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Serving Time As a Profit Center for Our Economy
“I’m a Goddamned Magnet for Bad Luck”: Old Dogs and Hard TimeBy Joe Bageant / June 13, 2008 Late at night through my window by the computer I can see my neighbor Stokes bicycling at 10 pm to the local … Continue reading
William Michael Hanks : BEYOND COINTELPRO
J. Edgar Hoover served as founding director of the FBI from 1924 until his death in 1972. Hoover may be best remembered today for civil liberties abuses such as the COINTELPRO program. Photo from Library of Congress.Brief Reflections: Intelligence and … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, COINTELPRO, Criminal Justice, FBI, Internet, J. Edgar Hoover, Media, Military, Privacy, SDS, Surveillance, Technology
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Supremes Restore Hope : Habeas Corpus Ruling
Boumediene v. Bush: The Supreme Court Takes a Stand By David Van Os / Jun 13, 2008 David Van Os is a Texas attorney and a populist democrat. In the case of Boumediene v. Bush, issued on June 12, 2008, … Continue reading
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Tagged Civil Liberties, Criminal Justice, Guantanamo, Habeas Corpus, International Law, Supreme Court, Terrorism, Texas
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With Which They Will Be Forever Tainted
Do these men look like they’re worth $2 million a month? Rewards For The Bush Faithful by Christopher Brauchli / June 14, 2008 I am against government by crony. Harold Ickes, resigning as Secretary of the Interior, February 1946 It … Continue reading
Resolved that George W. Bush be impeached…
Congressman Dennis Kucinich of Ohio. Photo/Charlie Neibergall / AP. Dennis Kucinich’s 35 Articles of Impeachment Against George W. Bush On June 9, 2008, Rep. Dennis Kucinich, (D.,Ohio) made a remarkable presentation before the Congress of the United States calling for … Continue reading
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Tagged Bush Impeachment, Congress, Criminal Justice, Dennis Kucinich, George W. Bush, Presidency, Propaganda, War Crimes
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Supremes : Guantanamo Detainees DO Have Rights
Camp Delta detention compound at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba Top US court deals Bush blow on Guantanamo rights June 12, 2008 WASHINGTON — The US Supreme Court Thursday ruled Guantanamo prisoners have the right to challenge their detention at the US … Continue reading
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Tagged Criminal Justice, George W. Bush, Guantanamo, Habeas Corpus, Human Rights, Justice Department, Supreme Court
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New Record : 7.2 Million in Criminal Justice System
And the chicks are coming home to roost. The number of women in prison “rose faster in 2006 than over the previous five years,” mostly in Hawaii, North Dakota, Wyoming and Oklahoma, the Bureau of Justice Statistics report said. Roger … Continue reading
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Tagged American Society, Criminal Justice, Drug War, Prison Overcrowding
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Torture? Bet You Can’t Prove It!
In this image reviewed by the U.S. Military, the sun rises over Camp Delta detention compound which has housed foreign prisoners since 2002, at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, in Cuba, Friday, June 6, 2008. Photo by Brennan Linsley.Pentagon Told … Continue reading
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Tagged Criminal Justice, Guantanamo, Human Rights, Military, Official Repression, Pentagon, Torture
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And Why, Exactly, Is This Man Still in Office?
Libby Links Cheney to Plame Leakby Jason Leopold / June 4, 2008 FBI documents obtained by a congressional committee indicate that Vice President Dick Cheney may have authorized his former deputy to leak the identity of covert CIA operative Valerie … Continue reading
Medical Marijuana : Things Looking Up
Medical marijuana user.All Indicators Point to a Softening of America’s Harsh Marijuana LawsBy Alexander Zaitchik / June 3, 2008. With key medical marijuana ballot initiatives likely to pass, and a more pot-friendly majority in Congress, there is room for optimism. … Continue reading
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Tagged Criminal Justice, Drugs, Health Care, Medical Marijuana, Medicine
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More Wrongful Convictions : The Justice Project
New DNA tests “do not support the current conviction” of Texas Death Row inmate Michael Blair (pictured), who was condemned in the 1993 slaying of 7-year-old Ashley Estell, a high-profile case that led to the creation of tough sex-offender laws, … Continue reading
Cocaine Jesus….
….Riding on the Dashboard of my Car!Meet Cocaine Jesus.Federal agents last week arrested a Mexican national for allegedly paying a woman to smuggle into the U.S. a statue that was made of a dried cocaine paste. The carefully painted religious … Continue reading
