Former Obama Adviser Goes To Work For British Conservatives
The architect of President Obama’s re-election campaign is going to work for the Tories.
FBI To Review Faulty Forensic Testimony In Death Penalty And Other Cases
How can anyone possibly support the death penalty?
Obama: Trayvon Martin Could Have Been Me
President Obama has once again weighed in on the Trayvon Martin case in a personal manner.
Texas Man Held In Prison For Thirty-Three Years Despite Lack Of A Legal Sentence
The very definition of a miscarriage of justice.
Edward Snowden Did Not Commit Treason
Edward Snowden has likely violated many laws, but, absent additional facts, treason is not one of them.
Bradley Manning Trial Begins With Charges He Put U.S. Soldiers At Risk
Starting today, the fate of Pfc. Bradley Manning is on trial in a courtroom at Fort Meade, Maryland.
Dzhokhar Tsarneav Formally Charged
Less than a week after the bomb he planted at the Boston Marathon went off, Dzhokar Tsarnaev has been formally charged in Federal Court.
New York Man Released After 23 Years In Jail For Crime He Didn’t Commit
David Ranta spent 23 years in jail because of lying witnesses and corrupt police.
Purple Heart for Fort Hood Victims?
The Pentagon considers those killed by Nidal Hassan at Fort Hood three years ago victims of workplace violence, not terrorism.
Politics Is Impossible When Everyone Just Keeps Yelling At Each Other
American politics has been reduced to a charade where all people do is yell at each other.
Apparently,Originalism is More Subtle than it Sounds…
..because apparently we can apply a modern definition of “arms” to the constitution, but not modern understandings of the word “citizens.”
Penn State Plea Bargained to Avoid Death Penalty
Penn State was facing a four year suspension of its football program but worked out a less harsh punishment.
NCAA Hits Penn State With Crippling Penalties
The NCAA more than lived up to the hype of “unprecedented” sanctions.
Freeh Report Slams Joe Paterno, Other Penn State Officials, On Sandusky Scandal
The cover-up at Penn State was, if anything, worse than we thought,.
What is “Constitutional”?
What does the US Constitution actually provide in terms of guidance for governance?
Supreme Court: No Mandatory Life Without Parole For Juveniles
Today, the Supreme Court decided that mandatory life sentences for juveniles violate the 8th Amendment.
There’s No Evidence The Death Penalty Deters Crime
There is no evidence that the Capital Punishment works.
The American Taliban (at Least in Terms of Rhetoric)
The phrase “American Taliban” is usually off the mark. However, sometimes it is closer to the mark than we might like.
Study: At Least 2,000 People Wrongfully Convicted In 23 Years
Innocent people have gone to jail, and some of them are still sitting there.
Los Tocayos Carlos: Texas Killed The Wrong Carlos
A man named Carlos killed a woman named Wanda Lopez. Texas executed a different man named Carlos for the crime.
Speaking of “Coming Apart”
If one has views that one will not change even in the face of the best case scenario for new data against those views, then one cannot claim to be an analyst.
Supreme Court Overturns Murder Conviction Due To Improperly Withheld Evidence
Another death row inmate. Another case of prosecutorial misconduct from the office of Harry Connick, Sr.
