Ron Paul woke up a lot of people...

02-25-2015 • Daily Paul.com

Educational tweets of the day - 02/24/2015

These men spent 100 years in prison for a crime they didn't commit

02-24-2015 • Fusion

Altogether, they spent more than 100 years in prison--including stints on death row--for a crime they didn't commit. Now, 40 years later, the murder remains unsolved. They talked about the false confession by a 12-year-old boy

States predict inmates' future crimes with secretive surveys

02-24-2015 • Associated Press

States are trying to reduce prison populations with secretive, new psychological assessments to predict which inmates will commit future crimes and who might be safe to release, despite serious problems and high-profile failures,

Secrecy around police surveillance equipment proves a case's undoing

02-24-2015 • Washington Post

The case against Tadrae McKenzie looked like an easy win for prosecutors. He and two buddies robbed a small-time pot dealer of $130 worth of weed using BB guns. His defense team detected use of a secret surveillance tool,

Florida Deputy: "Planting Evidence and Lying is Part of the Game!"

02-23-2015 • dcpost.org

A deputy at the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office tells about planting evidence, lying in reports and testimony under Sheriff Ric Bradshaw

Road rage? Mistaken identity? Questions raised in Vegas case

02-22-2015 • Associated Press

Nowsch wasn't driving, and didn't tell his friends he was angry about a traffic encounter. He thought someone was after him, according to the police report. It wasn't immediately clear how authorities came to suspect Nowsch in the shooting,

Your DNA is everywhere. Can the police analyze it?

02-21-2015 • ars technica

The cops need someone's DNA, but they don't have a warrant, so they invite the suspect to the station house, knowing some of the perp's genetic material will likely be left behind. Bingo, crime solved. Next case.

HSBC whistleblower spills Lynch evidence to Senate

02-21-2015 • WND

Lynch, acting as the US attorney for the Eastern District of NY engaged in a Dept of Justice cover-up. Obama's attorney general nominee allowed HSBC to enter into a "deferred prosecution" settlement in which the bank agreed to

Accused British hacker, wanted for crimes in US, won't give up crypto keys

02-21-2015 • ars technica

"I cannot speak to the contents," he said. "Except that they are mine. This is the only salient detail as far as I'm concerned. I am not on trial, nor is my data, and I am under no obligation to speak for it. But my property is

Did Loretta Lynch Dig Herself Into The Swartz Hole?

02-21-2015 • Simple Justice

My hopes were dashed upon reading about Lynch's response to a question from former Saturday Night Live writer Al Franken. The subject of his question? Aaron Swartz and the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.

Is a War of Aggression a War Crime or Not?

02-20-2015 • fff.org

Many people believe that during war American soldiers are required to obey any orders they are issued to them and that the citizenry should honor the troops for serving their country by loyally carrying out such orders.

Court nixes Guantanamo conviction of Australian ex-detainee

02-20-2015 • yahoo.com

An appeals court on Wednesday struck down the terrorism conviction of Australian David Hicks, reversing one of the few successful prosecutions of a prisoner before a U.S. military court at the Navy base at Guantanamo Bay.

An Innocent Man: Scott Molen's Bittersweet Victory

02-19-2015 • by William N. Grigg (Pro Liberate)

In June 2007, Scott was convicted of "lewd and lascivious conduct" with his step-granddaughter and sentenced to 20 years in prison. The case presented against Scott consisted of the uncorroborated, self-contradictory testimony

Pennsylvania Judge Sentenced to 28 Years In Prison for Selling Teens to Prisons

02-19-2015 • https://www.rutherford.org

Disgraced Pennsylvania judge Mark Ciavarella Jr has been sentenced to 28 years in prison for conspiring with private prisons to sentence juvenile offenders to maximum sentences for bribes and kickbacks which totaled millions of dollars.

