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Justice Department Seeks to Overhaul Prison Sentences for Nonviolent Offenders
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Nonviolent criminal offenders may serve less time in jail under a Justice Department proposal aimed at overhauling strict anti-drug laws and mandatory minimum prison sentences, CNN reports. The goal is to give judges more discretion and to offer alternatives to prison, such as drug court. Even tough-on-crime conservatives are climbing aboard,…
Top Prosecutor Says He’s Investigating FBI Shooting of Chechen immigrant
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Orlando’s top prosecutor pledged to review the fatal shooing of a Chechen immigrant in his condo during an FBI interrogation, The Associated Press reports. The news comes the same week Ibragim Todashev’s father arrived in Florida with the intention of suing the bureau for his son’s death. State Attorney Jeff Ashton said…
‘Whitey’ Bulger Trial Enters Fourth Day After Judge Urges Jurors to Reach Verdict on All Counts
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Jurors in the trial of James “Whitey” Bulger entered the fourth day of deliberations today after a judge urged them Thursday to try to reach a verdict on each of the racketeering counts, the Boston Globe reports. “You have a duty to attempt to reach agreement on each of the racketeering…
Ex-Border Patrol Officers Accused U.S. Politicians of Protecting Mexican Drug Cartels
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Former Border Patrol officers accused some U.S. politicians of protecting Mexican drug cartels with lenient immigration laws and sanctuary cities, Newsmax.com reports. “We must never lose sight of the fact that the United States is the market place for the bulk of transnational criminal businesses engaged in human trafficking and the smuggling,…
FBI Reopens 1964 Kidnapping of Infant from Chicago Hospital
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com It was almost 50 years ago when a woman dressed as a nurse snatched a newborn baby from a Chicago hospital. Now the FBI is reopening the case, the Chicago Tribune reports. The boy, named Paul Joseph Fronczak, was taken from Michael Ross Hospital in 1964. Fourteen months later, a boy who…
Wounded Army Veteran Justin Slaby Awarded $75,000 in Damages for Lawsuit Against FBI
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A U.S. Army veteran who sued the FBI after saying the bureau removed him from a training academy because of his prosthetic left hand was awarded $75,000 in damages Wednesday, the Washington Post reports. The federal jury in Alexandria determined Justin Slaby, whose hand was blown off by a grenade during a…
No Verdict in ‘Whitey’ Bulger Case During Second Day of Deliberations
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A federal jury will resume deliberations today in the racketeering and murder trial of accused mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger after submitting five questions for the judge, CNN reports. The eight men and four women wanted to know whether they needed to vote unanimously on 33 “predicate” acts in one of the…