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Federal Review Finds As Many As 27 Problematic Death Penalty Convictions
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com As many as 27 people were convicted of the death penalty by exaggerated scientific testimony, an unprecedented federal review of old criminal cases shows, the Washington Post reports. The review found that FBI forensic experts may have mistakenly linked to defendants to the exaggerated testimony. In one case in May, the review…
Commentary: Frightening Questions Raised Over Drones Patrolling Border
Glenn Garvin The Columbus Dispatch Last month, when the Senate passed an amendment to its immigration-reform bill that included $46 billion to beef up border security, Sen. John McCain declared: “We’ll be the most militarized border since the fall of the Berlin Wall!” He didn’t know the half of it. Since then, documents released…
Detroit U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade: We Expected Some Ridicule From the Dig For Jimmy Hoffa
U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade By Allan Lengel Deadline Detroit DETROIT — Things haven’t been dull for Barbara McQuade. Right after being sworn in as the Detroit U.S. Attorney in January 2010, she started dealing with the “Underwear Bomber” case involving Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who tried to detonate an explosive aboard a Detroit-bound plane on Christmas…
South Shore Businessman Testified That ‘Whitey’ Bulger Forced Him to Pay Friend’s $300,000 Debt
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Just weeks after his friend was killed in 1982, a South Shore businessman came face-to-face with James “Whitey” Bulger. Michael Solimando testified in the racketeering and murder trial of James “Whitey” Bulger, saying the accused mobster ordered him at gunpoint to pay his friend’s $400,000 outstanding debt, the Boston Globe reports. “We…
NSA Leaker Snowden May Leave Moscow Airport in Next Few Days
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com NSA Leaker may have plans to soon leave the Moscow airport where he has been stuck in legal limbo, the USA Today reports. A lawyer assisting Snowden is helping him apply for temporary asylum in Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin said Snowden has been advised not to do anything that would jeopardize…
FBI Bars Florida Examiner from Releasing Autopsy of Chechen Man Killed by Agent
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI has blocked the release of the autopsy report of the Chechen man killed by an FBI agent during an investigation in May, the Boston Globe reports. Ibragim Todashev, a friend of one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects, was in his Orlando apartment when the agent shot and killed him. …
Did Boston Marathon Bombers Have Help? FBI Investigates Accused Terrorist in Boston Area
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Federal investigators are trying to determine whether the Boston Marathon bombers received help from a terrorism suspect who had all the materials needed for a pressure-cooker bomb, Reuters reports. The Boston-area man, Daniel Morley, is accused of trying to blow up an airplane and having bomb-making equipment at his home on June…
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albuquerque police id victims in four hills shooting Celine Replica handbags The Christmas light display contest for residents and businesses starts tomorrow and runs through to Dec. 12, so most people turn on their lights by then. Except for the city, of course.. West Nottingham Supervisor Tiffany Bell said she grew up in the township…