Tag: Crime and Justice

Bob Egelko of the San Francisco Chronicle on Part of U.S. anti-terror law may be nullified: The U.S. Supreme Court's decision Thursday to strike down a California child molesting law […]

Elaine Cassell of Civil Liberties Watch on Score Another One For Secret Trials: Court Hands Bush Big Win: For those of you hoping the federal courts will save you from […]

Agnostic heathen though I be, there is certain amount of comfort in the thought that there is a special place in Hell for those who drop 70 pound rocks from […]

Casey Lartigue remembers the time he and his friends did the right thing while the rest of the world tried to look the other way: It was New Year's Eve, […]

G. Jeffrey MacDonald of The Christian Science Monitor on The self-made lawyer: Divorced and with two grown sons, a business background, and a fixer-upper house in Hardwick, Vt., Pamela Stonier […]

Associated Press on Tacoma Chief Shoots Wife Before Killing Himself, Police Say: Tacoma Police Chief David Brame shot his estranged wife then killed himself Saturday, a day after the woman's […]

Melanie Lefkowitz and Leonard Levitt writing for Newsday on PD Wipes Out Protester Database: Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said Thursday he had ordered an end to the recent department practice […]

The ACLU has set up a fax page for those who wish to contact their legislators regarding Oversight of the Secret FISA Court : Under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act […]

Nathan Newman asks the obvious question: If an arab drove a truck into the National Mall, announcing he had explosives, do you think the police would let him stay there […]

Anne Gearan writing for the Associated Press on Supreme Court Rules Federal Racketeering, Extortion Laws Wrongly Used Against Abortion Protesters: In a victory for abortion foes, the Supreme Court ruled […]