David Becker, a former Massachusetts high school athlete, was charged with sexually assaulting two unconscious women at a house party last April: two counts of rape and one count of indecent assault and battery, according to MassLive. Instead of sentencing Becker to serve jail time, the rape […]
By Samuel Warde on August 22, 2016
Bail or Jail ending, Bail Practices Unconstitutional, Considering Defendants Indigence, Criminal Court System Bail or Jail, Equal Protection, Fixed Bail, Jails Prisons, Justice Department End Fixed Bail, Making Bail
Equal Protection, Law & Order, The Courts
The Justice Department says that holding the poor in jail because they cannot afford bail is unconstitutional. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals last week asserting that holding defendants in jail just because they cannot afford bail is unconstitutional. “Bail practices that incarcerate indigent […]