Colorado’s fight over “personhood” laws is playing a horrific role in the tragic case of Michelle Wilkins, 7 months pregnant, who was stabbed and had her baby cut from her womb while responding to an ad on Craigslist for baby clothes on March 18. A day later, the alleged female assailant, identified as Dynel Catrece […]
Oklahoma district attorneys are outraged at a proposed bill prohibiting them from prosecuting state officials for public crimes. House Bill 2206, proposed by Republican Rep. Kevin Calvey (R-OKC) would cover state elected officials, legislators, district court and appellate judges, and appointees to state boards and state commissions, and would limit those prosecutions to Oklahoma’s Attorney […]
A San Francisco public defender was arrested at the San Francisco Hall of Justice on Tuesday, January 27, 2015 by officers of the San Francisco Police Department after objecting to the officers questioning her client outside a courtroom. SF Gate reports that Deputy Public Defender Jami Tillotson in “an incident that her office called outrageous […]
In the wake of what many consider to be failures on the part of prosecutors to obtain indictments against the police officers responsible for killing Michael Brown and Eric Garner, a story out of New Mexico may shed some light on why some prosecutors seem to shy away from aggressively pursuing charges against law enforcement […]
UPDATE, 27JAN15 6:02p.m.: Army Times is reporting that rumors that Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl will be charged with desertion are untrue that a decision has not yet been made. Both NBC News and Fox News’ The O’Reilly Factor reported that Bergdahl would be facing charges, but according to a report on Army Times: The Army […]