MI5 'halted police child abuse investigation': security service colluded to protect abusers

02-18-2015 • Daily Mail

Victims of abuse at the Kincora children's home in Northern Ireland have accused senior members of the security services of colluding in protecting abusers from being investigated or prosecuted.

Dad Gets 55 Years for Marijuana-related Charges

02-18-2015 • Daily Paul.com

This is the story of Weldon Angelos, a young man who was sentenced to an unbelievable 55 years in prison for a youthful indiscretion due to federal mandatory sentencing laws.

Pending The Investigation

02-18-2015 • Simple Justice

When it's a regular perp, caught as quickly as possible, immediately convicted by press conference and smeared with whatever available. When the perp is a cop, they immediately start screaming about rush to judgment, time to investigate

Transparency, To What End?

02-16-2015 • http://blog.simplejustice.us,

The New York Times editorial calls for an end to the secrecy laws that keep police misconduct, even crimes, hidden from view.

One of the most corrupt sheriffs in America just got convicted

02-14-2015 • http://www.businessinsider.com,CHRISTINA STERBENZ

An Ohio jury found Athens County Sheriff Pat Kelly guilty of 18 charges on Friday, addressing about a third the crimes he stood accused of committing.

South Carolina inmates can be punished for decades for using Facebook

02-13-2015 • Rawstory

Prison officials in South Carolina penalize inmates for using Facebook so much that some sanctions exceed their actual jail sentences, One of them, Tyheem Henry, was sentenced to 37.5 years in detention and

Ferguson One of 2 Missouri Suburbs Sued Over Gantlet of Traffic Fines and Jail

02-11-2015 • New York Times

Herbert Nelson Jr. says he was 18 the first time the police pulled him over. The ticket, for speeding, felt small in the moment. But more traffic tickets piled up, as did warrants for failing to appear in court or pay his fines.

Rhode Island Cop Convicted of Felony for Beating Caught on Video Receives Misdemeanor Probation

02-07-2015 • Photography Is Not a Crime

A Rhode Island cop who was convicted of a felony after he was caught on video beating a handcuffed man into a coma with a flashlight ended up on probation this week. Robert DeCarlo will eventually have his records sealed.

Busted Over $80 Worth of Pot, College Student Turns Informant, Then Turns Up Dead

02-04-2015 • reason.com

This is the way everybody does it, says the local police chief.

Court tosses warrant where FBI cut Internet, posed as hotel repairmen

02-03-2015 • ars technica

A federal magistrate is tossing a Las Vegas search warrant that led to the arrest of as many as eight people accused of running an illegal, online bookmaking operation last year from posh villas at Caesar's Palace.

Should Mickey and Minnie Mouse Be Vaccinated?

02-03-2015 • lewrockwell.com, By Dr. David Brownstein

The recent 2015 measles outbreak in Disneyland has sparked an outcry against parents who choose not to vaccinate their children.

How Secrecy May Uncover A Reason To Move The Boston Bombing Trial

02-02-2015 • Who What Why

O'Toole controls the audio-video feed through which all but two pool reporters observe the proceedings. He hasn't been shy about switching it off, nor about sending the pool reporters out of the courtroom. That has a growing chorus complaining

Eager to Imprison Medical Marijuana Users, Prosecutors Hide the Truth From Jurors

02-02-2015 • Reason Magazine

Despite repeated assurances that the Justice Department is not interested in targeting medical marijuana users and despite a congressional edict aimed at stopping it from doing so, federal prosecutors are still trying to put five patients in Washingt

"An Offender for a Word": Predation and Purgatory in Beaumont

02-02-2015 • Lewrockwell.com

Matthew Cherry was twenty-one years old when he found himself in a police interrogation room.

Prosecutors Trace $13.4M in Bitcoins From the Silk Road to Ulbricht's Laptop

01-30-2015 • http://www.wired.com, By Andy Greenberg

If anyone still believes that bitcoin is magically anonymous internet money, the US government just offered what may be the clearest demonstration yet that it's not.