Weekend Series on Crime History: Enron
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uxd9AeXft64 WEEKEND STORIES OF INTEREST Prosecutors Ask Court to Uphold Ex-Congressman Jefferson’s Conviction (New Orleans Times-Picayune)
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uxd9AeXft64 WEEKEND STORIES OF INTEREST Prosecutors Ask Court to Uphold Ex-Congressman Jefferson’s Conviction (New Orleans Times-Picayune)
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Ex-Atlanta U.S. District Judge Jack Camp, who embarrassed the judiciary and created a scandal by buying drugs for a stripper he was having an affair with, was sentenced Friday to 30 days in prison and 400 hours of community service, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. The paper reported that Senior U.S. District…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A man once accused of stabbing Boston Celtics star Paul Pierce was sentenced Thursday in Boston federal court to 30 years in prison for attempting to kill a DEA informant, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. Trevor A. Watson, 44, of Boston, was found guilty in December in U.S. District Court in…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The feds have indicted 13 Somalis and one Yemeni pirate in Norfolk, Va., in the tragic hijacking of a 54-foot yacht off the Somali coast that resulted in the death of four U.S. citizens last month following a five-day standoff with American authorities, the FBI said. “This is a horrific crime,…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — One of the reasons David Simons’ critically acclaimed HBO show “The Wire” was so realistic was because it had folks like Felicia “Snoop” Pearson — who murdered someone in real life– playing the role of a tom-boy, drug assassin. On Thursday, Pearson –who according to the Washington Post’s Reliable…